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August 27, 2013 Everything from a small container garden in a city backyard to a large vegetable garden, The West Ladies will show you how to create your own beautiful and useful garden. This show is packed with helpful instruction to help you grow beautiful healthy flowers and vegetables.
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August 24, 2013 August 23rd 2013.
Monty Don serves up an extra big helping of timely jobs to keep gardeners busy over the Bank Holiday weekend. He also makes a start on cutting his hedges, with plenty of advice on how to go about it and the right tools to use for the job.Carol Klein steps back in time when she visits an 18th century walled garden in the Scottish Borders. It belongs to Michael Wickenden who has turned it into a very special home for his enormous collection of rare and unusual plants gathered from across the globe.
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August 22, 2013 August 17th 2013.
Jane shows how to prune and look after roses in winter to encourage an abundance of flowers in spring and Jerry shows how to build and set up a worm farm for next to nothing.
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August 17, 2013 August 16th 2013.
Monty Don shares some of Longmeadow's late-summer highlights and looks ahead to the future, propagating a range of favourite plants to guarantee a great display next summer. Carol Klein celebrates a vibrant summer flower, the daylily, and we meet an artist who has created a very special roof garden where creativity and colour collide.
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August 13, 2013 August 10th 2013.
Sophie plants a range of colourful vegies to feed her family, and explains why eating a spectrum of coloured veg is good for your health, Josh shows a number of different plants that are useful for screening to create privacy and Tino is installing a simple drip irrigation system at his home.
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August 11, 2013 August 9th 2013.
In a Summer of Wildlife special episode, Monty Don explores the secret life of his garden from the soil organisms underfoot to the birds that soar overhead. Naturalist Simon King shows us the wildlife that depends on our gardens, we visit a small space designed as a haven for garden creatures and Carol Klein celebrates a plant family popular with bees and butterflies.
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August 4, 2013 August 3rd 2013.
Josh plants out a spot in his garden with some edibles that will create a private, tropical oasis, Jane visits a gardener who collects and is actively involved in conserving rare species of begonia and Jerry explains why knowing scientific plant names is the key to gardening success. Also in the show, Angus meets an experienced nurseryman who is breeding plants to cater to changing trends while Tino explores a garden with an eclectic mix of plants, and offers some advice on cultivation and maintenance.
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August 4, 2013 August 2nd 2013.
Longmeadow is in full bloom, but Monty Don is keen to remind viewers that there is still time to sow some late vegetables, demonstrating how easy it is to grow salad in a pot. It's time to give wisterias their summer prune. An expert, whose 252ft vine was in full flower just weeks ago, shows how she cuts back that summer growth. Meanwhile, Carol Klein has been out and about in Norfolk to revel in the delights of the bearded iris.
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July 29, 2013 July 27th 2013.
Jane visits a community garden in an unusual location that has turned a barren space into a thriving native garden, Tino is transforming a patch of his back yard into a new lawn using a native grass and Jerry catches up with an old friend to explore her diverse and flourishing garden on a challenging site. Also, Sophie adds some more plants to her thriving driveway garden while John Patrick visits a modern coastal garden where the design has tackled the challenging site and conditions.
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July 28, 2013 Monty Don kicks off this years visits to the RHS Flower Show, Tatton Park. Joined by Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Andy Sturgeon, the team explore the show gardens, inviting visitors to get away from it all. Fuchsia nursery Roualeyn explains why there's a fuchsia perfect for every garden and Carol looks at the hardy plants suitable for the exposed areas of the garden.
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