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gardening australia s23e08 2012.

May 202012

19th May 2012.

Jane visits a passionate gardener who has filled her garden with palms from all over the world, and what’s more remarkable is that she’s done this in cool climate Melbourne. Colin plants small fruit trees in containers for easy access and low maintenance, so no matter how small a garden, fruit is still possible, and Angus checks out a Sydney house and garden designed to be energy efficient and sustainable and which makes brilliant use of local plants to reduce the energy demands of the house. Finally, John visits a spectacular Italian style villa on the Victorian coast whose formal design incorporates the production of fruit, vegetables and herbs.

gardener’s world s45e10 2012.

May 192012

18th May 2012.

Monty Don returns to Longmeadow with inspirational ideas and plants gathered at the Malvern Spring Show. He has tips and advice for planting ferns for dry places and then turns his attention to the pond where he shares ideas on different types of water lilies and how to plant them. Carol Klein delves into the quirky world of moisture-loving ferns, discovering them in the wild and admiring their variety when she visits a restored Victorian grotto in Wales. There is also a catch-up on the novice gardeners at Didcot army barracks, as they continue to develop their cut-flower garden.

national trust garden treasures.

May 172012

National Trust Gardens takes you on an epic journey around the country and across the centuries to discover the most beautiful and vivid landscapes and pleasure gardens in Britain. With unprecedented access to the Trust’s properties, as well as exclusive access to archives of original designs and plans, each episode tells the story of each remarkable garden and the inspired owners and designers who built them. Narrated by Penelope Keith

geoff lawton’s urban permaculture.

May 162012

Geoff Lawton presents simple solutions to complex problems — low tech solutions you can do yourself like how to harvest rainwater and feed it to a series of cascading water features that collect your grey water and help feed productive fruit trees and animals.

This film shows how nutrient flows can be directed creatively to feed a small backyard food hedge. Those interconnections are not very apparent to many people and Geoff spells out those micro-connections that many people just do not understand.

gardening australia s23e07 2012.

May 142012

12th May 2012.

Costa heads down the street to help a few families get started on their very own verge garden full of vegies, herbs and Australian natives, Josh drops in on his mum to show us her stunning courtyard garden and home sanctuary that has been artfully designed for the seaside climate of Fremantle and Costa visits Sophie to take a tour of her new garden to see how it’s going and find out what her plans are. Also, Tino plants some of the toughest, most productive and flavoursome winter vegies: the onions and the cabbages.

gardener’s world s45e09 2012.

May 122012

11th May 2012.

The programme comes from the Malvern Spring show where Monty Don, Carol Klein and James Alexander Sinclair bring the very best that the show has to offer. From planting and design in the show gardens to new and exciting varieties in the floral marquee, they search out beautiful and innovative ideas to draw inspiration from.

beechgrove garden s05e07 2012.

May 112012

10th May 2012.

In the Beechgrove Garden, something smells… and it’s Jim! After the success of the garlic spray last year, Jim is spraying the roses and all the fruit with this wonderful, but slightly smelly, garlic spray to deter pests. The queen of bedding plants, Carolyn, is planning and designing a bedding plant display for Beechgrove to mark and celebrate the Queen’s jubilee. Jim and Carole are trying their hand at growing asparagus again. They’ve have had mixed results over the years with asparagus at Beechgrove, and that makes them even more determined to make it work this time. For asparagus inspiration, Jim visits Charleston Fruit Farm near Montrose, where they also grow six varieties of asparagus.