Midwest Radio Gardening Show

With Bloom 2019 in full swing this week the programme featured an in-depth look at some of the show gardens on display; Paraic talked about current green gardening trends and bee friendly initiatives with special reports on the dementia friendly and crumlin hosptial gardens. Plants featured included the Runaway Bridge Hydrangea and flowers for summer colour in June and July. Listeners questions ranged from Thuja blight and grey mould on roses to tackling wild grass in lawns, how to care for growing sunflowers, holes in rhubarb and preparing soil for next year's potatoe crop.