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Potting in the Palm House

In Gardeners' Corner Diana Oxlade's book Fifty Weeds, the Palm House in Botanic is awash with colour, Mark Patterson works his Derry allotment and how to plant a June garden.

In this week's Gardeners' Corner, Helen Mark talks to botanical artist Diana Oxlade and her husband Eddie about their new book, Fifty Weeds, a visit to Botanic Gardens Palm House is a colour packed sensory experience and Conrad McCormick plants out his dahlias and canna lilies. Also in the programme Mark Patterson takes timely advice from Gareth Austin in his Derry allotment and Ann Fitzsimons joins Helen in the studio with armfuls of plants to talk about how to fill the June gap with colour for the herbaceous border. That's Gardeners' Corner on Saturday morning just after the 9 o'clock news on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Ulster.

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