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April 15, 2023 Monty Don prepares for late spring and summer, sowing poppies and planting cornflowers for colour and interest in the Paradise Garden. Toby Buckland revels in some fabulous spring planting on a visit to the magnificent, landscaped gardens of Melbourne Hall in Derbyshire. Rachel de Thame meets a passionate dahlia grower who was once a florist working at the White House for President Obama and the First Lady.
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April 14, 2023 Rejoin the team at RHS Bridgewater responsible for creating one of the most ambitious and challenging garden projects the UK has ever seen. With unique access, we go behind the scenes and meet the top team of designers, engineers and gardeners all tasked with taking on this colossal project on the site of a former grand Victorian estate in Greater Manchester. With the major construction work well under way, what impact will a global pandemic have on the build, and will the garden be ready in time for its grand opening?
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April 12, 2023 The RHS has been at the forefront of British gardening for more than 200 years. Best known for staging the world’s most famous and prestigious flower show, Chelsea, it has four showcase gardens up and down the country. In 2017, it embarked on a fifth garden, RHS Bridgewater. This series charts the story of one of the most ambitious and challenging gardening projects the UK has ever seen. With unique access, we go behind the scenes and meet the top team of designers, engineers and gardeners tasked with taking on this colossal construction project on the site of a former grand Victorian estate in Greater Manchester. We witness the huge challenges they face creating one of the biggest gardens in Europe, in a constant battle with the British climate, and how they coped with a global pandemic six months before the garden’s grand opening.
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April 9, 2023 Monty Don adds some interest to the spring garden. He also sows peas and shallots, has some thrifty tips for petunias, and plants lilies in pots. Carol Klein visits Mothecombe Gardens in Devon, which has been designed specifically for pollinators. Arit Anderson joins a group of young carers at a community garden in West Sussex, where they go for respite, friendship and fun.
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April 7, 2023 Beechgrove Garden is back and ready to guide you through a season of great growing.
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April 1, 2023 Adam Frost gets to work on his veg plot and plants his first lot of potatoes. Joe Swift meets a garden designer who faced the challenge of two awkward, adjoining plots and transformed them into wonderful, cohesive spaces. Plus, Rekha Mistry demonstrates how to grow the perfect onion from seed, and has a go at growing cotton.
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April 1, 2023 A common problem with compost is finding half-decomposed lumps that still resemble a vegetable instead of soft crumbly chocolate cake. Costa has a great tip for helping your compost breakdown better. The first thing to do is congratulate yourself – you're building compost! Tammy highlights a creative way to harmoniously grow a combination of indoor plants in containers, perfect for the smallest of home spaces, and Jane visits the home of a devoted gardener who has intentionally made his house small and garden as big as possible, so he can fill it with all his favourite plants.
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