Chelsea comes to Strabane and the best plants for early spring colour
About this episode
David Maxwell explores a community garden in Strabane that will host a show garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and discusses early spring plants.
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 and bulbs are announcing a change of season and 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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