Gardeners' Question Time
Hosted by Kathy Clugston and Peter Gibbs · BBC Radio 4
4.8from 409 ratings
- 143
- Episodes
- 81
- Transcribed
- 409
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Gardeners' Question Time
A panel of horticultural experts answer gardening questions from a live audience. Recorded in a different location each week
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Dec 2021
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
81 of 143 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Summer Garden Party RHS Wisley: Show 2
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Summer Garden Party RHS Wisley: Show 1
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Minstead: Colourful Borders, Resilient Brambles and Parched Plants
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Summer Garden Party RHS Wisley: Show 2
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think the big one is the magic of mulch for me. So actually mulching the soil and for years I battled weeding and using hoes and fiddling about and then seeing it rain and then weeding again. Just the use of mulch on the soil, reducing the workload particularly, but also in terms of all the benefits that it brings to the plants. Less watering, less weeds, a healthier soil. It's the magic thing that you must do right from the outset. Mulch, mulch, mulch again. Okay, the magic of mulch, says Marcus, in a beautifully alliterative way. Chris Thorogood. There are no mistakes in gardening, just experiments. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Gardeners' Question Time
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- Pippa Greenwood
- Matthew Wilson
- Marcus Chilton-Jones
- Dr Chris Thorogood
- James Wong
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 259 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 150 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Gardeners' Question Time?
Kathy Clugston and Peter Gibbs host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Gardeners' Question Time take guests?
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