|
|
April 20, 2013 April 19th 2013.
Monty looks for signs of spring in his garden at Longmeadow hoping that he will finally be able to plant his potatoes. He also creates an alpine trough. Carol takes a look at native celandines which can be found on hedgerows and woods at this time of year.
Continue Reading »
April 17, 2013 October 17th 2009.
Stephen Ryan explains how to make use of a shaded area by creating a woodland garden. Tino Carnevale plants spring crops including broccoli and cabbage, lettuce, and members of the onion family, and Jane Edmanson explains the difference between animal manures and the best applications for them in the garden. Also Colin explains some steps you can take to control the transpiration rate of plants while Josh Byrne overhauls his pots of edible aquatic plants, harvesting water chestnuts and cress and propagates new plants for the season ahead. Finally, Leonie Norrington shows how transform a garden under a canopy of greedy palms, a common problem in the top end.
Continue Reading »
April 16, 2013 April 12th 2013.
Monty Don is at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey to learn from the the experts there how easy alpines are to grow, which seeds are needed to plant a wildflower meadow and the best orchids to grow for each room in the house. Carol Klein helps Britain in Bloom volunteer Michael Welsh, who is determined to bring colour to the former colliery town of Easington with a community garden for which he has begged and borrowed plants. And Joe Swift gets an early taste of summer colour at the National Botanic Garden of Wales where they are hard at work conserving some of the rarest plants in the world.
Continue Reading »
April 14, 2013 April 13th 2013.
Costa audits a typical family's household bin to look at what waste we produce, visits an alternative waste treatment plant to find out how our mixed waste is being turned into a usable gardening resource. Jane visits a school on the Mornington Peninsula which has been purpose-built for sustainability while Josh visits a ground breaking propagation nursery which is harnessing the ecology of wetlands to recycle water.
Continue Reading »
April 11, 2013 October 10th 2009.
Josh Byrne meets a woman who is passionate about her local wetlands, and has developed a set of principles to help home gardeners minimise their impact on water catchments. Jane shows some alternate ways to eradicate and then use those painful pests - nettles, turning them from annoying to useful. John Patrick discovers a technique for excavating around mature trees without causing damage to their roots, and meets an arborist to see how it is done, and Stephen Ryan outlines what to plant in the vegetable garden now, all around the country.
Continue Reading »
April 8, 2013 2005 Christmas Special.
In a one hour special, Monty shows off Berryfield in a whole new light. Although the garden is at its lowest point of the year, theres still things to do. Sarah shows how to make some traditional Christmas decorations - straight from the garden. Joe takes on the front entrance of the house, making a welcoming, festive approach using containers, and Carol brings outdoor colour inside with houseplants.
Continue Reading »
April 7, 2013 Hard core science is effortlessly integrated with a light-hearted look at how plants behave, revealing a world where plants are as busy, responsive and complex as we are. From the stunning heights of the Great Basin Desert to the lush coastal rainforests of west coast Canada, scientist J.C. Cahill takes us on a journey into the "secret world of plants," revealing an astonishing landscape where plants eavesdrop on each other, talk to their allies, call in insect mercenaries and nurture their young. It is a world of pulsing activity, where plants communicate, co-operate and, sometimes, wage all-out war. So come along for the ride and discover that plants are a lot less passive and a lot more intelligent than you think!
Continue Reading »
April 6, 2013 April 6th 2013.
Jane visits the home of Gardening Australia researcher Millie Ross to find out how to get the most from a garden that isn't your own. Jerry shows how his humble guinea pigs take a lot of the effort out of keeping his lawn neat and tidy while John explores a garden that was transformed from a challenging site into an award winning design that is all about enjoyment and pleasure. Also, Sophie talks about a range of fragrant plants for the garden, and explains how to care for them and Costa visits a tranquil and eclectic garden created by a man who proves that it's never too late to get into gardening.
Continue Reading »
April 6, 2013 April 5th 2013.
Monty Don shows how to plant pots of bulbs for fabulous summer colour, and in his vegetable patch hopes that the soil is warm enough to plant the first potatoes of the year. Rachel de Thame shares her passion for rare plants looking at a relative new comer to spring gardens, the hepatica. These delightful little flowers come in a huge range of colours and sizes and Rachel meets a collector who has travelled far and wide in search of new varieties.
Continue Reading »
April 3, 2013 November 4th 2005.
This episode is the last of the regular visits to Berryfields of the year, and Monty looks back over the highlights of the series - including the banana trees that were planted over 12 months ago! Monty also takes a look at tulip planting, Everyone else lends a hand at Berryfields, with Carol in the Alpine garden, Joe in the courtyard, and Sarah sorts out the dahlias.
Continue Reading »
|
|
Recent Comments