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June 13, 2012 22nd April 2005.
As the weather warms up the herbs in the small town fruit garden are starting to grow very well, and now is the time to do some pruning. Monty plants some pumpkins with the help of some record breaking pumpkin planters. Carol visits an alpine grower in search of inspiration for the plants she and Monty will be planting in the alpine garden, and Joe is in the bog garden, seeing how its come through the winter and planting new varieties to make sure it looks its best this summer.
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June 10, 2012 9th June 2012.
John visits the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria to look at the spectacular autumn colour, find out why their leaves change and pick out a few of his favourite trees, Angus pays a visit to Costa to see first-hand how the On The Verge community project is going and to lend Costa a hand at a neighbour's place, and Tino plants a shady spot in the patch with vegies that will produce a crop in low light conditions. Also this week, Colin meets a passionate gardener in Brisbane with an extraordinary collection of shade loving plants in pots and Jane travels to the Yarra Valley to meet a gerbera grower to find out how he produces colourful flowers all year round.
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June 8, 2012 8th June 2012.
With the garden springing into life and new blooms opening each day, it gives Monty Don plenty of opportunity to get on top of all the seasonal jobs at Longmeadow and answer a few viewer questions along the way. With a postbag full of gardening dilemmas, Carol Klein helps out one viewer with propagation queries. There is also a look behind the scenes with Rachel de Thame as she races to get the royal barge planted up and pristine in time for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.
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June 5, 2012 27th June 2009.
Sophie Thomson explains what types of roses should be pruned in winter and why, and demonstrates the simple steps to create healthy, flowering plants. Colin Campbell makes some easy pest and disease remedies using every day household ingredients found in the kitchen and laundry, and Angus Stewart shows how to propagate the perennial Shasta Daisy utilising the plants self-layering technique for spreading. Also, Jerry Coleby- Williams demonstrates how to grow his favourite starch staple crops for the tropics and sub-tropics including yams, sweet potatoes, paw paw and arrow root, to ensure a reliable and continuous supply.
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June 3, 2012 15th April 2005.
Monty Don gives tips on tulips and pruning, and spends much of his time in the formal garden. Carol is in the meadow planting wild flowers, and Joe dons his waders to tackle the water lilies in the pond.
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June 3, 2012 2nd June 2012 - Gardening Australia Special - Farming
Josh visits Ron Watkins, a third generation farmer in the Great Southern Region of WA, who over the last 30 years has transformed his approach to farming by dealing with the issues of salinity, water management and organics. As a result, he is a changed farmer. Sophie visits a small scale mixed farm on the outskirts of Adelaide that has been cleverly designed to make productive use of the local climate, site and resources. Based on permaculture principles, many of the features can be used in the home garden, and Josh visits the local farmers market, which Ron helped establish. Josh finds out why he did it, the tole it plays in the community and how his connections with people fuel his passion for organics and the land.
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June 2, 2012 1st June 2012.
Monty Don is planting out his tender annual plants into a container for colour and interest all summer long. He is also busy in the vegetable garden with tips and advice on how best to grow cauliflowers and protect them so that you get to eat them before the birds and caterpillars do. Carol Klein answers an unusual dilemma from a gardener who lives in a lighthouse and has particularly harsh, exposed growing conditions to deal with. Garden visiting is more popular than ever in Britain, particularly over the summer months. To kick the season off we visit the tranquil Worcestershire village of Feckenham, where over thirty private gardens are getting ready to open their doors to the public.
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May 31, 2012 26th May 2012.
Costa and the kids are picking the first harvest from the verge, which they distribute to the residents of the street. Tino is planting companion vegies, herbs and flowers that thrive under similar conditions and which bring benefits to help each other thrive, and Jane is at one of her favourite gardens in Mornington Peninsular where the locals have transformed a disused paddock into a thriving place for the community to grow vegetables and share their harvest.
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May 26, 2012 8th April 2005.
In this program Carol is taking cuttings from delphiniums, as well as looking at ways of staking and supporting flowers in the tall border. Joe takes a trip to the Eden Project to look at ideas about a viewers garden, and Monty makes a start on the actual viewers garden - a jungle !
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May 23, 2012 20th June 2009.
Leonie shows how to use 'succession' planting to ensure continuous vegetable harvests throughout the Top End dry season and gives us her tricks for successful seed sowing. John Patrick demonstrates how a simple site assessment for a garden plan can save time and money, and explains how it is critical to creating a low maintenance garden that suits climate and needs, and Sophie Thomson visits an inspirational Adelaide garden that has been designed and planted in the middle of the drought and is thriving using climate climate-compatible plants from around the world.
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