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Love Your Garden 2018 - NHS Special

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As part of ITV’s NHS’ 70th anniversary celebrations, Alan Titchmarsh and the Love Your Garden Team get together for their biggest ever project: to create a create a garden for The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. This gargantuan effort is in response to letters from young patients, some of whom were victims of the nearby Manchester Arena bombing, requesting an outdoor space for patients, families and staff to seek respite in.

Gardening Australia episode 33 2018

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Jane Edmanson plants a bed for summer cut flowers, Millie Ross meets a woman devoted to saving an endangered plant, Costa Georgiadis visits an unusual farm in Byron Bay, and Josh Byrne explores hectares of hidden tulips. Gardening Australia episode 33 2018 Boonluck Farm Costa meets a chef who has taken up farming to supply her family’s restaurant with hard-to-find ingredients

Gardeners World 2018 episode 23

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Monty gives advice on how to deal with overcrowded clumps of summer flowering bulbs and plants yew to make a start on creating a topiary Nellie. This post is moved here: https://hdclump.com/gardeners-world-2018-episode-23/ Frances Tophill travels to Somerset to the garden of a woman who grows a huge collection of unusual vegetables used in Thai cooking, Carol is in Devon celebrating one of the brightest additions to the late summer border - the rudbekia - and Mark Lane gives design tips on the main elements of a formal garden. Gardeners World episode 23 2018

Gardeners World 2018 episode 22

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Monty Don catches up on his vegetable garden and harvests potatoes as well as dividing perennials. Frances Tophill is on her shared allotment making the most of the year's fruit harvest, Joe Swift visits a classically designed garden with a contemporary edge in Northamptonshire, and Juliet Sargeant goes to Borde Hill Garden in West Sussex to see how the hot summer has caused a rare tree to flower for the first time in 30 years. This post was moved here: https://hdclump.com/gardeners-world-2018-episode-22 We travel to Wales to meet a seed guardian whose passion is growing all kinds of vegetables and collecting their seed, and we meet a woman who has been successfully growing melons and pineapples in her garden in Lancashire.          Gardeners World 2018 episode 22

Gardeners World 2018 episode 16

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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 bio-security, 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. Gardeners World 2018 episode 16 Grow your own leeks Leeks are a flavoursome winter vegetable that can be steamed or boiled, braised in a cheese sauce and used in soups and stews. Leeks are easy to grow, but need looking after – you need to sow them in co

The Beechgrove Garden episode 17 2018

Jim is dreaming of jam tomorrow as he harvests plums and blueberries, while Brian assesses the success, or otherwise, of the ruby-themed annuals that he planted in between his box-hedging trial. More info at: https://hdclump.com/ beechgrove-garden-episode-17-2018 Meanwhile, Carole mentions the C word as it's already time to force bulbs for a Christmas display, Chris creates a new white garden at Beechgrove, and we learn how white plants in a garden can change perspectives and enhance moods.

Great British Garden Revival ep.7 - Ponds and Stumperies

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Charlie Dimmock campaigns to put ponds back in gardens. She finds out the importance of ponds for wildlife and takes the plunge in a new style of water gardening - the swimming pond. Charlie also finds out how a community in east Yorkshire has come together to breathe new life into their village pond. The lakes, small ponds and water features of Nottingham Trent University are the starting point for her revival, and Charlie gives her step-by-step guide to building a wildlife pond and bog garden, from the initial design stage right through to planting up. Chris Beardshaw wants to return a Victorian curiosity, the stumpery, to our gardens. Similar to rock gardens but created from upturned tree stumps, logs and roots, stumperies were created to display the spoils of intrepid Victorian plant hunters. On his revival Chris discovers how fern fever swept the nation in the 19th century. He meets a man in north Wales who is as fascinated by ferns as he is and sets off on a woodland trail to

Great British Garden Revival ep.6 - Glasshouses and Shrubs

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Diarmuid Gavin wants to use glasshouses to restore a sense of adventure, flair and excitement to gardens. On his campaign, he visits Wentworth Castle in Barnsley to help out with the final stages of the restoration of its elaborate Victorian glasshouse. He gives his guide to greenhouse buying and meets up with passionate allotmenteers in Nottingham who have gone one better and designed and built their own remarkable greenhouses using recycled materials. Diarmuid gives his top greenhouse growing tips, gets to grips with hothouse flowers and explores the wealth of temperate and tropical flora on display at the National Botanic Gardens in Wales. Matt James thinks that shrubs have been overlooked and ignored for too long. He wants gardeners to rediscover and appreciate the importance of this amazing group of plants. On his journey, he visits a garden in Norfolk where shrubs are the stars of the show and inspires a group of young gardeners at Flatford Mill in Suffolk to plant shrubs in t

Great British Garden Revival ep.5 - Rock Gardens and Herb Gardens

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In this episode, plantswoman Carol Klein shares her infectious passion for a style of gardening that she thinks is in much need of a revival - the rock garden. She tracks the history from its pinnacle during the Victorian era, visits a community in Bolton who have pulled back their local rockery from neglect and drops in on an old friend in the Midlands to find out more about this much-maligned gardening style. From her base at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, Carol demonstrates tried and tested techniques for growing success as she shows us how to plant up a trough with some of her treasured rock garden favourites and gives advice on the best alpine bulbs for containers. Toby Buckland is on the campaign trail for herb gardens. On his revival, he discovers how useful herbs have been throughout history, he learns that there was no such thing as a weed in Tudor times; meets a woman whose garden is overflowing with herbs we've forgotten and a botanist who grows plants to capitalise on th

Great British Garden Revival ep.4 - Cut Flowers and Trees

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Great British Garden Revival continues, as Britain's top television gardening talent inspire us to the save the nation's rich gardening heritage. In tonight's show Rachel de Thame investigates the decline of Britain's cut flower industry. At New Covent Garden she discovers that 90 per cent of our cut flowers are imported; she meets a man who has dedicated his life to growing sweet peas and joins a florist who uses some surprising flowers in the wedding bouquets she creates. Throughout the show from her base at the cutting garden of Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire, Rachel gives us her tips on how to grow, cut and arrange flowers. Great British Garden Revival ep.4  Also in tonight's show, Joe Swift wants us all to get planting trees in our gardens. On his revival he visits the magnificent elm trees of Brighton, which didn't fall victim to the devastating Dutch elm disease as it ravaged Britain in the 1970s, and he marvels at the national collection of bi

Great British Garden Revival ep.3 - Cottage Gardens and House Plants

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As a passionate plantswoman, Carol Klein wants everyone to embrace one of the most iconic and quintessentially British styles of gardening - the cottage garden. She shares her years of experience with her ultimate guide to the best cottage garden plants, along with money-saving tips on how to grow favourite plants from scratch. In the Lake District, she visits the home of Beatrix Potter and a cottage garden which features in some of the most famous children's books ever written. She also encourages the people of Nantwich to get gardening in the Great British Seed Swap. As a plant hunter, Tom Hart Dyke wants Britain to fall back in love with the house plant. He has a chilling encounter with an orchid he last saw when he was kidnapped in Columbia 13 years ago, discovers that house plants can have a positive impact on people's well-being and productivity at work and shares tips on how to care for house plants and grow them from cuttings. Great British Garden Revival ep.3

Great British Garden Revival ep.2 - Topiary and Roof Gardens

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Rachel De Thame sharpens her shears to champion topiary, the great tradition of trimming and shaping plants. Rachel charts the rise and fall of topiary from Elizabethan times to the present day, meets a topiary-obsessed woman in Kent who has transformed her entire garden using amazing topiary creations and witnesses the hedge handiwork of a man in north London who is causing a buzz in the local neighbourhood with his living sculptures. Rachel shows that, with a little know-how and confidence, everyone can share in the sense of fun that topiary can bring to Britain's gardens. James Wong, meanwhile, is up on the roof. He uncovers the hidden horticultural past of the capital's rooftops, visits a woman who has moved her entire garden to her rooftop apartment and heads to Birmingham's new city centre library with an innovative rooftop addition. James shares his tips and shows us that, when it comes to roof gardens, containers are king. He also reveals the best plants that are

The Autistic Gardener ep.7

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London Alan looks to Texas and a jumbo jet for inspiration, as he helps two London couples turn their adjoining back gardens into one massive playground for their sons. Convinced he's not the only autistic gardening genius out there, Alan gathers together a team of autists to take on some challenging projects. The Autistic Gardener ep.7

Gardening Australia ep.36 2017

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Costa restores the herb maze on his verge garden; Sophie visits a beautiful Mediterranean garden perfectly suited to the local climate; Jerry propagates plants & Tino gives his best tips for growing tomatoes. Gardening Australia provides practical, realistic and credible horticultural and gardening advice, inspiring and entertaining gardeners around the world. 1. Tomato Tips and Tricks It’s tomato time in Tasmania and Tino is sharing his best tips for growing a bumper harvest 2. The Trucculent Millie makes up an unusual planter 3. Old Meets New Sophie visits a gardener with a modern Mediterranean garden that compliments the hundred-year-old house beautifully 4. A-maze-ing Verge Costa is spring cleaning the verge herb maze and with a little help from his friends, he gives the design a playful twist 5. Excess Produce - Fruit Roll-ups We make a sweet treat from excess fruit 6. Troppo Proppo Jerry is propagating interesting warm-climate plants . Gardening

A Year in an English Garden: Flicker & Pulse

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A striking and poignant portrayal of time passing in a beautiful Sussex walled garden. Using real-time and time-lapse footage, the film explores the relationship between the seasons and the plants and people who work within the walls of the garden. Locked into the clock of the solar system, the garden performs its annual display, guided by those passionately engaged with its soil. A Year in an English Garden: Flicker & Pulse

The Autistic Gardener ep.6

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Bristol Alan's in Bristol with £15,000 to restore some order to Ig and Jo's 100 foot garden, that is currently overflowing with weeds and junk. He also visits the Getty gardens in LA. Convinced he's not the only autistic gardening genius out there, Alan gathers together a team of autists to take on some challenging projects. The Autistic Gardener ep.6

The Autistic Gardener ep.5

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Lancashire Alan Gardner has £10,000 to transform Pinky and Joe's awkward triangular garden Convinced he's not the only autistic gardening genius out there, Alan gathers together a team of autists to take on some challenging projects. The Autistic Gardener ep.5

Gardening Australia ep.35 2017

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Gardening Australia provides practical, realistic and credible horticultural and gardening advice, inspiring and entertaining gardeners around the world. Costa meets an urban bee keeper; Jerry visits an aquatic plant nursery; Jane visits a garden designer in her eclectic garden, we meet a market gardener who loves his work and the presenters answer your questions. 1. What's the Buzz Costa meets up with an urban bee keeper 2. Good Enough to Eat Jerry takes a look at some edible aquatic plants that can be grown at home 3. Watery Wonders Jerry visits a specialist aquatic plant nursery 4. FAQs - Smelly Compost | Passionfruit Fruit | Non-fruiting Zucchini Sophie, Josh and Tino answer commonly asked gardening questions 5. A Malmsbury Garden Jane visits an eclectic plant-filled country garden, designed to thrive in the local climate. Gardening Australia ep.35 2017

Gardeners' World ep.31 2017

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This post was moved here   https://video-clump.com/2017/12/07/ gardeners-world-episode-31-2017 Frances Tophill helps a viewer whose overgrown pond needs some renovation, Adam Frost visits a garden in Nottinghamshire where the season of winter highlights its design, and we celebrate one of the up-and-coming winter flowers, the snowdrop. We visit great grandmother Eunice Mcghie, who, at 83, still teaches gardening to young people in her back garden in Handsworth, Birmingham, while in Hampshire we meet twins Stuart and Ian Paton, who are hoping to break the world record this year with their giant pumpkin.

The Autistic Gardener ep.4

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North East London Alan and the team tackle a dated plot in north east London, hoping to make a modern garden for just £5,000. But it starts raining and won't stop. Will it scupper their plans? Convinced he's not the only autistic gardening genius out there, Alan gathers together a team of autists to take on some challenging projects. The Autistic Gardener ep.4