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November 3, 2015 Dr George McGavin investigates the highly varied and dramatic life of oak tree. Part science documentary, part historical investigation, this film is a celebration of one of the most iconic trees in the British countryside. It aims to give viewers a sense of what an extraordinary species the oak is and provide an insight into how this venerable tree experiences life. Filmed over a year, George uncovers the extraordinary transformations the oak goes through to meet the challenges of four very different seasons.
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October 30, 2015 Jane meets designer, Ross Ubergang, and explores a chic garden where he's transformed a tricky site into a liveable space using recycled local materials, Tino shows how to keep mail-order plants healthy and thriving once they arrive on the doorstep, and Jerry is in Roma Street Parklands to bask in the bright colours of their annual display of bedding plants and explains how to achieve the look at home. Also Sophie discusses different kale varieties while Josh shows how to turn colourful containers into productive and easy to move pots that will provide tasty produce throughout the summer months.
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October 29, 2015 In a special episode of Love Your Garden, Alan Titchmarsh and his team transform a blank outside space at Keech hospice in Luton into a state of the art wildlife garden. Alan meets the staff and residents at Keech, a place where many people with life limiting illnesses go to spend their final days. He realizes how much a garden, and in particular a place for nature, could make a difference. Assembling his trusty team, he designs a space that's modern in style to compliment Keech's modern architecture. They build insect hotels made from giant circular steel gabions that are filled with organic matter, a "bird city" made up of freestanding tables, a pond, a stunning stumpery and an apartment block for solitary bees. Installing cameras that are linked to a room inside the hospice, Alan and his team check the progress of the garden over the year but not all goes to plan, especially when a local set of badgers move in.
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October 24, 2015 In the last programme of the current series, Monty Don takes stock of his year at Longmeadow. We visit RHS Wisley to learn why autumn leaves are such a precious commodity for our gardens. And in the final instalment of her botany series, Carol Klein celebrates the glorious displays put on by flowering plants to attract pollinators.
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October 21, 2015 Costa explores a native garden where a number of elements work together to encourage an abundance of local birdlife, a new segment for GA, My Garden Path is a fascinating window into how plants and people are interconnected across a broad range of disciplines, kicking off with a florist and artist, and John visits the Children's Garden at Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, to look at the design features that make it a fun and engaging landscape for kids.
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October 17, 2015 In the fourth of her films about botany, Carol Klein explores the inner workings of leaves - how they harness the sun's energy and turn it into food. And Joe Swift meets Griff Rhys Jones for a private tour of his remarkable garden and discovers what a passionate gardener he is.
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October 14, 2015 Costa hands out free plants to busy city workers, spreading the word about gardening and its many benefits to the physical and mental health of all who get up and grow! Tino plants out tasty unusual herbs that will thrive in a range of tricky spots - from the hot and dry to the wet and shady, Jerry takes a look at the easy and useful medicinal plant - the Aloe. John explores one of Melbourne's newest inner city parks that was formally a busy road and has now been reclaimed by the local council for the benefit of residents.
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October 12, 2015 A beginner’s guide from the world’s most renowned chip carver Wayne Barton.
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October 10, 2015 Monty Don is at Longmeadow with a host of seasonal jobs to keep his autumn garden looking beautiful for as long as possible. And in the third of her fascinating films about how plants work, Carol Klein investigates the science of stems.
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October 5, 2015 Jane checks out the latest flower project undertaken by the City of Melbourne - a mass-planted display of ninety-thousand daffodils in Fitzroy Gardens, Costa shows how to maintain a thriving pond and aquaponics system, cleaning out and replanting both with productive aquatic edibles, and Tino shows how to get the most out of a small productive space, growing everything from capsicums and pepinos to lettuce and beetroot in a single bed.
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