Chris Thorogood

Matthew Wilson, garden designer offering planting and hedge tips; Bethan Collerton, head gardener with propagation know-how; Dr Chris Thorogood, botanical scientist on plant health. They tackle care for a 30-year-old aspidistra and yellowing Choisya. They discuss plants for exposed northern gardens and surprising exotics doing well up north. They cover grow lights, Japanese knotweed control and reviving thin beech hedges.

Dr Chris Thorogood, botanical scientist at Oxford Botanic Garden; Bethan Collerton, former head gardener at Birmingham Botanical Gardens; Matthew Wilson, garden designer and broadcaster. They tackle choosing roses for a shady memorial bed. They investigate a suddenly collapsing wisteria and a white iris that reflowered blue in autumn. They tour Seaton Delaval Hall’s parterre and South East Garden.

Bethan Collerton, hands‑on allotmenteer and head gardener; Dr Chris Thorogood, botanist and plant identifier; Matthew Wilson, award‑winning garden designer. They tackle orchid repotting and anchoring. They debate weed suppressants and fertilisers for edibles. They diagnose yellowing Camellia leaves and suggest repotting and ericaceous care. Practical, plant‑focused and breezy.