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December 8, 2016 Hidden Gardens opens a door to a forgotten age of horticulture, and builds an interesting timeline of how gardening has changed over the centuries.
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December 6, 2016 Good Friday is one of the busiest weekends for nurseries and garden centres as the official gardening year begins. Monty is in the Long Borders moving and dividing some of the mature plants. Carol visits Great Dixter to talk to head gardener Fergus Garrett as he prepares for the garden's first opening. Joe Swift is at one of the country's award winning garden centres.
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December 5, 2016 BBC Two 3 May 2002
Fragrant flowers are on Alan Titchmarsh's agenda as he begins work on a new scented area for his Hampshire garden. With the arrival of warmer weather, tender plants can be moved from the greenhouse into the open air. Meanwhile, at a Somerset nursery, Chris Beardshaw marvels at hundreds of varieties of peony in full bloom.
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December 1, 2016 BBC Two 26 April 2002
It’s Compost Awareness Week and Alan compares several mulches, feeds the tropical border and dethatches his lawn. Sarah shows how to grow dahlias and Alan deals with pests in his greenhouse. Rachel finds the best woodland plants at Wisley and plants a shade garden. Chris rejuvenates, top dresses and layers a camellia.
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November 28, 2016 BBC Two 19 April 2002
Chris visits a flood plain meadow of frittilaria and a spring woodland garden in Oxfordshire. Alan continues to plant the new border and gives suggestions for the best tall perennials. Rachel takes ideas from Wisley for planting a spring bed and Joe continues the design and planting of the new border path. Alan plants herb baskets and Pippa explains how plants create their own food through photosynthesis.
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November 27, 2016 With salad season just around the corner, Tino hits the Patch to prep soil and plant his favourite tomatoes, Jane talks spades and Costa suggests ways to decrease the mozzie population in your garden this summer. John profiles five gorgeous native trees that can be planted rather than thrown out after the festive season, and with six weeks until Christmas, Sophie starts growing gifts that keep on giving.
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November 27, 2016 John visits a delightful inner-city Melbourne garden that's the result of an ongoing collaboration between its owner and the designer, Josh tells how to tell when passionfruit is ripe, Jane explains the best time to take cuttings and Jerry gives advice on a common garden pest, and Sophie shows that it's less about the heat and more about plant choice when it comes to creating a lush, tropically inspired garden. Tino visits a romantic garden with formal elements that's been a labour of love for its owner for over 35 years, while Angus meets a research scientist looking into the diverse, beautiful family of Australian plants, the native mints.
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November 24, 2016 BBC Two 12 April 2002
In her continuing guide, Sarah Raven advises on the best hardy annual plants for pure enjoyment as well as cutting. Alan Titchmarsh profiles sumptuous South African bulbs that can provide colour for late summer, while Chris plants the water garden with caltha, primula and pond plants, and Joe continues work on the family garden.
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November 21, 2016 BBC Two 5 April 2002
After weeks of wet mud, Alan Titchmarsh 's herbaceous border is recovering and perennial plants are going in. Joe tries to like conifers during a visit to a pinetum and plants a cryptomeria in the border. Meanwhile, coastal winds are adding to the problems of a chalky garden that has only eight inches of top soil. Chris Beardshaw meets the woman rising to its challenge.
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November 20, 2016 Carol Klein celebrates spring in the West Country. Carol shares her propagation secrets from her home garden in Devon, with tips on primroses and tulips.
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