Geoff Hodge has a run down of the things to be getting on with in the garden this month.
In this edition of the BBC Essex Gardening Hour, Dave Gillam joins Ken Crowther to answer your gardening questions on everything from Japanese Maple Trees, Tulips and Daffodils.
Gilwell Park is the home of The Scouts, and shortly before a royal visit by The Duchess of Cambridge our reporter Owen Ward spoke to head gardener Charlie Thoirs.
Ken speaks with the CEO of the National Garden Scheme; George Plumtree about the work they do and variety of gardens opening up this year.
The famous cake baker, Mary Berry, tells World Radio Gardening about her support of the National Garden Scheme.