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October 27, 2016 In our final visit to Longmeadow this year, Monty gives advice on the plants that need winter protection and thinks ahead to colourful spring bouquets by planting bulbs in the cutting garden. He also pays a visit to a garden that has been 40 years in the making, at the home of Lord and Lady […] […]
October 15, 2016 There is a visitor at Longmeadow this week when Rachel de Thame lends Monty a hand as he refreshes his dry garden with plants that will thrive in tricky growing conditions. Monty also visits a national collection of vines to search out the best varieties for growing outdoors. Frances Tophill travels to the heart of […] […]
October 8, 2016 After months of nurturing the plants in his garden, Monty reaps a harvest of a different kind when he investigates how productive his bees have been at making honey. Joe Swift visits the world famous Chatsworth House in Derbyshire to explore the history of its monumental 19th-century rock garden and to see how a more […] […]
October 1, 2016 Monty catches up with seasonal jobs at Longmeadow this week when he divides some perennials and plants alpines for spring colour. He also travels to Dublin to meet Helen Dillon to find out why she is planning to leave her world-famous garden after decades of honing it to perfection. In Scotland, Joe Swift begins his […] […]
September 24, 2016 There is plenty of advice from Longmeadow this week as Monty starts to tidy up the garden for autumn and reviews this year’s display in the jewel garden. In the final part of Carol Klein’s series on plant families, she looks at the Apiaceae family, which includes not only stalwart and wildlife-friendly plants but also […] […]
September 18, 2016 September is the perfect time for planting and Monty adds some autumn flowering asters to his borders, as well as refreshing his strawberry beds with new stock. Carol Klein continues her series on plant families and this week, she takes a close look at one of the largest plant families in the world, the daisy […] […]
September 10, 2016 In another full hour of gardening, Monty is at Longmeadow giving advice on how to deal with unruly roses, taking cuttings of herbs and planting a new tree. Carol Klein continues her series on plant families, exploring some of the most popular relations of the rose, and we pay a visit to an orchard in […] […]
September 4, 2016 This week sees the first of eight hour-long episodes of Gardeners’ World. Monty and the regular team are joined by some new faces offering tips, advice and inspiration from gardens large and small across the country. In this programme, Monty is at Longmeadow catching up with some seasonal jobs, and also gets out and about […] […]
August 27, 2016 With the bank holiday ahead, there is plenty of opportunity to catch up with some essential jobs in the garden and Monty gives a masterclass on how to look after and prune soft fruit to ensure maximum production next year. Frances Tophill is at RHS Rosemoor, where she is catching up on her vegetable trials […] […]
August 20, 2016 Now that birds are no longer nesting in hedges, now is the time to get them looking trim and neat and Monty has plenty of tips on how to cut them so that they grow well. Alan Power visits Croome Park in Worcestershire to discover more about one of the first great landscapes of Capability […] […]
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