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October 11, 2016 BBC Two 13 Apr 2016
Ep01 - It is spring at Wiveton Hall and the beginning of the busy Norfolk tourist season. Over the next six months, gentleman farmer Desmond and his team need to make as much money as possible if they are to keep his 17th-century manor home afloat for another year.
In a bid to raise the profile of his cafe, Desmond has organised for a restaurant critic to write a review. On the farm, the asparagus is ready for harvest. But nothing is straightforward at Wiveton Hall and Desmond's bid to renovate a dilapidated cottage is in danger of derailing the entire operation.
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October 9, 2016 Costa is in Cremorne Point on Sydney's North Shore exploring a lush, public garden with a romantic history. With the weather warming up, it's time to get stuck into planting spuds and Tino's got the dirt on growing them in the garden as well as a grow-anywhere method, Jane explains the good reasons why camellias are one of Australia's favourite hedging plants, and Josh meets a couple of young innovators who have combined waste management with urban farming to grow nutritious and healthy fungi.
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October 8, 2016 After months of nurturing the plants in his garden, Monty reaps a harvest of a different kind when he investigates how productive his bees have been at making honey. Joe Swift visits the world famous Chatsworth House in Derbyshire to explore the history of its monumental 19th-century rock garden and to see how a more contemporary version compliments the original design. Frances Tophill explores the challenges of gardening on the edge of a Scottish loch, while Flo Headlam is in Birmingham, transforming a city rooftop. Adam Frost continues with the transformation of his Lincolnshire garden, Alan Power spends a day with the head gardener at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, and we meet a Staffordshire couple who have developed a fondness for filling their garden with acers.
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October 6, 2016 Josh explores a Margaret River property with a sustainable house and garden that have been designed to blend into the surrounding landscape, John creates a different take on the container garden, using mixed native perennials, and Costa visits a tiny inner city garden that's a thriving example of how much can be achieved in a small space. Sophie fills in the gaps in her garden beds, Jerry profiles the unique ant-house plant that's indigenous to the mangrove swamps and forests of Far North Queensland.
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October 5, 2016 ORF/epo-film 2010
Throughout the world, roses speak an unmistakeable language. They have touched and seduced mankind for thousands of years, while their names and varieties reflect contemporary history. One of the most famous varieties - the Gloria Dei or Peace Rose - has elevated the rose to a symbol of world peace. Via the most successful garden rose of all time, this documentary retraces the history of rose cultivation in Europe. The film presents the biological features of roses and explains why they are capable of producing such a stunning abundance of varieties.
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October 1, 2016 Monty catches up with seasonal jobs at Longmeadow this week when he divides some perennials and plants alpines for spring colour. He also travels to Dublin to meet Helen Dillon to find out why she is planning to leave her world-famous garden after decades of honing it to perfection. In Scotland, Joe Swift begins his quest to find out why we should rekindle our love for rock gardens, while Frances Tophill perches precariously on a cliff in Cornwall as she joins a couple who have created a garden in extreme conditions. Adam Frost continues his progress on designing his garden in Lincolnshire and Flo Headlam transforms a shady and neglected front garden in London. And garden designer Mark Lane shares his passion for colour in his garden in Kent.
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September 24, 2016 There is plenty of advice from Longmeadow this week as Monty starts to tidy up the garden for autumn and reviews this year's display in the jewel garden. In the final part of Carol Klein's series on plant families, she looks at the Apiaceae family, which includes not only stalwart and wildlife-friendly plants but also edible roots, and we pay a visit to a giant vegetable grower in Nottinghamshire who is hoping to break the world record with his carrots. In Lincolnshire, Adam Frost's designs begin taking shape when he starts to build raised beds for his contemporary kitchen garden, while Nick Bailey travels to a suburban garden in Windsor to tackle overgrown climbers and shrubs, and Jane Moore is in East Sussex where she discovers an exuberant garden and gardener whose small space is packed with plants, and Nick Macer discovers a garden in Kells Bay, Ireland, where the climate resembles an Atlantic rainforest.
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September 24, 2016 Jane visits Melbourne Zoo's butterfly house and discovers the important role plants play in their lifecycle, Costa visits a collector's garden that's packed to the rafters with quirky bric-a-brac, antiques, tools, and of course, plants, and Tino shares a tip for using garlic flowers while Sophie profiles the popular euphorbia Wulfen Spurge. Also Angus explains the best methods for establishing new plants and Tino gets inspired by a horticulturist-turned-farmer who offers tips on how to make a good living from small scale farming.
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September 21, 2016 BBC Two 23 Mar 2007
Christine Walkden's garden blossoms in spring, but she still finds time to help her struggling neighbour Reg, and offer tips at an old steam railway line in Yorkshire.
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September 18, 2016 September is the perfect time for planting and Monty adds some autumn flowering asters to his borders, as well as refreshing his strawberry beds with new stock. Carol Klein continues her series on plant families and this week, she takes a close look at one of the largest plant families in the world, the daisy family, and we pay a visit to a plant nursery in Hampshire, which specialises in growing plants - including many varieties of daisy - for attracting wildlife, and Nick Macer is in Essex where he discovers a garden where cacti are grown to monstrous proportions due, in part, to its microclimate. Garden doctor Nick Bailey is in Berkshire, where he provides a remedy for a patch of dry shade in a small back garden, while Jane Moore visits two tiny gardens on the sunny and shady side of the same street in Bristol to find out how their respective gardeners have designed the space. Adam Frost begins the first of his design projects in his new Lincolnshire garden.
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