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Gardeners' Question Time

Edgworth & District

4/10/202643 min

Kathy Clugston and the Gardeners' Question Time panel visit the picturesque Lancashire village of Edgworth, nestled on the edge of the West Pennine Moors.

This week, the team are being hosted by the Edgworth and District Horticultural Society. Kathy is joined by Matthew Wilson, Christine Walkden and Marcus Chilton‑Jones, answering questions from an enthusiastic local audience.

The team shares practical advice on topics from choosing the best potatoes to grow for chips, to bee‑friendly planting in boggy conditions, and share reflections on the sentimental value of well‑loved gardening tools.

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First 90 seconds

  1. Matthew Wilson· Panelist0:00

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  6. Kathy Clugston· Host0:42

    Hello, I'm Kathy Clugston, and this is Gardener's Question Time from BBC Radio 4. So grab those secateurs or sit back and relax, however you like to listen, and enjoy the next forty-five minutes of great tips, advice, and dubious horticultural humor. Hello, and welcome to Gardener's Question Time with me, Kathy Clugston. This week we're in Edgeworth, a rural village located on the edge of the West Pennine Moors, sandwiched between Bolton and Blackburn. We're delighted to have been invited by the Edgeworth and District Horticultural Society, which has been active since the early 1900s. Despite the membership declining to only two people in 1973, I'm not sure why, they've since gained over a hundred and sixty new

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