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April 5, 2014 Monty gives his ornamental grasses an overhaul, and has tips on how to lift and divide ones that have grown too large, plus advice on which ones should be cut back now for the best display in the autumn. He also wants to bulk up his grass borders and gets the ball rolling by sowing some seed now. Rachel de Thame visits the stunning Trebah Garden in Cornwall to revel in their glorious collection of hydrangeas, and Carol returns to Gloucestershire to see how the new gardeners are progressing. She helps them take a huge step forward in creating their garden by laying a lawn. She also helps them prepare their heavy clay soil for planting.
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April 1, 2014 With a combination of March winds and April showers, the warmer and wetter weather means theres a terrific amount of work to be done in the garden. Geoff spends time in the vegetable plot, and gives advice to veg-gardeners who don't have a greenhouse but who still want to make an early start. He also spends time taking a look at the herbaceous border before visiting the Cottage Garden Society's seed expert in Derbyshire. Stefan Buczacki takes a look at alpine plants for the rock garden, and Nigel Colborn gives tips on creatively planting borders.
Many thanks to Tim for contributing s24.
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March 31, 2014 Costa is at the Sydney Tomato Festival to get some growing, cooking and preserving tips, Sophie takes stock of the garden after summer's record-breaking heatwave, replanting where plants haven't coped and Tino shows us the renovated Patch at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hobart, before he gets to work. Also, Jane meets an expert native plant grower to have a look at some natives well-suited to growing in pots and Josh meets a gardener whose garden not only gives her enormous joy; it's also raised thousands for a charity close to her heart.
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March 29, 2014 Carol continues to take a closer look at the nation's favourite plants and meets the people who dedicate their lives to them - this time she's admiring the daffodil. Theres a visit to dahlia enthusiast Darren Everest on his allotment in Kent. In his own garden at Longmeadow, Monty pots up his own dahlia tubers, and offers tips for getting the best results later in the year, and Joe meets a Lancashire gardener who has spent 20 years creating a spectacular garden on a rocky cliff-face behind her home.
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March 23, 2014 Gardening Australia celebrates its 25th birthday with a very special episode. All the presenters come together at Ripponlea Estate in Melbourne to share their experiences and memories of the program while we delve into the rich Gardening Australia archives to showcase the sweep of the show over 25 years. It's a celebration of the practical, hands-on gardening advice that's been dispensed to generations of gardeners around the country - it's an inspiring must-see first episode for the 2014 series!
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March 22, 2014 In this weeks show Monty gives the pond a spring clean and adds some much-needed colour to his Jewel Garden pots, Carol meets a young couple in Gloucestershire, who are just getting started with their first garden. Over the course of the year, Carol will be helping and advising them on how to transform their small space into a lovely multifunctional family garden, and Joe visits a gardener in Northumberland, who copes with temperatures of -18C in the winter and 30C in the summer. Despite these extremes, she has succeeded in developing a wonderful garden she can enjoy all year round.
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March 21, 2014 Jerry Coleby-Williams explains the value of volunteer plants in his productive garden, and demonstrates how to recognize and use them, Sophie Thomson explains what types of roses should be pruned in winter and why, and demonstrates the simple steps to create healthy, flowering plants. Josh Byrne demonstrates the different ways worm castings can be used in the garden while Angus Stewart explains how liquid fertilisers work, compares the different types available and demonstrates the best applications for each.
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March 15, 2014 March 14th 2014.
Monty tackles the problem of box blight in his garden at Longmeadow. It means taking drastic action, but in the long term will hopefully be for the best, Carol Klein looks at the spring delight that is the cyclamen and she meets one of the country's leading experts in this most delicate of hardy plants and uncovers just how easy they are to grow. Joe Swift visits a gardener taking on the challenges of gardening on the windswept Cornish coastline, to create a haven of beauty against the odds, and we meet an amateur gardener who breeds a stunning array of sweet peas to make the most fragrant and colourful displays.
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March 14, 2014 Series repack.
German language with hard coded English subs.
“Natur im Garten” is broadcast regularly on Austrian nationwide TV network, ORF 2. Hosted by Karl Ploberger, an avid organic gardener, it is focused exclusively on the principles of organic gardening. Each show features an organic garden in Austria, from the smallest urban garden to the grandest aristocratic park. Also included are many practical gardening tips, and expert herbalist, Uschi Zezelitsch explains the culinary, medicinal, and cosmetic uses of wild and garden plants.
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March 14, 2014 Colin Campbell meets a plant breeder, to discuss how the new plants we find at the nursery are bred, Angus Stewart discovers a ground breaking technique for propagating and growing native and exotic plants, and finds a gardener who has put theory into practice with astounding results, and Josh Byrne visits a community project in Broome where disadvantaged students of all ages acquire skills by learning to grow plants, which ultimately benefit the whole community. Also John Patrick explains the importance of successfully managing populations of trees in public spaces to ensure they remain part of the urban landscape.
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