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July 31, 2020 Adam Frost brings viewers up-to-date on how his garden has been developing over the summer as well as offering advice on looking after and growing hydrangeas. In Devon, Toby Buckland shares tips on dealing with damaged shrubs, tree pruning and transplanting perennials, while Frances Tophill travels to West Sussex to meet a gardener and professor of biology whose garden has been planted with the conservation of insects in mind. Plus, a second chance to see Carol Klein's in-depth profile of a national collection of hydrangeas at Darley Park in Derby.
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July 31, 2020 At Longmeadow, Monty Don checks the progress of the potatoes he planted earlier in the year and recommends plants for dry shade under trees. There are water-saving tips from a water scientist in Somerset who uses a variety of techniques to save as much water as possible in her own garden and advice from a gardener who has filled his home with over 1,000 houseplants. Plus, Nick Bailey on summer-flowering clematis and Ant Anderson meeting people planting up the Birmingham canal sides.
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July 31, 2020 Carol Klein visits spectacular gardens across the UK and meets the people who look after them, beginning with Great Dixter in Northiam Village in the Sussex High Weald. Head gardener Fergus Garrett talks about how he endeavours to use the grounds as a living laboratory of horticultural experimentation, and encourage biodiversity of plant and animal species.
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July 17, 2020 With the nation needing its gardens more than ever and growing our own food becoming a collective obsession, Alan Titchmarsh shows us how he does it with a week-by-week guide.
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July 12, 2020 Monty Don offers tips on maintaining the vegetable plot for continuous crops. From her garden in Devon, Carol Klein gives a comprehensive guide to getting plants for free, turning her attention to climbers like honeysuckle and clematis. In Brighton, cameras return to Kate Bradbury's garden to see how the once barren plot is being used by wildlife. Plus, from the archives, Rachel de Thame's visit to Gloucestershire's Kiftsgate Court Gardens, where she heard about the three generations of female gardeners who have made their mark there.
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July 1, 2020 Costa Georgiadis joins a crew conserving coastal dunes, Jane Edmanson explores a native suburban garden, Sophie Thomson propagates wisteria vines, and Josh Byrne explores water wise palms, then heads to northern Sydney’s seaside suburbs to join a crew working to conserve a critical patch of coastal vegetation. Jane meets a gardener whose love of Australian plants grew from a single plant to an impressive collection that fills her suburban backyard while Josh visits a Palm nursery to learn about the perfect water wise palms for Perth’s hot dry climate.
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July 1, 2020 At Longmeadow, Monty Don shows how to prune spring-flowering roses and makes successional sowings of vegetables to ensure continuous crops. Adam Frost gives tips helping plants cope with drought conditions and shows how to save precious water. The programme meets two sisters from Dorset who have discovered a new love of gardening, supported in their efforts by many followers on social media, and in Bognor Regis visits a gardener who has used unusual materials and bargain plants to create her own dream garden. Plus, Frances Tophill heads to Hertfordshire to meet a couple of brothers whose gardens are designed with wildlife in mind and in.
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June 27, 2020 Sophie Thomson visits a protea flower farm, Jerry Colby-Williams gets tips from an expert orchid grower, Jane Edmanson tackles citrus gall wasp, and Costa Georgiadis sees how growing food brings people together. Tino shares a simple soil test that will help transform any gardener into a soil sleuth.
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June 23, 2020 Monty Don gives tips on growing tomatoes and has ideas of how to fill gaps in the garden once the flowers of spring are over. Joe Swift visits the small city garden of an interior designer where some unusual plants have been used to add an element of surprise to the outdoor space, while in Kent Arit Anderson meets a community whose members have all been prescribed gardening as part of their recovery from physical and mental illness.
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June 22, 2020 Jane heads to one of Australia’s most spectacular gardens to learn the fine art of hedging from a man who is an expert in the craft, Millie does some winter maintenance on an ornamental garden bed to make sure it has everything it needs to spring into spring, and Tino visits a backyard that has been transformed to provide habitat for all creatures great and small and provides some handy tips on how to do it in your own garden.
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