For all our RCB listeners, today I thought it would be a good time to talk about plants that can grow in a coastal area. Have you ever thought “What can I grow here, that will survive these conditions?” Well, you can grow many things, if you provide the right conditions. Unfortunately this will mean that you have to put the work in to get the results.
So that is what we are looking at today – Seaside Plants .……

April is a magical time in the garden, as with the rising temperatures and the increased hours of daylight, our plants start to grow steadily…
Our jobs in the garden will start to increase, as will the amount of time we will spend in our gardens.
I hope you find something of interest in this episode…

Not everyone has a garden and for some, a balcony or a small courtyard is the outdoor space they enjoy. If this is the case there are options for growing flowers or indeed fruit, vegetables or herbs in containers. But which plants can we put in containers and what are the differences between planting in containers or directly in the ground.. So that is what I thought we could look at today – Containers and their varied uses..

With St. Patrick’s Day falling this weekend, I thought it might be a good idea to look at two things associated to Ireland, potatoes and the Shamrock…. I hope you enjoy the episode.
Tune in at 7.30pm every Monday evening

March is a month of activity in the garden, a time to reconnect and have fun while you plan and prepare for the new growing season. Today we will be looking at the Jobs that can be done for the Month of March, as we get ready for when the garden takes off…
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I thought today we might look at the plants known as Companion Plants. But, what are companion plants? You know when you meet that person who brings out the best in you, makes you feel a better person and provides the support to enhance your abilities – well, Companion plants do just that for other plants… Does it sound interesting ? ?Tune in at 7.30pm this evening.

Have you ever thought about Home composting? Do you wonder if it would be worth trying and how would you go about doing it! That is what we are going to look at today – some of the how’s and why’s that might help you decide if home composting is for you!
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Today, with it being the week of St. Valentine’s Day, I thought it might be nice to look at the one flower that seems to say it all – The Rose! We will look at the origin of the Rose, it’s different growing habits and throw in a few fun facts….. Hopefully there will be something of interest to you…… So tune in on Monday’s at 7.30.

Weekly programme with Audrey Spendlove , every Monday evening on RCB.

This week will focus on Conifers, which ones are our native ones and what ave they got to offer? We will also look at a few others that will look great in any garden. If you would like to know a little bit about conifers, tune in to today’s episode…

This week we will be looking at some of our common garden Pests, which ones they are and what we can do to prevent them damaging our plants. Hopefully there will be something of interest to you…

As we might not be able to get out as often as we would like, to do “normal” jobs in the garden, I thought we might take the opportunity to look at our tools, which are the ones we would need most and what are they used for. I hope you will join me at 7.30pm on Monday or 6pm on Wednesday….

In this, the 17th episode of “A Little Bit of Gardening”, Audrey will talk about the Jobs in the Garden for the month of January. There are plenty of jobs needed to be done this month that will keep us busy enough. Hopefully there will be something of interest in it for you… Tune in today at 7.30pm tonight to find out more…

Today, we will look at some of the most popular Christmas plants and talk about what we can do with these fabulous plants after Christmas. Could be worth listening to, if you are thinking of getting some plants for Christmas…… Tune in at 92.5 -94.8fm at 7.30 to hear more or go to RCB.ie in your own time ……

Today, in the 15th episode of A little Bit of Gardening, we will look at some of the favourite plants, used over the Christmas season for decorating. The Holly and the Ivy both have a long history with Christmas and we will touch on that too.… Hopefully there will be something of interest for you..

In this weeks episode of “A Little Bit of Gardening”, we will be looking at the jobs that can be done in the month of December. Although there may not be many gardening jobs – there is still a whole lot of other jobs needed to be done in preparation for the months ahead! Tune in today at 7.30pm or go to RCB.ie and listen in your own time…….

In this week’s episode of A Little Bit of Gardening, we will be looking at Houseplants. If you would like to have a houseplant but are not sure which houseplant would be best suited to your home or which ones are the easiest to grow – Tune in at 7.30pm every Monday and you might find something of interest……..

Today we will look at some plants that will draw the eye in and create a focus point for the Winter months ahead. They consist of shrubs with Winter flowers, shrubs with ornamental twigs, perennials with Winter flowers, perennials with decorative Winter seed heads and perennials with decorative Winter Foliage.

Today we will look at our native trees, and the different sizes, shapes and seasonal interests of our trees. There will be a little about our history with trees so that, hopefully, we can all get to understand our native trees and their importance to us, our environment and our wildlife.