About this episode

David Maxwell provides gardening advice for summer, featuring expert guests discussing olive and basil cultivation, a retiring teacher's impact on gardening, and a wildlife cameraman's bee documentary.

Join David Maxwell for an hour of gardening advice for summer. He'll be joined in studio by expert Neil Porteous who will have advice on how to grow olives successfully in a climate which isn't always as hot as this week! In Ann FitzSimons County Down greenhouse she is growing tomatoes, basil and chillies - so what is the secret of her success? As the school term ends one Bush Primary in Dungannon is marking the retirement of a teacher who has inspired pupils to get into gardening for the last 30 years. David visits the class plots and meets some of the budding gardeners. Also on the programme, wildlife cameraman, Martin Dohrn on his documentary 'My Garden of a thousand bees' where he discovered over 60 species of bee in his own Bristol back garden. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

People in this episode

Host: David Maxwell

Guests: Neil Porteous, Martin Dohrn

Topics covered

• gardening advice
• growing olives
• basil cultivation
• teacher retirement
• bee species
• summer gardening

Keywords

• gardening
• olives
• basil
• teacher retirement
• bee species
• summer gardening
• wildlife documentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bush Primary

Places: Dungannon, County Down, Bristol

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