{"podcast":{"title":"Gardeners' Corner","slug":"gardeners-corner-523981","podcast_index_feed_id":523981,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/b007b5wg.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007b5wg","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0cvk5xt.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":692,"summary":"The weekly gardening programme for keen gardeners, with the latest advice, news and visits to gardens large and small around the province. Presented by David Maxwell.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardeners-corner-523981"},"episode":{"title":"Getting rid of horsetail, alpine addiction and the artful gardener","slug":"getting-rid-of-horsetail-alpine-addiction-and-the-artful-gardener","published_at":"2026-03-28T10:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardeners-corner-523981/getting-rid-of-horsetail-alpine-addiction-and-the-artful-gardener","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardeners-corner-523981","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tb9x","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0n9b29n.mp3","summary":"As wintry showers return, Gardeners’ Corner heads to the snow-dusted Sperrins where David Maxwell visits Andrew Shannon, whose country garden has a modern creative twist. Known on social media as The Artful Gardener, Andrew reveals how the plot once tended by his grandparents now inspires his seasonal animations. At Belfast’s Botanic Gardens, David meets Colin Agnew as he reflects on 45 years of gardening there ahead of his retirement next week, including the remarkable cactus he grew from seed as a young apprentice which now almost reaches the glasshouse roof. In Limavady, Gordon Toner explains his decades-long passion for alpine plants, a fascination that has earned him nearly 250 gold medals. And in studio, expert Anna Hudson brings seasonal inspiration from Ballywalter Estate and answers listeners’ questions on compost and tackling the invasive weed horsetail. Contact the programme: gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk","meta_description":"As wintry showers return, Gardeners’ Corner heads to the snow-dusted Sperrins where David Maxwell visits Andrew Shannon, whose country garden has a modern…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3391,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gardeners-corner-523981/episodes/getting-rid-of-horsetail-alpine-addiction-and-the-artful-gardener/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardeners-corner-523981/getting-rid-of-horsetail-alpine-addiction-and-the-artful-gardener.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}