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November 3, 2013 November 1st 2013.
With gardens now going into hibernation, Monty Don is busy lifting and storing tender plants to keep over winter. This time of year is also about planning ahead for winter displays and spring colour and Monty has ideas and tips for planting up garden pots to provide a focal point through the coldest months. Rachel de Thame sees firsthand the mania for tulip growing in Holland when she visits the world’s largest spring garden, Keukenhof. Joe Swift visits TV presenter Esther Rantzen and gets a privileged guided tour around her much-loved garden. Meanwhile, Carol Klein is at Glebe Cottage celebrating the dazzling delights of our autumn borders in the form of vibrant bulbous plants from South Africa.
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October 26, 2013 October 25th 2013.
With the warm weather on the wane, it's time to think about preparing our garden borders for next year, but with his flower beds still looking good, Monty Don faces some tough decisions about what to ditch for his spring display. He also tackles that perennial hazard of slippery paths and shows us how best to deal with the problem. Carol Klein visits a National Collection of michaelmas daisies near Malvern to find out what makes it so special. And with Halloween just round the corner, we visit a giant veg grower who has a showstopper of a pumpkin big enough to scare any trick or treaters!
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October 21, 2013 Costa lends a hand with a re-vegetation project on the banks of the Cooks River in Western Sydney, Jerry drops in on a couple who are growing a variety of produce in their rental garden using a range of inventive methods and Angus visits a local flora reserve to look at some indigenous plants that are great garden performers in his local area.
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October 19, 2013 October 18th 2013.
Autumn is in full-swing at Longmeadow but the garden is still looking good. Monty is dividing his Pulmonaria to encourage a good display next spring and he will have some timely advice on protecting plants from the first frosts of the season. Joe is visiting a suburban oasis packed with tropical plants to find out what it takes to create and maintain exotic planting in a most unlikely location – an exposed back garden with heavy clay soil, just a few miles outside Bristol. Also, it's been a bumper year for berries and our native rowan trees are heavy with fruit. Carol is revealing the myth and magic of this favourite tree in the wild, before exploring a stellar array of rowans from around the world, in the shadow of the giant telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
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October 17, 2013 The West Ladies return to instruct and inspire in this show that is sure to bring many years of enjoyable benefits to your home. Storage, seasoning, tonics and much more, The Art of Herbs will teach the many ways you can use herbs and the benefits that come from them.
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October 14, 2013 Tino shows how to select and plant out a range of native plants to create an effective windbreak, Josh plants a range of flowering perennials around his vegetable patch to attract beneficial insects and Jerry shares some tips on how to use mulch when preparing a garden bed. Also, Jane visits a couple who have been gardening together for over forty years to look at some of their tried and true methods, while John visits the Bishopscourt, the Melbourne Anglican Archbishop's house and garden on the city fringe that is being restored by a dedicated team of volunteers
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October 11, 2013 October 12th 2013.
As autumn unfolds in the garden, Monty Don and his faithful sidekick Nigel have plenty to be getting on with, making the most of the season and preparing for the winter ahead. Carol Klein is in Surrey looking at wild and cultivated heathers. Hugely popular in the 1970s, these plants had fallen out of favour but Carol meets a plantsman to find out why they are well worth rediscovering.
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October 8, 2013 Tino shows how to get the most out of your vegetable patch by planting prolific and unusual varieties, Jerry demonstrates the effects of excess nitrogen on plant growth, and explains how its over-application can be avoided, and Costa explores a bush garden that provides a tranquil and calming setting for the patients of a psychology practice. Also this week Jane looks at rhododendrons of all sizes and colours, and shows what they need to thrive while Sophie shows how to put garden waste to use by making rope and plant supports.
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October 7, 2013 This two part special presented by Charlie Albone, features Phillip Johnson and his team building the winning Trailfinders Australian Garden at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Phillip’s build is the biggest and most ambitious design ever created in this prestigious event’s 100 year history and Charlie captures all the action of the build: the lead up to the show, the build of the garden on-site culminating with the finished production finally winning the prestigious ‘Best in Show’ prize, after ten years of trying.
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October 5, 2013 October 4th 2013.
Monty Don is hard at work gathering his bumper crop of apples and has some timely advice on how to store them. Although the festive season seems a long way off, he’s also planting up some indoor bulbs that will hopefully flower in time for Christmas. Carol Klein explores the intriguing world of the Eupatorium with wildlife gardener, Jan Miller. And we meet a passionate daffodil grower in County Down who is already thinking ahead to next spring.
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