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How to keep your plants watered while you’re away, Secret Gardens of Loughgall and Adam Frost’s Shrub of the Month

Gardening inspiration for summer with David Maxwell including; the best way to water when you are away, Loughgall’s secret gardens and Adam Frost.

With many people counting down the days to summer holidays, presenter David Maxwell gets a question from one listener who wants to know the best way to water her pots when she’s away. Also on the programme, a visit to two of the 20 gardens opening as part of ‘Secret Gardens of Loughgall’ weekend. In County Fermanagh, Dougal Dorman explains how the once private kitchen garden of the Colebrooke Estate is now opening up as a place for community and therapy. Adam Frost reveals his shrub of the month for June and Ann FitzSimons joins David in studio with some summer gardening inspiration. Email the programme at gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

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