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July 13, 2019 Nicki Chapman and Diarmuid Gavin host a horticultural competition in which two teams of designers are challenged to transform unloved spaces in just 48 hours with Carol Klein and Mark Gregory judging their efforts. In this episode established designers Sue and Dean take on young medallists Tamara and Kate over a community park in Liverpool, with a budget of just £5,000.
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July 13, 2019 In a special programme, Monty and the team focus their attention on the loss of wildflower habitats in the UK and the part that gardeners can play in averting the resulting loss of wildlife.
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July 13, 2019 Jerry pops into Queensland’s biggest Bromeliad show to learn what it takes to grow a prize-winning plant, Tino shows how understanding the life cycle of the coddling moth can help you to control it, and seasonal advice on jobs to do in the garden this weekend.
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July 13, 2019 Added Ep4.
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Joe Swift and Jo Whiley take a look at just some of the 24 gardens and over 100 floral exhibits at the world’s largest annual flower show – the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2019. In the first of four programmes this week, Joe and Jo are joined by experts Carol Klein, Adam Frost, Arit Anderson and Rachel de Thame as they meet some of the new garden designers at Hampton this year and explore the glorious show gardens and the dazzling displays in the floral marquee.
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July 6, 2019 Monty catches up with summer maintenance in his wildlife garden and recommends plants for deep, dry shade under trees, as well as giving advice on what to plant now for late summer harvests. Carol Klein travels to Aberglasney Gardens in Wales to explore the best planting partners for that most ephemeral of perennials, the Thalictrum, while Joe Swift is in Devon meeting a plantsman who has used plants from all over the globe to create an extraordinary garden. Adam Frost joins a group of gardeners in Worksop where gardening has helped to create a sense of community and well-being, Nick Bailey goes to RHS Garden Wisley to find out more about the lily beetle and we meet a gardener whose mission to create a wildlife garden from scratch has produced remarkable results.
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July 3, 2019 It’s all about the maintenance this week at Longmeadow, as Monty cuts back and divides spring flowering plants, gives advice on the pruning, dead-heading and staking of roses and shows how to keep ponds looking good for the summer. Joe Swift and Adam Frost meet up in Leicestershire to see how they can help a couple of novice gardeners turn a neglected area of their garden into a useable and useful space; Nick Bailey goes to Ham House in Richmond to see how they are coping with the ravages of box tree caterpillar and meet an expert who has advice about the latest techniques to tackle the problem, Arit Anderson visits a garden in Suffolk to find out about the concept of rewilding and how cultivated and wild plants can be combined harmoniously and Mark Lane is at home in Kent, showing us how he gardens successfully by using a few adapted tools.
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July 3, 2019 Jane shows us how to check if we have healthy potted plants and what to do if they need rejuvenating, Sophie visits a rose farm to learn all about the hard work that goes into growing bare rooted roses and gets some tips on planting and caring for them from grower Brian Wagner, and Paul West throws together a delicious and easy raw pumpkin, friend haloumi and chickpea salad.
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June 25, 2019 It’s midsummer’s day and Monty revels in the roses in his garden, harvests honey from his bees and gives advice on the maintenance of hardy geraniums, as well as planting others for summer groundcover. Rachel de Thame shows how the most ordinary of spaces can be transformed by adding seasonal containers; Joe Swift heads to Cornwall to meet musician and actor Will Young, who reveals his love of gardening; and Frances Tophill visits an allotment in Oxfordshire to meet a gardener who is growing her crops alongside plants attractive to pollinating insects and other wildlife.
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June 22, 2019 Hannah helps a young couple get their garden into the ground with the assistance of a team of hardworking volunteers, Costa learns how to build a DIY compositing system to deal with large quantities of food scraps….and it involves an ingenious composting critter – the black soldier fly larvae, and Jane Edmanson joins volunteers in the garden for some winter pruning at one Melbourne’s iconic garden clubs.
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June 19, 2019 Adam Frost, Carol Klein, Nick Bailey and Arit Anderson present the best from the show gardens, floral marquee and around the showground. From designing a garden to crafting a floral display, the team meet some of the exhibitors to find out what it takes to bring their inspiration to life at the show.
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