BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Gardening with cancer with Matt Biggs

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In much the same way as gardeners nurture their growing space, it seems increasingly that we've come to understand how our plants and gardens nurture us in return. We never know quite what life is going to throw our way, and gardening can help us maintain the status quo and provide hope on some of those darkest days. When plantsman, author and regular favourite on BBC Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time Matt Biggs was faced with a shock cancer diagnosis he turned to horticulture to help him through. Join garden journalist and RHS judge David Hurrion as he talks about the power of plants to heal with Matt.

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