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September 27, 2024 Monty gives his top tips on how to keep lawns looking their best throughout autumn, tidies up the pond, and plans ahead for a colourful spring display by potting up some hyacinths. He plants garlic in a container, gives his shrub roses a prune and enjoys the fruits of the season by harvesting pears. Rachel de Thame visits a National Collection of asters near Worcester, while Adam Frost discovers how the garden at Peckover House in Cambridgeshire has been restored to its former glory.
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September 27, 2024 George and Calum help cut down on those unwanted plant pests - weeds. The pair select varieties that provide great ground cover as they grow, helping to limit the spread of weeds in future seasons.
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September 27, 2024 Planning ahead for next year, Monty plants camassias and cyclamen for a spring display and sows hardy annuals into his cut flower beds, whilst in the veg garden he plants out strawberries. In Hillingdon, Joe Swift meets a couple who have spent 25 years renovating a walled garden which they only discovered they owned after collecting the keys to their new home. Sue Kent visits a garden in Herefordshire where beautiful blooms are grown to create inspiring dried flower displays, and there's a visit to food critic Leyla Kazim, who has cleverly designed her compact urban garden to grow a huge amount of produce. And in Derbyshire, there's a man who has created a family garden inspired by the beautiful surrounding landscape.
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September 27, 2024 Carole Baxter assesses how the dahlias have delivered this year. They are great for cut flower collections, but has the weather affected the results?
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September 11, 2024 In a special programme from Norfolk, Arit Anderson and Adam Frost go behind the scenes at East Ruston Old Vicarage to discover how this beautiful garden was created half a century ago by its owners, and how they and a team of volunteers keep it looking outstanding all summer long. They pick up a host of tips and tricks along the way and tackle some seasonal jobs. Leaf cuttings come under the spotlight with Carol Klein as she continues her mission to get people growing plants for free. Rekha Mistry takes stock of her new veg garden in the Peak District after a challenging year. And a couple in Walsall share their passion for the colour green in their wonderful shaded oasis.
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September 11, 2024 With autumn fast approaching, Lizzie Schofield and Ruth Vichos pick the garden’s carrot crop, and Calum has the latest from his allotment in Leven.
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September 1, 2024 With only a month left at Beechgrove, it’s time to check on this year’s work and look ahead to autumn and the 2025 season.
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September 1, 2024 Monty continues his preparations for next year by getting some daffodils in the ground. He gives his summer-fruiting raspberries a prune, plants a fragrant honeysuckle on the Mound and offers up some advice on how best to deal with that gardeners’ nemesis, bindweed. Frances Tophill visits pioneering horticulturist Josh Sparkes at his experimental plot in Devon to uncover some of the secrets of sustainable food production. And Nick Bailey reveals his beautiful new border at home, which was only planted up a few months ago, and there’s a head gardener in Birmingham who shares his top tips on how they keep their traditional arts and crafts garden looking glorious all year round. Plus an amateur gardener in London who loves to grow vegetables in pots.
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September 1, 2024 Carole checks on how this year’s crop of tomatoes is measuring up, and Brian looks at some newly planted apple trees.
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September 1, 2024 Monty Don makes a start on adding some foxtail lilies to his borders. The winter salads he sowed last month are also ready to plant out, and in the greenhouse there's the conundrum of what to do about fuchsia gall mite. Rachel de Thame delves into the extraordinary world of bees and the science behind pollination. And in the heart of London, Arit Anderson visits a green oasis where texture and form take centre stage.
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