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Radio Ulster,18 Oct 2025,56 mins

How to grow prize worthy pumpkins, a mushroom mystery and bringing back the posh cloche

Gardeners' Corner

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This week at the National Trust’s Florencecourt in County Fermanagh, beds are being prepared for winter by new head gardener Lizzie Whyman. The garden team are also trialling which apple varieties store best for winter use. Presenter David Maxwell also heads to Gilford Primary School where staff and pupils have turned a disused football pitch into a pumpkin patch. Also on the programme, how County Down native Beth Gregg is bringing back the posh cloche with her business Claverton Cloches and author Jules Acton on her book ‘Oaklore’ about the amazing life in our native oaks. In studio, David is joined by Rosie Maye who will answers questions on shrubs for a large bank, creating a windbreak with plants and what mushrooms circles mean. Email the programme at [email protected]

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