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Radio Ulster,28 Feb 2026,57 mins

Chelsea comes to Strabane, the best plants for early spring colour and alpines at Kew

Gardeners' Corner

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With spring just around the corner David Maxwell heads to a community garden in Strabane, County Tyrone which will be getting quite the facelift this year. As it operates a Trussell foodbank, it has been selected as the permanent home for the charity's show garden at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show. David meets some of those who use the garden space and he chats to designer Rob Hardy about his plans. Also on the programme, a visit to Ballyrobert Cottage Garden where spring flowers are bulbs are announcing a change of season and as Kew Garden's celebrates 20 years of it's alpine house Milly Woodley introduces some of their spring jewels. Rosie Maye joins David in studio to answer questions and provide some inspiration for the season. Contact the programme - gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

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