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September 15, 2014 Tino shows how to maintain some common garden tools to ensure they last a lifetime, Costa explores a low maintenance rooftop garden that combines clever design with a stunning array of tough plants and Sophie introduces one her most memorable stories from the archives, about a couple whose garden has grown with them over decades. Also Angus demonstrates some methods for propagating native plants, including striking cuttings and breaking seed dormancy while Josh visits a design duo that has turned a drab suburban block into a vibrant place for entertaining.
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September 13, 2014 As the last days of summer start to fade and autumn takes hold, it is time to start planning ahead for next year. At Longmeadow, Monty adds some foxtail lilies to his dry garden for a touch of drama in May and June. Carol is in Kent visiting salvia expert William Dyson to find out where these exquisite plants come from, how many colours there are to choose from and what they need to thrive in the UK, and there's a visit to a remarkable woman from a family of gardeners on the eve of her 100th birthday.
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September 9, 2014 Josh turns the loss of some plants on his verge into an opportunity to trial some tough natives, Costa celebrates the 25th anniversary of Landcare Australia by talking about its founding principles with Bob Hawke, who launched it in 1989, and Sophie shows how to build a self-watering propagation house that's perfect for home-grown seedlings and cuttings. Theres also Jerry showing some of his favourite bomb-proof plants for pots and how to care for them while Tino visits a delightful garden with a huge collection of rhododendrons as well as rare and colourful surprises around every corner.
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September 6, 2014 For many gardeners, the beginning of September is the start of a new season. Monty embraces this shift as he harvests an abundance of delicious produce at the same time as looking ahead to the spring. Carol continues to explore the wonders of the fauna visiting our gardens and travels to Shaftesbury to meet wildlife enthusiast Brigit Strawbridge. Together, they explore the nooks and crannies in her tiny garden to find out what wonderful creatures dwell in these hidden places.
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September 2, 2014 Sophie plants out her driveway with local species to provide habitat and food for birds, lizards and butterflies, Costa explores a thriving community garden in the heart of Sydney whose members are getting a lot out of a challenging space, and Jerry visits a cacti and succulent collector par excellence outside Brisbane, and gets some tips on growing them in pots. Also Jerry gives some tips to keep citrus well-fed and thriving while Tino plants out some spring root vegetables and experiments with spuds.
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August 30, 2014 As August draws to a close, Monty turns his attention to his ornamental grass borders. They are just coming into their prime but are in need of some late summer colour.
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August 25, 2014 With a week to go before the start of spring, Jane gets into some last-minute winter maintenance to keep flowering perennials thriving. John chats to Patrick Blanc, world-renowned designer and inventor of vertical gardens, about his latest project in Sydney, Costa visits a suburban gardener who demonstrates that a limited space and lack of soil is no barrier to growing a large variety of fruit trees and Josh shows how to choose appropriate plants for varying levels of indoor light and how to care for them.
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August 23, 2014 It's summer and the perfect time to get out and about visiting gardens. With that in mind, Monty leaves Longmeadow to explore the beautiful gardens at RHS Hyde Hall in Essex. He seeks inspiration from their amazing dry garden and discovers how they manage to keep their lawns looking pristine in such a hot summer. Carol travels to RHS Wisley to learn more about the creatures that inhabit our beds and borders. She finds out which insects visit our flowers, feed on our foliage and, most importantly, help keep our plants healthy, and we meet a couple in Bournemouth whose extraordinary front garden never fails to wow the RHS Britain in Bloom judges.
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August 17, 2014 Tino is sowing the first of The Patch's seeds for spring and gives some tips on how to grow strong, healthy seedlings, Costa finds out about a project in Alice Springs that's providing self-contained and self-watering garden beds to the community, and John revisits one of his favourite stories from the rich GA archives, when he visited Cloudehill in the Dandenong Ranges in 2006. There's also Divide and Multiply - where Josh shows how easy it is to get more plants for free by dividing rhizomatous perennials.
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August 11, 2014 John highlights some plants that will brighten up the darkest corners of the garden with flowers and foliage, Jerry visits Jude and Michel Fanton, founders of the Seed Savers Network, to find out why saving seed is vital and Tino is using the vertical space in his garden to plant productive climbers, including passion-fruit, kiwifruit and hops. Also, Josh shows how to use horticultural oils to effectively deal with insect pests while sparing the beneficial ones.
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