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May 22, 2013 May 18th 2013.
In the second special episode for the year, host Costa Georgiadis and presenters Sophie Thomson and Angus Stewart visit Canberra to explore the art of gardening and the science of horticulture by visiting some of the nation’s most innovative institutions, Sophie visits the Australian National Botanic Gardens to find out how plants from all around country are being grown in Canberra’s challenging climate and Costa visits the National Arboretum to investigate their collection of rare, threatened and culturally significant trees, and learns about their efforts to preserve them for future generations. He also meets a Ngunnawal ranger to learn how traditional owners managed Canberra’s landscape for thousands of years, and how the same techniques are still being passed down and used today. Meanwhile, Angus is visiting CSIRO’s Black Mountain Laboratories to discover how the scientists are looking below the ground to find ways to improve crop production, as well as how their groundbreaking research can help gardeners at home.
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May 22, 2013 May 21st 2013.
Day 2, part 1.
It is medals day at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show. Nicki Chapman discovers who has won what as the medals are handed out. Andy Sturgeon and Carol Klein take a closer look at the gold medal-winning gardens and exhibits in the Great Pavilion, while Rachel De Thame reveals meets the Young Florist of the Year.
Day 2, part 2.
Alan Titchmarsh and Joe Swift reveal the gold medal-winning show gardens and talk to the designer who has won the prestigious Best in Show award at this centennial show. Carol Klein finds out what it takes to be named the best of the best in the Great Pavilion.
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May 21, 2013 May 20th 2013.
Day 1, part 1.
Presenters Nicki Chapman and Andy Sturgeon host the first lunchtime visit to the Royal Horticultural Society’s centenary Chelsea Flower Show. They trace the show’s rise from humble beginnings to the flamboyant floral extravaganza of today. Plus, a look at some of the big showcase gardens and a chance to learn how to create the popular Japanese floral art of Ikebana.
Day1, part 2.
Alan Titchmarsh and Joe Swift present from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The programme pays tribute to the contribution that local parks and gardens have made to the show over the years with a look at some of this year’s most stunning floral displays. And Rachel de Thame meets the designer who has sewn part of her garden.
Day1, part 3.
Alan Titchmarsh and Joe Swift launch a week of celebrations as RHS Chelsea Flower Show reaches its 100th anniversary. On the day of the royal family’s visit the show, there is a look at a show garden commissioned by HRH Prince Harry. Plus, the orchid growers who have exhibited at Chelsea every year since 1913 and a catch-up with the South African exhibitors mirroring the style of one of the show’s earliest stands.
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May 20, 2013 Episode 19 of 25, letter ‘S’.
Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of television gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular gardening presenters and programmes. In this episode, she explores subjects that all begin with the letter S.
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May 20, 2013 May 19th 2013
A preview of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Centennial Chelsea Flower Show with Alan Titchmarsh and Joe Swift. Carol Klein shares her memories of exhibiting at the event and takes a look around the Great Pavilion. Nicki Chapman walks through the Generation Gardens to see how the country’s front gardens have changed over the decades, while designer Chris Beardshaw explains how he gained inspiration from his experience of living with arthritis. And Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen explains why gnomes have been granted access for this year’s show.
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May 18, 2013 Featuring the Gardens at Hidcote Manor, Mottisfont Abbey, Sissinghurst Castle
Why did American-born Major Lawrence Johnston spend much of his lifetime creating a storied garden in a remote part of the Cotswolds? What is Graham Stuart Thomas’s glorious collection of antique roses doing in a medieval English Abbey? What persuaded author, poet and plantswoman Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson to buy a derelict ruin on the edge of the Kentish Weald to create their fabled garden? Their son, Nigel Nicolson, reminisces about this most beloved of gardens and his now legendary parents.
An extensive tour of each garden examines design, plantings, close-up details, and observations by gardeners. An hour of sheer enjoyment, beauty, and an excellent source of inspiration for those with a love for gardens.
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May 18, 2013 May 17th 2013.
Monty Don tackles seasonal jobs at Longmeadow and plants clematis in his cottage garden. Rachel de Thame takes a walk down memory lane when she visits the world’s biggest flower garden in Holland and Carol Klein is on the trail of early plant hunters, responsible for the glorious selection of magnolias brought to these shores.
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May 17, 2013 May 16th 2013.
Jim McColl grows eight different kinds of tomatoes, planning to identify the tastiest varieties, while Carole Baxter compares bought-in turf and seeded grass, and helps George Anderson create a new grass and gravel garden that will make use of old tree roots and stumps.
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May 15, 2013 Garraí Glas is a series about growing your own food, using traditional and organic methods. Síle Nic Chonaonaigh has travelled all around Ireland for three summers now, learning more about growing each year. We’d all like to get a little closer to being self-sufficient, and Garraí Glas shows that you don’t have to spend hours a day working your heart out to do that. All you need is a small patch in the back garden that you spend ten minutes a day looking after.
(Irish Gaelic with English subs hardcoded).
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May 14, 2013 May 4th 2012.
Costa is visiting a farm in NSW that is providing skills and opportunity for people by teaching them how to grow fruit and vegetables, Jerry demonstrates how he transformed a harsh, unproductive site into a resilient organic garden that has thrived in Brisbane’s climatic extremes and Angus meets a gardener whose sense of loss drove her to create a garden that has been a life-affirming experience.
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