BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Inside Patrick Gale's Rose-Filled Coastal Garden

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Episode notes

Cornwall is famous for having a near sub-tropical climate with average temperatures staying above 10c for much of the year. One gardener who is taking advantage of these milder but changeable growing conditions is Patrick Gale, a passionate gardener and the best-selling author of Notes from an Exhibition, A place called Winter and Mother’s Boy, among a substantial list of other novels. Patrick’s garden is thought to be the most westerly walled rose garden in the UK and is open to the public by appointment and via the National Garden Scheme.

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