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September 17, 2016 Jerry explores an expansive Far North Queensland garden that's a veritable arboretum of weird and wonderful tropical plants, Costa multitasks in the garden and creates the perfect compost ingredient, and Josh checks out an innovative and award winning green space in Fremantle that is delighting all ages in the community. Then, to keep the vegies coming, Sophie's always planting something; this time it's Asian greens and spring onions, while Angus visits Elizabeth Farm, an historic house and garden in western Sydney where a number of important horticultural ideas were first tried out in Australia.
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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 Worcestershire to find out how enthusiasts are caring for one of the rose family members - the plum. and Nick Macer is in London visiting a town garden where two different microclimates offer very different planting opportunities. Adam Frost reveals his plans for his new garden, while Flo Headlam is in the heart of Bristol, transforming unpromising grey spaces into vibrant green. Also Jane Moore meets a gardener in Torquay who has designed and planted his garden with thousands of plants which reflect areas of the world from Asia to the Mediterranean.
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September 10, 2016 Jane travels to rural Victoria to visit one of Australia's largest kitchen gardens and watches how the produce is used at the two-hatted Royal Mail Hotel, Jerry demonstrates a couple of easy techniques for propagating Elephant's Foot Yam - an unusual tasty tuber, and from a childhood surrounded by plants and gardens to becoming a Gardening Australia presenter, Sophie shares her story. Also, Tino shows how to keep plants healthy and thriving by applying the right fertilisers at the right time, and Costa finds out a little more about the cocoa plant.
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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 for an inspiring visit to the longest herbaceous border in the world. Seven-time Chelsea Gold medal-winning designer Adam Frost lays out plans for his new garden in Lincolnshire, while newcomer Flo Headlam visits a small city front garden in Liverpool to get underway with her mission to green up Britain's grey spaces, and Nick Macer will be in Sheffield, exploring the ways in which Britain's climatic conditions can be exploited for growing some surprising plants, and Carol Klein is in Devon, getting to grips with some of the members of the extraordinary buttercup family, which include clematis and delphiniums.
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September 3, 2016 Tino shows how easy it is to have a go at grafting fruit trees at home, Philosopher and author Dr Damon Young shares his intriguing views on the different ways gardens influence us, and John explores a groundbreaking natural playground set in Melbourne's historic Royal Park. Also Josh gives his indoor plants a bit of winter TLC, giving them a new lease on life while Costa meets residents of an old block of flats who have worked together to create an amazing rooftop garden.
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August 30, 2016 Channel 4 UK 14 Jul 2016
From garden cinemas to outside kitchens, this series explores how the home is changing as house and garden blur. In the first episode, architect Zac Monro and engineer Monty Ravenscroft create a glass atrium for an 18th century barn by covering a courtyard with a bespoke glass roof, while Zac designs a garden office that's both ancient and modern.
August 27, 2016 Tino gives his lawn some winter love to ensure that it rockets off at the first sign of warm weather, Jerry explains the strange growth habit of the cycad, and John meets a South African garden designer to talk about her work and compare the two countries' plants and landscapes. Meanwhile Costa gets stuck into pruning two overgrown camellias that each need a different approach and Jane shows how to propagate hydrangeas from cuttings.
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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 which she started earlier in the year, and Alan Power visits Hestercombe Gardens in Somerset to find out more about the discovery of a long-lost gladiolus, which was originally included in the planting plans of Gertrude Jekyll over 100 years ago.
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August 27, 2016 Sophie meets a gardener in the Adelaide Hills whose Greek heritage is reflected in her colourful and eclectic Mediterranean-style garden, Josh shares a great tip on how to get the upper-hand on slaters, and coinciding with Science Week, Costa explores a unique garden the Australian Botanic Garden in Mt Annan that showcases the amazing world of lichen. Also this week, Tino has a great DIY project to create a beautiful glass cloche to protect vulnerable seedlings, and Jerry meets an everyday lover of nature who has discovered the existence of a new species of mangrove in Far North Queensland.
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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 Brown, and we visit a couple near Chepstow whose ornamental grass garden was inspired by the Far East.
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