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June 24, 2013 June 22nd 2013.
Jerry shows how he uses a variety of old methods for making compost, as well as the many ways he puts it to use around the garden, John and a fellow garden designer explore a newly planted garden to discuss the basic principles of successful garden design and Jane is looking at some of her favourite plants for winter colour and has some tips on how to choose and care for them to ensure an extended display. Also, Tino plants out some winter crops and shows how to provide for their differing nutritional requirements while Angus discovers a gardener who has overcome the challenges of a sloped and shady site to create a diverse and interesting native garden.
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June 22, 2013 June 14th 2013.
With the season well underway, there's plenty of work to be getting on with in the garden at Longmeadow and there's plenty to enjoy too. Monty Don will be undertaking some timely tasks to make sure the garden remains beautiful and productive all summer long. Joe Swift visits a garden transported, lock, stock and barrel to Britain from Japan around a hundred years ago and Carol Klein tells us the fascinating story behind one of our most graceful cottage garden plants - astrantia.
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June 19, 2013 June 15th 2013
Costa visits Josh in Perth to meet his family and then have a look at the progress on Josh's new home and garden. Sophie is giving the area around her kids' sandpit a facelift with some tough plants that will survive a bit of rough and tumble, and Tino is working in his parents' vegetable plot, giving some advice on propagating perennial vegetables, and the whole family gets together to help out.
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June 15, 2013 June 14th 2013.
As summer unfolds at Longmeadow, Monty Don undertakes timely tasks in his vegetable garden and flower beds. Meanwhile, Carol Klein enjoys the beauty of one of our unsung native flowers, the geum, and visits a cottage garden which holds the national collection of cultivated forms. Plus, Formula 1 supremo Sir Frank Williams explains why he is opening his garden at Inholmes as part of the National Garden Scheme Festival Weekend.
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June 10, 2013 June 8th 2013.
Angus demonstrates how knowing your plant families can help ensure success in the garden. Jerry shows how he uses the plants in his garden as reliable indicators of seasonal change in Brisbane's unpredictable climate, and Tino discovers a community program on the north-west coast of Tasmania that collects excess backyard produce and distributes it to those in need while Josh meets a gardener who has turned an eyesore into a hotspot of diversity for plants as well as local wildlife.
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June 8, 2013 June 7th 2013.
Monty Don has some top tips for creating new herbaceous perennials for free as he busily fills the gaps in his cottage garden. He also shows what can be done with tulips now that the best of their flowering has been seen for the year. Carol Klein continues her plant hunter series with a visit to a unique display of wild rhododendrons at Minterne House in Dorset originally collected from the Himalayas and beyond.
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June 3, 2013 June 1st 2013.
Costa helps out his local fire station by extending their vegetable garden and choosing a variety of plants to put in it, Sophie visits a gardener whose enthusiasm for growing fruit has led him to plant orchards in neighbouring backyards and Josh details his long connection to Perth's Coastal Plain and how the landscape and its plants have shaped him as a gardener. Also, Tino meets a gardener whose awareness of the environment beyond her backyard has led her to adopt and help rehabilitate a local waterway while Jane explores a historic village in the heart of Melbourne's northern suburbs to find out about the surrounding gardens and their history.
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June 1, 2013 May 31st 2013.
Monty Don reveals plans for a new raised seating area, surrounded by wild flowers. Carol looks at the blossom at Battsford Arboretum in the Cotswolds and now the risk of frosts should have passed, Monty plants beans and courgettes in the vegetable garden.
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May 30, 2013 May 25th 2013.
Jerry helps out a young gardener, whose garden was wiped out in the most recent Queensland floods, by showing him how to propagate plants, Josh shows how he keeps conditions inside his worm farm optimal to maintain a healthy and productive population of worms and Sophie shares the grand plan for her garden's future, and shows how breaking down a plan into smaller jobs can save you time and money in the long run. Also Jerry shows how he uses pyrethrum in his garden to target insect pests, while sparing beneficial insects while Jane visits a gardener in Melbourne's west whose small yard is no limit to growing a large number of plants.
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May 27, 2013 This is a repack of previously published individual articles.
Complete 2013 RHS Chelsea Flower Show – 7 days+preview.
May 19th 2013
A preview of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Centennial Chelsea Flower Show with Alan Titchmarsh and Joe Swift. Carol Klein shares her memories of exhibiting at the event and takes a look around the Great Pavilion. Nicki Chapman walks through the Generation Gardens to see how the country’s front gardens have changed over the decades, while designer Chris Beardshaw explains how he gained inspiration from his experience of living with arthritis. And Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen explains why gnomes have been granted access for this year’s show.
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