4 Extra Goes Gardening

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The great gardener Gertrude Jekyll once said: A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown.

Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden - the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey - and along the way unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive.

Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Programmes include:

Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll, with Chris Serle from 1984

Gardeners' Question Time from 1947

The BBC Home Service's Radio Allotment from 1942

At Home With the Snails, from 2001 starring Geoffrey Palmer and Angela Thorne

An interview with Percy Thrower from 1963 in Beyond the Back Door: That Reminds Me

Desert Island Discs from 2000 when Sue Lawley's castaway was the gardening writer Christopher Lloyd.

Made by Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

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The great gardener Gertrude Jekyll once said: A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown.

Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden - the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey - and along the way unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive.

Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Programmes include:

Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll, with Chris Serle from 1984

Gardeners' Question Time from 1947

The BBC Home Service's Radio Allotment from 1942

At Home With the Snails, from 2001 starring Geoffrey Palmer and Angela Thorne

An interview with Percy Thrower from 1963 in Beyond the Back Door: That Reminds Me

Desert Island Discs from 2000 when Sue Lawley's castaway was the gardening writer Christopher Lloyd.

Made by Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

20140201 (BBC7)Made for 4 Extra. Penelope Keith explores our horticultural passions.
20140201 (BBC7)The great gardener Gertrude Jekyll once said: A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown.

Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden - the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey - and along the way unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive.

Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Programmes include:

Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll, with Chris Serle from 1984

Gardeners' Question Time from 1947

The BBC Home Service's Radio Allotment from 1942

At Home With the Snails, from 2001 starring Geoffrey Palmer and Angela Thorne

An interview with Percy Thrower from 1963 in Beyond the Back Door: That Reminds Me

Desert Island Discs from 2000 when Sue Lawley's castaway was the gardening writer Christopher Lloyd.

Made by Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

20140201 (BBC7)
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The great gardener Gertrude Jekyll once said: A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown.

Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden - the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey - and along the way unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive.

Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Programmes include:

Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll, with Chris Serle from 1984

Gardeners' Question Time from 1947

The BBC Home Service's Radio Allotment from 1942

At Home With the Snails, from 2001 starring Geoffrey Palmer and Angela Thorne

An interview with Percy Thrower from 1963 in Beyond the Back Door: That Reminds Me

Desert Island Discs from 2000 when Sue Lawley's castaway was the gardening writer Christopher Lloyd.

Made by Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

20140201 (BBC7)
20160723 (BBC7)
The great gardener Gertrude Jekyll once said: A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown.

Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden - the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey - and along the way unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive.

Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Programmes include:

Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll, with Chris Serle from 1984

Gardeners' Question Time from 1947

The BBC Home Service's Radio Allotment from 1942

At Home With the Snails, from 2001 starring Geoffrey Palmer and Angela Thorne

An interview with Percy Thrower from 1963 in Beyond the Back Door: That Reminds Me

Desert Island Discs from 2000 when Sue Lawley's castaway was the gardening writer Christopher Lloyd.

Made by Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Made for 4 Extra. Penelope Keith explores our horticultural passions.

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The great gardener Gertrude Jekyll once said: 'A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.' Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she 'changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown'.

Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden - the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey - and along the way unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive.

Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Programmes include:

Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll, with Chris Serle from 1984

Gardeners' Question Time from 1947

The BBC Home Service's Radio Allotment from 1942

At Home With the Snails, from 2001 starring Geoffrey Palmer and Angela Thorne

An interview with Percy Thrower from 1963 in Beyond the Back Door: That Reminds Me

Desert Island Discs from 2000 when Sue Lawley's castaway was the gardening writer Christopher Lloyd.

Made by Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Made for 4 Extra. Penelope Keith explores our horticultural passions.

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Made for 4 Extra.PENELOPE KEITH explores our horticultural passions.

The great gardener Gertrude Jekyll once said: A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown.

PENELOPE KEITH explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden - the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey - and along the way unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive.

Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Programmes include:

Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll, with Chris Serle from 1984

Gardeners' Question Time from 1947

The BBC Home Service's Radio Allotment from 1942

At Home With the Snails, from 2001 starring GEOFFREY PALMER and ANGELA THORNE

An interview with Percy Thrower from 1963 in Beyond the Back Door: That Reminds Me

Desert Island Discs from 2000 when Sue Lawley's castaway was the gardening writer CHRISTOPHER LLOYD.

Made by Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

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Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions and first broadcast in February 2014.

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The great gardener, Gertrude Jekyll, once said:

'A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.'

Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she 'changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown'.

Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden – the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey – and along the way unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive.

Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Featured programme from the BBC Archive:

Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll, with Chris Serle from 1984

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions and first broadcast in February 2014..

Penelope Keith explores our horticultural passions and changing fashions via BBC archive.

In the first of three programmes, Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden – the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey.

Penelope discusses Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions with broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts

Penelope also unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive:

* Great Gardens - Gertrude Jekyll meets Chris Serle - BBC Radio 4 - 1984

Penelope Keith meets with James Wong, Catherine Horwood and Annabel Watts at home of the great garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll.

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PENELOPE KEITH explores Miss Jekyll's own ten-acre garden – the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey – and along the way unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive.

Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Featured programmes from the BBC Archive:

Gardeners' Question Time [BBC Home Service 1947]

Radio Allotment from [BBC Home Service 1942]

At Home with the Snails [BBC Radio 4 2001]

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions and first broadcast in February 2014

PENELOPE KEITH explores our horticultural passions and changing fashions via BBC archive.

Penelope Keith continues her exploration of Gertrude Jekyll's ten-acre garden – the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey

In the second of three programmes, Penelope discusses Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions with broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Horticultural wisdoms and delights featured from the BBC Archive:

* Radio Allotment - BBC Home Service - 1942

Penelope Keith meets with James Wong, Catherine Horwood and Annabel Watts at home of the great garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll.

Penelope Keith unearths more horticultural highlights from the BBC archives.

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Penelope Keith explores our horticultural passions and changing fashions through the BBC sound archives. From the home of the great garden designer Gertrude Jeykll.

The great gardener, Gertrude Jekyll, once said:

'A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.'

Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she 'changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown'.

Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own ten-acre garden – the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey – and along the way unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive.

Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Featured programmes from the BBC Archive:

Percy Thrower from ‘Beyond the Back Door: That Reminds Me' [Home Service 1963]

Desert Island Discs – Christopher Lloyd [R4 2000]

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions and first broadcast in February 2014

Penelope Keith explores our horticultural passions and changing fashions via BBC archive.

Penelope Keith concludes her exploration of Gertrude Jekyll's ten-acre garden – the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey

In the last of three programmes, Penelope discusses Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions with broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts.

Horticultural wisdoms and delights featured from the BBC Archive:

* Percy Thrower from ‘Beyond the Back Door: That Reminds Me' - BBC Home Service - 1963

* Desert Island Discs – Christopher Lloyd - BBC Radio 4 - 2000

Penelope Keith meets with James Wong, Catherine Horwood and Annabel Watts at home of the great garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll.