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August 12, 2018 With one of the driest summers in Britain for many years, Monty responds to viewers' questions and has plenty of advice on how to deal with drought conditions for vegetables, fruit, flowers and containers. Carol Klein celebrates one of the most flamboyant summer shrubs, the hydrangea, Joe Swift visits a garden which has tranquillity at its heart in both design and planting, Adam Frost gives tips on how to plant up a seating area, and Nick Bailey concludes his guide to roses with the most recent introductions. Plus a visit to a garden planted up on a tiny budget, where over 200 containers have been filled with plants which have been either been rescued, bought cut-price or swapped.
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August 12, 2018 Tino has some tips to help overcome – and avoid – the most common problems and pitfalls new gardeners are likely to face. Costa is in Western Australia visiting a productive garden that aims to sustain a suburban share-house community – and its resident goats, and Sophie meets a nurseryman who specialises in nut trees, and he advises on the best varieties to grow in South Australia.
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August 12, 2018 Jerry loves growing new plants and he shares some different propagation techniques: aerial layering, ground layering and controlling self-seeders, there's the recipe for Clarence's Barbequed Salad Dish, and Millie meets up with artist Cassie Leatham to learn how she uses indigenous plants in her culturally rich creations.
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July 28, 2018 Monty Don advises on plants for a late summer display, tackles his overgrown wildlife pond and shows which roses to prune now for a repeat flowering in late summer. Frances Tophill travels to Birmingham, where she shows that every space counts by transforming three tiny balconies into spaces full of colour and scent, and Nick Bailey continues his journey through the world of roses, and we meet a couple who have filled their Staffordshire garden with a national collection of dierama, otherwise known as angel's fishing rods.
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July 28, 2018 Ep01 - Alan heads to Fareham to surprise 90-year-old Betty Hicks, a fearless life-long volunteer and fundraiser. Betty's garden is a green-free concrete box with so many trip hazards that it is totally off-limits to Betty and it needs to be transformed.
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July 28, 2018 Two visits to the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park in Cheshire as it celebrates its 20th birthday with a festival of flowers. The team of horticultural experts explore the diverse range of show gardens, including the compact 'back to backs' category - exclusive to the show - and tour the floral marquee to discover the plants that give our gardens the scent of summer.
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July 19, 2018 Whether there is a heatwave or a downpour, this week Monty has plenty of jobs to be getting on with, from pruning and propagating to planting pots. Adam Frost meets Prince Charles in his garden at Highgrove to talk about the issue of biosecurity, an issue which is of great concern to him and which could have a big effect on our gardens and landscape. Adam also talks to the prince's head forester to find out what gardeners can do to help. Carol Klein profiles one of our summer stunners for both borders and containers - the agapanthus - and we catch up with Frances Tophill on her shared allotment. We also meet a gardener whose passion for planting has spilled out from his garden onto the roundabout outside his house.
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July 19, 2018 Monty catches up with maintaining his pond and gives advice on planting water lilies. He also gives tips on how to grow and plant herbaceous clematis as well as harvesting potatoes. If you don't know your hybrid teas from your hybrid musks then Nick Bailey begins his guide to demystifying roses. Arit Anderson takes a trip on a canal boat to find out how volunteers are bringing plants and wildlife back into the city of Birmingham, Mark Lane gives his guide on how to get the cottage style look into your garden, and Adam Frost takes a tour of Woburn Abbey to explore the restoration of its Humphrey Repton landscape. Also meet a woman who, in her 70s, transformed two acres of derelict swamp behind her semi-detached home in Mancheser.
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July 15, 2018 Guest presenter Rebecca Sullivan shares some old-time skills for using garden plants, making an air freshener spray from fresh herbs and citrus, Peter Gilmore's fresh vegetable soup recipe, and Millie Ross has some tips for moving plants to a new location.
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July 15, 2018 Joe Swift and Jo Whiley take a look at what's on at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. In the first of five programmes, Joe and Jo are joined by experts Carol Klein, Adam Frost, Arit Anderson and Nick Bailey to reveal some of the stunning show gardens and high summer exhibits in the floral marquee.
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