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October 31, 2016 Gardening expert Chris Beardshaw flies by helicopter over a part of Britain, explains about the environment and helps an amateur fix his/her garden in a way that fits in its tradition.
October 27, 2016 In our final visit to Longmeadow this year, Monty gives advice on the plants that need winter protection and thinks ahead to colourful spring bouquets by planting bulbs in the cutting garden. He also pays a visit to a garden that has been 40 years in the making, at the home of Lord and Lady Heseltine. The glory of summer may be over in most gardens but Carol goes to Worcestershire in search of some autumn colour, in a garden designed to reach its peak of flowering right now, and Alan Power spends a day in the gardens of Mount Stewart near Belfast to see how they are using historical archive to restore parts of the garden.
October 26, 2016 In the first of a new six-part series, Charlie Dimmock and wildlife expert Chris Baines create their first wildlife garden as they turn a small patch of lawn into a meadow in time for spring and summer. Charlie also visits one of Britain's best butterfly gardens and enjoys one of the few remaining flower meadows with flora and fauna enthusiast Nick Baker.
A big Thank You to DDGarden who kindly provided us with this wonderful series! October 25, 2016 Six-part series in which Rachel de Thame is joined each week by a garden designer to re-create bold ideas in small spaces and to tackle common problems of town plots. October 22, 2016 Jane shares ideas about edible flowers, Angus explains the pitfalls of using soil in containers and Jerry reveals where to source elephant foot yam. Sophie profiles an old-fashioned favourite - Honeywort, Josh meets two botanists who've overhauled a tired garden to create an inspiring natural setting. also, Costa delights in the popping displays of spring colour at Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden and we meet a landscape designer who's created a shady, verdant retreat in the middle of bustling Bondi.
October 21, 2016 Community TV Australia 2013 A fantastic 'Pruning Special' starring gardening expert Milton Vadoulis with special guest, the President of the World Federation of Rose Societies and Adelaide resident - Kelvin Trimper. Join Milton on a journey through Kelvin's beautiful garden, to prune bushes, pillar, climbing and landscape roses. The pair also show you how to prune fruit trees, grape vines (both rod and spur) along with tips on what to use to get the best results!
October 17, 2016 BBC Four 14 April 2014 Ep01 - Martha Kearney's year gets off to a bad start when unseasonal snow in spring threatens to kill the bee colonies she keeps in her garden in Suffolk. With help from a master beekeeper Martha feeds her bees and takes one of the hives to a wildflower meadow at a neighbour's house along with two brand new hives. She discovers the intricate hierarchy within the bee colony and learns how the organisation of the hive has become a metaphor for human society. At a London school she learns the secrets of urban bees' success even while bees in the country as a whole are in decline. The episode ends with three new hives established on a wildflower meadow, ready to start producing classic British wildflower honey.
October 15, 2016 There is a visitor at Longmeadow this week when Rachel de Thame lends Monty a hand as he refreshes his dry garden with plants that will thrive in tricky growing conditions. Monty also visits a national collection of vines to search out the best varieties for growing outdoors. Frances Tophill travels to the heart of Wales to meet a couple who have carved out a garden 1,000 feet above sea level and, in the last of his series rediscovering rockeries, Joe Swift visits Chelsea gold medal winner and stonemason Martin Cook to see how he uses contemporary rock sculpture within his Buckinghamshire garden, and Garden doctor Nick Bailey is in Birmingham, offering intensive care to some neglected patio pots, while Adam Frost gets to work on renovating his rose pergola and laying paths in his kitchen garden. Alan Power visits Marks Hall arboretum in Essex, spending a day with the head gardener to find out what it takes to manage a landscape populated with trees, which range from ancient veterans to young seedlings.
October 15, 2016 John visits a unique garden that tells the story of the evolution of Victoria's geology and its native plant communities, Jane profiles a pretty climber - the Native Sarsaparilla, and Josh gives some useful tips on keeping quick growing crops in constant supply. Then Tino shows what must be one of the easiest and cheapest ways of propagating plants - layering, while Sophie explores an expansive Adelaide Hills garden that has been shaped by the owners' travels and passion for plants.Also, Costa explains the basics of potting up, and Angus discovers it's possible to transform a barren garden into a horticultural delight in only two years.
October 13, 2016 BBC Four 26 Sep 2016 Within Kew Gardens stands an extraordinary gallery, celebrating the work of one of the most prolific botanical artists of the Victorian age. At a time when women barely left their parlour rooms, Marianne North's globe-trotting exploits defied convention as she travelled alone at the height of the British Empire. From Borneo and Brazil, to Japan, South Africa, Australia and India, she fearlessly navigated the world twice over in her pursuit of capturing every living plant on canvas. Actress Emilia Fox tells the story of how this Victorian rebel changed the face of botanical research, propelling her to the top of a male-dominated world of science and exploration, gaining the admiration of Charles Darwin and even Queen Victoria. Retracing Marianne's footsteps and her passion for the natural world, Emilia revisits the awe-inspiring locations of some of her greatest experiences.
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