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April 29, 2014 The threat of attack during WW2 made it crucial for Britain's imports to be reduced and self-sufficiency to be pursued. Dig For Victory was a key government campaign that urged people to cultivate their own gardens, local parks and allotments in a bid to increase food production. It was hugely successful and empowered all generations to feel that they too were 'doing their bit'. This film brings the reality of wartime gardening to life through interviews, archive footage, images and recollections from members of the Women's Land Army and many of those who helped to Dig for Victory.
Presented by Peter Thoday.
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April 28, 2014 Josh visits the home garden of designer Janine Mendel, whose series of courtyards shows how to get a lot out of a series of small spaces. Tino discusses the principles of single bed planting because not everyone has a six-bed vegetable garden. Jane explores a stunning, tranquil garden planted and cared for by a Buddhist order of monks while Sophie shows how to grow small bulbs in pots for some indoor colour and fragrance in spring. Also, Angus visits the Sydney Botanic Gardens for a snapshot into the world of the stunning and vast species that make up the Solanaceae - the potato family.
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April 26, 2014 Carol visits eminent plantsman Keith Wiley at his garden in Devon, which celebrates the exquisite dog's-tooth violet. Keith is passionate about these unsung woodland plants, Rachel visits the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh to take a look behind the scenes at their world-renowned collection of alpines and find out what it takes to keep their fantastic display at the peak of perfection, and at Longmeadow, Monty cracks on with some timely tasks and makes a start on planting up a yew hedge.
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April 20, 2014 Jerry drops in on an old gardening friend to see his latest methods for growing a variety of produce, Josh visits a gardener in Albany in W.A. whose collection of bamboo is vast. He finds out how to grow, maintain and keep control of it and Costa discovers a stunning, botanically-rich garden designed around a high rise apartment block on Sydney Harbour. Also, Jane meets a native plant grower to find out about some proven performers and how to grow them.
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April 19, 2014 The long Easter weekend offers lots of opportunities to really get cracking in the garden. Monty has suggestions for beautiful climbers that thrive in shady spots and gets on with planting up his vegetable garden. Carol returns to help first-time gardeners Dan and Dominique, and guides them in what to look for at a garden centre as they hunt out trees and shrubs for their new borders and Joe Swift visits a very special quarry garden in Staffordshire, racing to get ready in time to open to the public on Easter Sunday, despite being hit by the severe winter storms.
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April 15, 2014 Because it's not grand, the story of the suburban garden has barely been told - and yet 8 out of 10 people in England live in the suburbs. In this documentary, writer and historian Michael Collins delivers a riposte to the urban intelligentsia which has spent a century sneering at the suburbs. His south London pilgrimage takes him to Bexley and Bromley, Surbiton and the new promised land of Bluewater in Kent to explore what the suburban garden has meant to us and to celebrate what one contributor calls 'their little piece of heaven'.
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April 13, 2014 Jerry is talking dung, looking at a range of weird and wonderful manures to keep his soil fed and thriving,Angus shares a number of great tips to help give transplanted plants every chance of survival and Jane discovers a flower meadow in the heart of Melbourne growing a range of flowering annuals for diversity and insect habitat. Also, Tino gets stuck into some autumn tasks around the perennial borders at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Hobart, while John visits the stunning garden of innovative garden designer, Rick Eckersley, to discuss his design principles and explore his bold use of plants.
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April 12, 2014 At Longmeadow, Monty finishes rejuvenating his dry garden, a sun-baked corner of the garden that had become overrun by thuggish plants. He has advice on how to make the most of a dry border where the soil is poor, with suggestions of plants that will thrive in these conditions, Carol is in the rather exotic setting of Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens in Dorset, meeting camellia expert Jennifer Trehane. Abbotsbury is vibrant with colour from their stunning camellia collection at this time of year, so it is the perfect place for Jennifer to share her wealth of knowledge about this much-loved plant. And we meet auricula enthusiast Patricia Cleveland-Peck and delight in her collection of these show-stopping plants.
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April 7, 2014 Geoff begins the program by taking a look at his rhubarb, before moving on to the ornamental kitchen garden. Later he talks hedges and gives tips on what type of plants to use. Pippa Greenwood helps a viewer tackle problems with her lawn, Anna Swithinbank gives tips for gardening under glass, and there's a visit to Rosemoore gardens.
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April 6, 2014 Sophie showcases some new plant varieties bred for improved resistance to pests and diseases and Josh plants a selection of dwarf fruit trees to get the best out of small spaces. Costa enlists the help of an expert to split his native beehive so he can give half to his local primary school and Jerry meets a character on the Darling Downs whose enthusiasm for roses is infectious, then Tino is improving the soil at The Patch and showing the best crops to plant when starting a new vegetable garden.
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