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RHSI Bellefield, no more bedding in Bangor and top rated roses

David visits Bangor Castle Walled Garden, Bellefield in County Offaly and chats about roses with Mary Keenan.

It鈥檚 the flower of summer and of romance and it never looses it鈥檚 appeal according to Mary Keenan who David Maxwell visits in this week鈥檚 programme. At her County Laois gardens he has roses that can find a place in any garden and offer both colour and scent. In County Offaly David visits Paul Smyth at Bellefield garden recently left by architect and gardener Angela Jupe as a bequest to the RHSI. The charity is currently bringing the garden back into management and hopes it will be a place to teach gardeners of the future. And in Bangor Dylan Freeburn explains why the council are replacing annual bedding with longer term planting that鈥檚 better for biodiversity. Reg Maxwell will also join David in studio live. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

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  • Sat 1 Jul 2023 09:03

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