Editing Gardeners' Question Time (section)

==Format==
The programme typically comes from a village hall or other public venue somewhere in Britain, or occasionally further afield, such as in the [[Republic of Ireland]] or northern France. ''GQT'' often records at special locations throughout the UK, including on a moving train, the peak of [[Snowdon]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07v33l8|title=Gardeners' Question Time Snowdon Show, 18/09/16}}</ref> from inside the [[Tower of London]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08343jm|title=Gardeners' Question Time Tower of London, 27/11/16}}</ref> and in December 2016 from the state dining room at [[10 Downing Street]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b085bfvb|title=Gardeners' Question Time Downing Street, 25/12/16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/behind-scenes-gardeners-question-time-number-10s-back-garden/|title=Telegraph Article - GQT at Number Ten|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=21 December 2016 |last1=Robertson |first1=Debora }}</ref>

There are also regular editions in which the panel answer questions sent in by post or email, known as "postbag editions". These editions are recorded in a specially adapted potting shed at [[Sparsholt College]] near [[Sparsholt, Hampshire]]; however, in recent years postbag programmes have been recorded at various gardens around the UK, including at [[Highgrove House|Highgrove]], with [[Prince Charles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b074zy95|title=Gardeners' Question Time Highgrove, 01/04/16}}</ref> [[Kew Gardens]], [[RHS Wisley]], [[Ness Botanic Gardens]] and [[East Ruston Old Vicarage]].

Each year the programme visits a botanic garden to stage its annual ''GQT'' Summer Garden Party. The event includes seminars and talks given by the panel, a chance to receive first hand advice from a panellist inside the ''GQT'' Potting Shed, plus two programme recordings. A highlight of the horticultural calendar, the event attracts a large audience of keen amateur gardeners. Most recently the Summer Garden Party has been hosted by [[Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbge.org.uk/assets/files/whats_on/RBGE%20GQT%20Programme.pdf|title=Summer Garden Party - 2016}}</ref> [[National Botanic Garden of Wales]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/bbc-radio-4s-gardeners-question-7204466|title=Summer Garden Party - 2015|date=2 June 2014 }}</ref> and Ness Botanic Gardens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nessgardens.org.uk/about-us/press-media/bbc-radio-4-gardeners-question-time-summer-garden-party/|title=Summer Garden Party - 2013}}</ref>

Since 2001, ''Gardeners' Question Time'' factsheets have been made available after each episode covering all questions and their given answers. The factsheets can be found by searching for a particular episode and scrolling down the page.

In 2009, the programme launched a podcast edition and a [[Twitter]] account,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BBCGQT|title=@BBCGQT}}</ref> the latter designed to be a place where listeners can share gardening ideas and tips and comment on the radio programme's topics and panellists' answers.

The programme regularly attracts an audience in excess of two million and has answered over 35,000 questions in its long run.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/gardeners-question-time-christmas-show-03-12-14|title=Gardeners' Question Time Christmas Show, 03/12/14 - Garden Museum|access-date=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425010241/http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/gardeners-question-time-christmas-show-03-12-14|archive-date=25 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>