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October 21, 2014 Tino explores how The Patch has grown from a humble vegetable garden into a thriving hub of community connection and health, Angus discovers a couple who relieve workplace stress by getting out of their home office and into the garden, and Jerry explains how gardeners can help save an endangered butterfly by planting a beautiful native climber. Josh explores one of the best natural wildflower displays WA has seen in years, with stunning massed-carpets of colour and some unusual species and Jane visits Karen refuges who tend the garden at Werribee Mansion in Victoria to find out how it helps with their mental and cultural well being.
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October 18, 2014 As autumn gathers momentum, it's time to start putting the garden to bed for winter. Monty has some timely advice on what to do. Carol meets a nurseryman in Herefordshire and together they indulge in the seasonal beauty of the Japanese maple, and there's the next instalment of Rachel de Thame's cut flower garden diary as we join her back in April when she plants up Verbena bonariensis and takes inspiration from a glorious cutting garden at Parham House in West Sussex.
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October 11, 2014 In the first of four films, find out how Rachel de Thame got on over the past year as she attempted to grow her own cut flowers. Carol helps first-time gardeners Dan and Dominique plant up a range of tasty fruit in their new garden in Gloucestershire, and if you're still in a quandary about what to grow in your winter pots this year, Monty Don may well have the answer.
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October 7, 2014 Josh helps out a special lady in his life who is moving house and garden after 60 years, John discovers an indoor garden that has turned a dead space into a verdant retreat for workers, and Costa visits market gardeners in Sydney's west who grow a huge variety of crops on natural rainfall alone. Also, Sophie uses a range of plants that insects find irresistible and shows how to build habitat to encourage them to hang around while Jerry explores the Gold Coast Botanic Garden and finds some rare local natives that make great garden plants.
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October 4, 2014 With the arrival of October, it's time to start thinking about getting some garlic in the ground - Monty shares his secrets on how to get a successful crop. Carol takes first-time gardeners Dan and Dominique for a day out in Devon. They are on the hunt for some seasonal inspiration for their new garden, and what better place to look than RHS Rosemoor? And with the bulb-planting season well and truly upon us, we meet a daffodil enthusiast in Port Stewart, County Londonderry, who would never be without these cheery harbingers of spring.
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September 29, 2014 Costa meets a gardener whose ethos of waste as a resource is exemplified in her eclectic garden, which is packed with ideas to inspire everyone. Tino makes the most of what can be a lean time in the garden, sharing some tips to extend the harvest until spring's bounty arrives, Clarence visits Australia's only indigenous-owned and managed botanic garden and national park on New South Wales' south coast and Jane meets a bonsai grower with a stunning collection of trees that not only look beautiful, but which tell a story as well.
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September 27, 2014 As well as catching up with various tasks at Longmeadow, Monty meets world-renowned garden designer Piet Oudolf at his latest creation in Somerset. He gets to grips with Oudolf's iconic naturalistic planting and explains how this style can be adapted to other gardens. Meanwhile Carol goes tree climbing in Bristol to find out how important these precious havens are for urban wildlife.
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September 24, 2014 Ep01 - Plan Your Garden.
A dream garden starts with two things: an awareness of what you have to do and a solid plan for getting there. Ms. Myers gives you an overview of the step-by-step process for creating a garden, guiding you through the process of weeding old garden spaces; testing your soil; evaluating growing conditions; picking the best topsoil; using annuals, perennials, and biennials to best effect; and mapping out your garden with the space available.
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September 22, 2014 Josh gets stuck into filling some gaps along his driveway with fruit trees and unusual productive shrubs, John meets up with an arborist to show how to give young trees the best chance in gardens, including how to correct some common problems, and Sophie looks at some of her favourite bulbs and corms for spring colour. Also Angus shows how to correctly prune a variety of grevilleas, including groundcovers, shrubs and trees and Jerry explores Di McCrae's garden in country Queensland and finds some rare beauties perfectly suited to the challenging climate.
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September 20, 2014 As autumn gathers momentum, there is still plenty to do in the garden. Monty cuts back his wildflower meadow and, with an eye on some early season colour, makes a start on planting up his spring containers. Joe learns the importance of allotment beekeeping when he visits an award-winning plot in Bristol, and Carol travels to Dorset to meet Neil Lucas, one of the country's leading experts on ornamental grasses.
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