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June 23, 2011 
Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins celebrates the humble and sometimes hated plants we call weeds. He discovers that there is no such thing as a weed, botanically speaking, and that in fact what we call a weed has changed again and again over the last three hundred years.
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June 17, 2011 
Horticulturist Chris Beardshaw uncovers the British contribution to the history of our most iconic fruit. He reveals the ‘golden age’, when the passion and dedication of Victorian gardeners gave us more varieties than anywhere else in the world. Chris also finds out how the remarkable ingenuity of a small group of 20th century […]
June 9, 2011 
Documentary telling the story of Hidcote, the most influential English garden of the 20th century and Lawrence Johnston, the enigmatic genius behind it. Hidcote was the first garden ever taken on by the National Trust, who have spent 3.5 million pounds in a major programme of restoration. As part of this facelift, the […]
June 5, 2011 
Kate Humble, Bill Oddie, Bill Bryson, John Craven and Clarissa Dickson Wright discuss television’s changing relationship – and current obsession – with the countryside. What explains the huge appeal of shows like Countryfile and Lambing Live to an urban audience? Is television helping to bring town and country together, or is the gap […]
May 15, 2011 Aired 11th May 2011.
Julia Bradbury heads for Iceland to embark on the toughest walk of her life. Her challenge is to walk the 60 kilometres of Iceland’s most famous hiking route, a trail that just happens to end at the volcano that brought air traffic across Europe to a standstill in 2010. With the […]
April 23, 2011 
Geoff Hamilton, presenter of Gardeners’ World from 1979 until his death in 1996, and Gay Search show us how to plant borders at Barnsdale Gardens in this BBC2 programme broadcast in 1989.
With contributions from two other world-class gardeners. Gay Search visits Rosemary Verey’s garden and Geoff visits Beth Chatto’s garden.
This is […]
February 18, 2011 
Hostile pressures on the countryside mean that the garden has become more important. If we were to put all the gardens in the UK together it would make the largest refuge in this country for wildlife. This would make a place for plants, animals and insects, where they can hide, where they can […]
January 31, 2011 
Organic Gardening Made Easy is a new instructional film by master gardener, Lee O’Hara. Easy to follow, step by step instructions that will enable you to quickly, easily and economically create and sustain your own organic home garden – whether you have 3 square feet or several acres of garden space to start […]
January 16, 2011 
This video teaches you everything you need to know about natural lawn care, including pest control, lawn maintenance, water management, soil requirements, planting and composting, as well as the tools you will need to get started. Pesticides are out, and hand picking is in. Your neighbors will be envious of your green and […]
January 6, 2011 Presented by Peter Cundall.
A practical and comprehensive guide to organic vegetable gardening in a temperate climate, over a complete year. Presenter Peter Cundall explains the tasks to be done month to month and season to season, and discusses crop rotation and its importance for pest and disease control. Essential viewing for allotment owners !
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