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BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time comes to Walsall
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Tickets are now available for a recording of BBC Radio 4’s popular programme Gardeners’ Question Time taking place at Walsall Arena & Art Centre in February.
Gardeners’ Question Time is a Radio 4 institution, attracting 2 million listeners a week. Recorded in a different location each week, the long-standing radio programme has answered well over 30,000 questions since its inception in 1947.
Two episodes of the programme will be recorded in front of a live audience at the Arena on Tuesday 4 February 2025
The programme’s panel of gardening experts, with Kathy Clugston in the chair, will tackle questions put to them by audience members. The panel never see the questions before the recording. Their encyclopaedic, seemingly effortless answers are completely spontaneous and reveal their huge experience and depth of gardening knowledge. Being on the GQT panel is not for the faint hearted!
Tickets are now on sale. They cost £4.50 + £1.50 booking fee and include a drink on arrival.
“ This event really caps off a wonderful year celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Arboretum. It's fantastic to see such a well-loved gardening programme come to Walsall. We hope green-fingered residents and visitors alike enjoy the recording!
“Tickets make the perfect Christmas present for family and friends, so make sure you book soon to avoid disappointment.” “
For more details and to book, visit: www.walsallarena.com
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Notes to Editors
Walsall Arena and Arts Centre
Walsall Arena and Arts Centre, Hawbush Road, Leamore, Walsall. WS3 1AG
0300 555 2898. Box Office open Monday to Friday 10am - 2pm.
Walsall Arena is a multi-purpose performance space located in Leamore, just 2 miles from Walsall town centre and 10 minutes from Junction 10 of the M6. It hosts a diverse range of events from live pop music, tribute acts, orchestral concerts to theatre performances, pantomime and comedy. The Arena has multiple spaces to hire and can accommodate large scale performances, conferences, exhibitions along with smaller meetings and seminars.
About Walsall Arboretum
Walsall Arboretum is a rural retreat at the heart of Walsall town centre. First opened in 1874, it now spans 170 acres and includes Hatherton lake, the country park and the extension.
The site attracts over a million visitors a year, with people of all ages enjoying events such as the annual bonfire and fireworks, funfairs, fun runs and activities such as: cricket, tennis, bowling, informal football, walking, cycling, and running. The Sunday parkrun attracts hundreds of people every week. In summer, the splash pad and children’s play area also attract thousands of visitors. With a trim trail, skatepark and multi-use games area there really is something for everyone. And, in amongst all this activity, there are spaces for quiet contemplation and opportunities to enjoy the vast array of plants and animals that inhabit the space.
The Arboretum has marked its 150th anniversary in 2024 with celebratory events throughout the year. www.go.walsall.gov.uk/parks-and-green-spaces/visit-our-parks-and-play-areas/walsall-arboretum
Find out more about Walsall's parks and green spaces here: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/parks-and-green-spaces
Arboretum facts and figures:
- Attracts over 1 million visitors each year.
- It spans 170 acres and includes the heritage core of the park, the extension as well as Walsall country park.
- The Arboretum is part of the UNESCO Black Country global Geopark with spans the region. It was formerly the site of limestone mines that were active between 1770-c.1835
- Holds a place on Historic England’s National Heritage List for England, a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites
- Home to 10,000 different species of trees and shrubs. A report published in July for the Ancient Tree Inventory revealed that the Arboretum boasts the highest concentration of ancient and veteran trees in the entire region
- Home to the ‘Devil’s Toe’ – a glacial ‘erratic’ boulder which was carried from North Wales on an ice sheet around 400,000 years ago
