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October 15, 2011 At Longmeadow, Monty is planning for next summer by sowing a batch of sweet peas. He wants to find out, by sowing a batch now and another next spring, whether the flowering and general performance of the plants will differ. Carol Klein is amongst the leaves, bark and berries at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in Yorkshire admiring the onset of the autumn display, and recommends varieties suitable to plant in our gardens. Plus, a visit to Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire to find out about their collection of heritage vegetables and how to collect their seeds, and back at Longmeadow, Monty plants daffodils and anemones in the dry shade under trees for a spring display.
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October 14, 2011 Jerry's Coleby-Williams plants a range of crops suited to the challenging conditions of a subtropical spring, Angus Stewart visits an extensive native garden created by a passionate plants man, which is now lovingly maintained by his widow as a tribute and Stephen Ryan demonstrates the basics of plant propagation from cuttings.
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October 10, 2011 Many people think of plants as purely ornamental, something to brighten up back gardens and window boxes, but in this six-part series, ethnobotanist James Wong demonstrates how to transform familiar plants into simple natural remedies that could help ease the symptoms of minor everyday ailments, as well as how to make some pampering beauty treatments.
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October 9, 2011 It's the perfect time of year to move and dig up plants and it's all hands on deck as Monty, Carol and Joe reassess, fine tune and make some major changes to the planting in the long borders.
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October 8, 2011 Monty Don has advice on how to successfully store an apple crop so it will last through winter, and explains why he thinks it high time wall flowers came back into fashion. With tomatoes now over, Monty clears his greenhouse and plans for next year by planting garlic in the vegetable garden. Carol is home at Glebe Cottage, where she is dividing her perennials to continue the cost-effective stocking of her new beds. Alan Power, head gardener of one of Britain's best loved gardens, Stourhead, travels to Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland to see how the gardens there have influenced his ideas.
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October 4, 2011 It might be the end of summer but, for gardeners it's a bountiful time. Monty harvests vegetables and fruit from the garden, Carol collects seeds and Joe is in the tropical garden pruning bamboo.
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October 3, 2011 A 2 hour special takes you through many stories from their popular TV Show.The following stories show how to garden in water challenged environments.The key to gardening heaven is to know the basics. This video comprehensively covers all the basic gardening issues and topics a gardener needs to know in a Western Australia, although many topics will be relevant to gardeners from anywhere.
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October 3, 2011 Jerry Coleby-Williams plants a range of crops to help control the explosion of insect pests in his productive garden. Stephen Ryan updates the Vegie Guide - looking at what's good to plant in vegie gardens around the country and Jane Edmanson shows what to do to potted plants to get great results through the coming season. Also in this episode Josh Byrne is doing some essential spring pruning to shape plants and produce vigorous growth for lots of fruit.
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October 2, 2011 Series re-pack of previously published individual articles.
Gardening series with David Domoney and Bonnie Davies.
Episode 1
David’s first mission is to create a backyard beach environment for a young couple who cannot afford a holiday, adding a big surprise that should create a splash. David is also set the task of injecting some much-needed flower power into the garden of presenter Jeff Brazier’s mother, as a reward for her turning her garden over to her grandsons as a playground. Bonnie pulls on her waders to help create a wildlife pond.
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October 1, 2011 In a special programme which comes from all four of the Royal Horticultural Society gardens, the Gardeners' World team are out on the road exploring how each location's differing climate affects the plants they grow and getting plenty of gardening tips along the way. Carol Klein introduces the programme from Wisley in Surrey, one of the country's southern 'hot spots'.
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