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November 3, 2012 With bonfire night in mind, Monty Don turns his attention to the firecracker colours of spring when he begins to tidy up his herbaceous plants to make room to plant tulip bulbs. As well as recommending varieties for an early display he also shows what to plant now under the shade of trees for colour next year.
A gardener in Essex, who fills her beds and borders with over 9000 tulips which are all carefully colour coordinated, talks about her favourite combinations. Colour is also on Rachel de Thame's agenda when she travels to Suffolk to look at some of the best small trees and shrubs for autumn colour in the gardens at East Bergholt Place, drawing inspiration from owner and plantsman Rupert Eley. Plus, Carol Klein is at the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Rosemoor in Devon where they grow a collection of one of Britain's most iconic winter plants, holly.
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October 29, 2012 Tino is planting out his front garden with indigenous and rare native plants to create shelter for local wildlife, Angus meets a Ranger at Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park who works with young men to help them reconnect with their culture and Jane takes advantage of the warm spring weather by pruning, feeding and mulching to rejuvenate some tired and overgrown plants, while Jerry meets a gardener in Brisbane who, with the help of some dedicated volunteers, has rebuilt his garden after the devastating 2011 floods.
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October 27, 2012 With Halloween just round the corner, Monty Don is harvesting his pumpkins and showing how to store them for roasts, soups and stews in the coming months. Joe Swift visits a high-end garden in London to get some tips on how clever landscaping and the use of lighting can turn a small space into an outdoor room which can be used all year round. Carol Klein is in Wales to find out how the versatile willow can be used by the gardener to bring form and colour to winter borders. There are over 400 different kinds of willow and for millennia they have been used by man for everything from weaving to fuel. Back at Longmeadow, Monty is planting up his containers in preparation for next spring.
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October 21, 2012 Costa visits a community garden that's providing horticultural skills to juvenile offenders, Tino is in his garden providing tips and tricks for reviving unhealthy or neglected plants, Angus is in a garden tucked away in Sydney's North West, treasured by people of all abilities who come to enjoy the surrounds and grow plants and Sophie gets tips from a physiotherapist on ways to prevent injuring yourself when gardening.
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October 19, 2012 Monty Don takes some practical steps to protect tender plants as the first frosts of the year begin to bite. He also starts preparing for next spring, planting tulips, pansies and apple trees and sharing his advice on training step-over apples and planting out wallflowers from seed. Carol Klein is at Glebe Cottage, demonstrating how to grow plants from cuttings with a practical guide to this type of propagation. Joe Swift visits the gardens of West Dean in Sussex and discovers a collection of fruit which has been trained to make the most efficient use of space possible. He finds out how this is done and how this type of growing can be ideal for smaller gardens.
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October 16, 2012 Jerry is with an environmental weed expert in a patch of local Brisbane bush to take a look at plants that have escaped from home gardens, Costa meets a suburban forager who's passionate about edible plants in the wild and John visits John Arnott at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne to find out more about myrtle rust - a fungal disease that could threaten a huge range of Australian plant species. Also, Josh gets stuck into some spring work in his garden to ensure a healthy season, free of pests and disease while Sophie visits a lettuce farm to see how cleverly designed native planting has reduced pest and disease problems.
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October 13, 2012 Monty Don plans for next year's flowers. He plants roses for spring and summer flowering and tidies up in the vegetable garden. Carol Klein looks at Britain's native wild clematis and also visits a clematis enthusiast in Lancashire who has grown the plants alongside some unusual partners. Carol gets his tips on how to display them at their best. Rachel de Thame travels to Bristol to meet a couple who have filled their tiny back garden with tender tropical plants. She finds out how they manage to protect their vast collection over the winter months.
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October 11, 2012 Filmed and produced by award-winning wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton James, this is an intimate look at the wildlife of a typical English river, as seen through the eyes of a family who live beside it and love it. Charlie is a wildlife cameraman; he spends most of his life travelling the world filming exotic species in incredible locations. But this year Charlie, his wife Philippa, and their sons are on a mission closer to home; they want to get to know the wild neighbours who live along the river next to their house, by making an intimate film diary of their lives. The results are full of surprises and often hilarious.
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October 8, 2012 Jerry visits a gardener in Wynnum to see how she has lovingly grown a garden brimming with plants, and gives her some advice on dealing with a persistent garden problem, Tino is launching into the season by planting spring and summer vegies now the weather is warming up in The Vegie Patch, Sophie visits a friend in the Adelaide Hills to see what she's growing and gain some inspiration for her own garden and Josh learns a grafting technique from a man passionate about Eremophilas.
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October 6, 2012 At Longmeadow, Monty Don has plenty of advice for jobs to be getting on with in early autumn and has tips for planting bulbs in a variety of places in the garden. At Glebe Cottage, Carol Klein answers another gardener's dilemma when she shows the best way to divide and care for agapanthus, as well as giving her advice on dividing perennial plants. It is the start of one of the best seasons for planting and, from RHS Rosemoor, Rachel de Thame recommends autumn flowering plants for our gardens, which also have the benefit of adding scent.
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