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Love Your Garden Ep.2 - Series 6

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 Alan Titchmarsh and the team create a new garden for an eight-year-old girl in Nottingham, despite the worst weather they have ever experienced. Tilly Sawford was severely scalded in a freak accident six years ago and continues to require treatment to aid her recovery, leading to the staff at her local hospital recommending the family have a safe garden created for them, with a bold colour scheme and surprise areas for all of the children. Love Your Garden - with Alan Titchmarsh follows the writer, broadcaster and TV personality as he travels the country with a team of esteemed experts to find some of Britain's most beautiful domestic gardens and show viewers how to recreate the look themselves - with minimum fuss. Love Your Garden Ep.2 - Series 6

Love Your Garden Ep.1 - Series 6

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  Alan Titchmarsh and the team head to Hull to transform the garden of a 90-year-old land girl and ballroom dancing devotee. Frailty has seen the twice-widowed great-grandmother lose the ability to tend her once beautiful gardens, so they have become neglected no-go areas. After Alan surprises her at a tea dance, the team transforms her gardens into spaces she can safely tend to again. This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/04/22/love-your-garden-episode-1-2016/   Love Your Garden - with Alan Titchmarsh follows the writer, broadcaster and TV personality as he travels the country with a team of esteemed experts to find some of Britain's most beautiful domestic gardens and show viewers how to recreate the look themselves - with minimum fuss. Love Your Garden Ep.1 - Series 6

Gardening Australia ep.30 2017

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  Jane visits Australia's newest plant quarantine facility; Costa builds a home for his worms; Millie plants up her side garden; and we meet a couple who have dedicated their lives to Australia's native plants. Gardening Australia ep.30 2017

Gardeners' World ep.26 2017

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This post was moved here : https://video-clump.com/2017/12/04/gardeners-world-episode-26-2017 Carol Klein celebrates the sedum, one of the autumn garden's highlights, Adam Frost gives us an update on the development of his Lincolnshire garden, and we travel to Gloucestershire to visit a garden which is a haven for moths and butterflies. We also catch up with Alan Power, who guides us through the summer work at Stourhead, and Shaish Alam winds up his growing season with a bumper harvest. Gardeners' World ep.26 2017

The Beechgrove Garden ep.23 2017

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It is hedge-clipping time at Beechgrove and Jim, Carole and George trim their way around the garden. This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/01/19/ the-beechgrove-g…-episode-23-2017 / Chris finishes the planting in the heather garden to help create the windswept, top-of-the-mountain look, adding a range of tough grasses and ferns. From prodigious parsnips to dinner plate-sized dahlias, Jim visits the showers and growers at the Dundee Flower and Food Festival. Earlier this year, the Beechgrove team visited some of the entrants to the show to see how preparations were going. Jim catches up with them again at the show to see if their labours have borne fruit. The Beechgrove Garden ep.23 2017

Love Your Garden Ep.8 - Series 4

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This post was moved here:   https://video-clump.com/2018/04/07/ love-your-garden-episode-8-2014 As Alan and the crew work their magic, Frances Tophill reveals the key design elements for a cottage-style plot, Katie Rushworth demonstrates how to make the most out of cut flowers and David Domoney provides hints and tips on maintaining the perfect lawn. Love Your Garden Ep.8 - Series 4

Love Your Garden Ep.7 - Series 4

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  Alan Titchmarsh and the team create a garden for a family with twin girls who have a serious, life-limiting condition. Three-year-olds Darcie and Evie Chapman have been diagnosed with Dravet syndrome, a very rare form of epilepsy, and parents Mark and Natalie must be on permanent watch to prevent their daughters' seizures leading to something more serious. The Chapmans' current outdoor space is unsuitable for the girls, with changes of levels, colours of plants and even the light through branches influencing their condition, so the crew follows the rules of a formal garden where straight lines, order and symmetry give an unfussy overall look. Love Your Garden Ep.7 - Series 4

Gardening Australia ep.29 2017

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Josh shows us a tool to help gardeners identify pests; Sophie visits a couple who have thousands of roses in their beautiful collection; and Jane explores the world of native bonsai and shows you how to create one at home. 1. Excess Produce - Lemon Slices Too many lemons? There’s no such thing! 2. Riot of Roses Sophie visits a couple in the Barossa Valley who have thousands of roses in their beautiful collection 3. Taking Cues Jerry talks about being alert to garden timing 4. Starting Out Jane gets expert tips on creating native bonsai at home 5. Friends or Foes Josh learns about an exciting and modern tool to help identify insect visitors, beneficial or not, in home gardens 6. Miniature Marvels Jane explores the fascinating new world of native Australian bonsai 7. Protecting Maples Tino shows us how to protect maples from aphids 8. FAQs - Moving trees | Camellia buds dropping | Coriander The Gardening Australia presenters answer commonly asked gardening questions.

Gardeners' World ep.25 2017

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This post wa moved here : https://hdclump.com/gardeners-world-2018-episode-25/ Frances Tophill travels to Norfolk to visit a gardener who, at 97, still gardens every day, Adam Frost takes a look at a new garden at RHS Wisley which has been planted up with tropical plants and Carol Klein is in Buckinghamshire helping a viewer who is struggling to find plants that will thrive in heavy clay soil. Alan Power guides us through seasonal spring highlights at Stourhead, and we visit a tiny garden in Essex which is packed with plants, ponds and seating areas. Gardeners' World ep.24 2017

The Beechgrove Garden ep.22 2017

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This post was moved here:   https://video-clump.com/2018/01/12/ beechgrove-garden-episode-22-2017 / The whole Beechgrove team are on the road again, this time to the Fife county town of Cupar. Renowned for its award-winning floral displays, the Cupar in Bloom team have invited Beechgrove to come and take a look at their efforts, as well as hosting a Beechgrove Gardeners' Question Time in the Corn Exchange. Jim, Carole, George and Brian attempt to answer as many Cupar gardening questions as possible. The team also visit some of Cupar's outstanding gardens and tee off with a visit to Elmwood Golf Course. The Beechgrove Garden ep.22 2017

Love Your Garden Ep.6 - Series 4

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  Alan Titchmarsh and the team are in London, where they transform the run-down garden of Joan Myers, a senior paediatric nurse who has worked tirelessly to help improve the way children are cared for within the NHS - but in doing so, has let her own garden become overgrown. Alan plans to give her a peaceful retreat outside her back door with flavours of Africa and the Caribbean, as well as more than a splash of purple, her favourite colour. He also reflects Joan's community spirit by challenging the team to make over three front gardens, finding different ways of revitalising these tired and forgotten spaces. Love Your Garden Ep.6 - Series 4

Love Your Garden Ep.5 - Series 4

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This post was moved  here: https://video-clump.com/2018/04/05/love-your-garden-episode-5-2014   Alan Titchmarsh heads to Bideford in Devon, where Tamsyn and Alex Wood's lives have been turned upside down in the last three years. Having emigrated to the south of France with their four children, they were forced to return to the UK after Alex suffered a brain injury followed by two haemorrhages. Alan sets his team the challenge of transforming the Woods' garden into a coastal haven, inspired by Alex's passion for surfing and the home's proximity to the sea. David Domoney upcycles a boat to create a bespoke daybed, Katie Rushworth turns old fruit barrels into raised planters and Frances Tophill introduces swathes of hardy flowers mixed in with paths of shingle. Love Your Garden Ep.5 - Series 4

Love Your Garden Ep.4 - Series 4

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This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/04/04/love-your-garden-episode-4-2014   Alan Titchmarsh and his team of green-fingered experts meet a Cambridgeshire mother whose son requires round-the-clock care. Until five years ago, Suzi Sola and her two children Katiya and Isaac enjoyed frequent trips to Spain, but when 12-year-old Isaac was diagnosed with a debilitating condition, these became a thing of the past. Alan wants to lift the family's spirits by transforming their garden into a holiday-themed oasis, drawing inspiration from a man who has recreated a Caribbean beach in his own backyard. Love Your Garden Ep.4 - Series 4

Love Your Garden Ep.3- Series 4

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This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/04/03/love-your-garden-episode-3-2014  Alan Titchmarsh and the team are in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, with the McGinns, whose life was turned upside down when dad Pete was seriously injured in the line of duty as a police officer. In the course of transforming their garden, Alan gives a masterclass in how to achieve a tropical feel using plants that can survive the British winter, and David Domoney tackles an awkward slope with a series of decking terraces and sitting areas linked by boardwalks. Frances Tophill and Katie Rushworth create raised beds full of grasses, and the addition of a hot tub provides the family with somewhere to relax. Love Your Garden Ep.3- Series 4

Gardening Australia ep.28 2017

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Jerry visits a formal native garden in Toowoomba; Costa and Sophie are at a community garden in Darwin; guest presenter Carolyn explains the importance of plants in design, and Josh helps Millie with a project in her garden. 1. A Helping Hand Josh lends Millie a hand to build a frame for climbing plants that will create a beautiful small-garden screen 2. Winning Natives Jerry explores a magnificent garden in Toowoomba that combines formality and Australian natives to create an award-winning sensation 3. Designing with Plants Guest presenter Carolyn Blackman visits a spectacular nursery and gives us her top tips for planting design 4. Perfect Drainage Jerry picks up a great tip on achieving perfect drainage for plants in any garden 5. The Mulch Pit Costa takes Sophie to visit one of his favourite gardens, a community project in Darwin that grows food, skills and friendships 6. FAQs - Growing Bamboo | Liver under Passionfruit | Teasing Out Roots The Gardening Australia pres

Gardeners' World ep.24 2017

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This post was moved here : https://video-clump.com/2017/12/04/gardeners-world-episode-24-2017 Joe Swift and Flo Headlam pay a visit to Potterne in Wiltshire to check on the progress of the community garden, and renowned plantswoman Helen Dillon joins Monty at Longmeadow. Gardeners' World ep.24 2017

The Beechgrove Garden ep.21 2017

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 Jim takes a final tally and taste-test of tomatoes in the greenhouse. Carole is in Ardersier for Vegetable Garden on a Budget. Carole catches up with Mari Reid for harvest and a picnic on the beach, and to hear how much three families have saved and gained by growing their own. This post was moved here:   https://video-clump.com/2018/01/11/ beechgrove-garden-episode-21-2017  Tourists and townspeople often stop to admire the front garden of James Findlay in Carluke. Jim joins the crowd and James explains how he took over his neighbour's garden to increase the kerb appeal in Carluke. The Beechgrove Garden ep.21 2017

Love Your Garden Ep.2- Series 4

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Claire and Ian Estick have a busy schedule fundraising and running their organisation, meaning their large L-shaped garden has become a confused mix of children's play equipment, a neglected greenhouse and overgrown shrubs and trees. Alan and the team set about transforming it into four distinct spaces, featuring a kitchen garden and a tranquil seating area, and show viewers how to tackle a towering leylandii hedge. This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/04/02/ love-your-garden-episode-2-2014 Love Your Garden Ep.2- Series 4

Love Your Garden Ep.1- Series 4

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Love Your Garden is a British gardening programme that was first broadcast on ITV on 10 June 2011. The show is hosted by Alan Titchmarsh alongside co-presenters David Domoney, Katie Rushworth and Frances Tophill and sees the team visit locations around the United Kingdom helping people to transform their gardens. This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/04/01/ love-your-garden-episode-1-2014 Love Your Garden Ep.1- Series 4

Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets (4 parts)

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Alan Titchmarsh presents a stunning series that reveals the amazing secrets behind Britain's great gardens, examining how they continue to influence gardeners, including himself, today. Part 1:  17th Century, In the first episode, Alan visits Hatfield House in Hertfordshire to look at the key design features of the gardens of this 17th-century stately home. This was a time when horticulture and architecture worked seamlessly together and Hatfield reflects this new love of the aesthetic. Alan examines the famous parterres which are some of the first examples of Britain's affection for formal gardening, and shows how the parterre has been brought into the 21st century by designer Tom Stuart-Smith with his designs at Broughton Grange in Oxfordshire. Alan also looks at the use of perspective, which at Hatfield makes the driveways seem bigger and changes how the garden is seen from different points of view. He look at a French import, espaliers, that have been used to stunning e

Gardening Australia ep.27 2017

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Costa explores the power of the flower; Jane discovers a collector's garden; Sophie explores a garden bursting with spring bulbs; Tino gets stuck into spring sowing and we find out what to do in the garden this weekend. 1. Sowing for Spring Tino springs into action in The Patch, explaining his secret to summer crop success including Australia's favourite, the tomato! 2. What to Do this Weekend Our presenters reveal their must-do tasks in their own garden this weekend 3. Propagating Succulents Jane is visiting a succulent collector who demonstrates how easy it is to propagate these hardy plants 4. A Quirky Collection Jane explores a collector’s garden full of unusual, architectural beauties and gets his expert tips for growing them at home 5. Flower Power Costa explores the stunning displays in The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, and discovers the power of the flower 6. A Spring Stunner Sophie Thomson visits a true spring garden, bursting at the seams with colourful

Gardeners' World ep.23 2017

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This post was moved here : https://video-clump.com/2017/12/02/gardeners-world-episode-22-2017 A Sheffield paramedic reveals how his passion for wildflowers has transformed an area around a busy ambulance station, and there is a look at the blooming of one of the world's largest water lilies. Gardeners' World ep.23 2017

The Beechgrove Garden ep.20 2017

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They say that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Well, this week in the Beechgrove Garden, Jim and Carole munch their way through the veg plot as they taste-test turnips, a new broad bean and some blight-resistant potatoes. This post was moved here:   https://video-clump.com/2018/01/05/ beechgrove-garden-episode-20-2017 /  ‎ Chris takes a look at the new rose garden and has a new take on some age-old remedies for common rose problems. George visits the grand Drummond Castle Gardens near Crieff in Perthshire. The formal garden and parterre are among the oldest in Scotland and reputedly some of the finest in Europe. The Beechgrove Garden ep.20 2017

Gardening Australia ep.26 2017

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Jerry visits a wildlife-friendly garden; guest presenter Carolyn explores a small garden that is big on ideas; Costa plants an edible hedge and Millie and Squid go hunting for truffles. 1. Pretty and Productive Costa helps a family plant an attractive blueberry hedge fringed with strawberries 2. Underground Riches Millie and Squid go hunting for the delicious and valuable underground fungus, the black truffle 3. A Great Little Spot Josh profiles two hard-wearing water-wise plants 4. All Creatures Great and Small Jerry visits a wildlife-friendly garden in the Brisbane suburbs designed with the resident wild and domestic animals in mind 5. Small Spaces, Big Ideas Guest presenter Carolyn explores a small urban garden that’s full of great ideas for how to make small spaces seem larger 6. FAQs - Grafted Trees | Orange Peel in Compost | Lime and Manure Answers to frequently asked gardening questions Gardening Australia ep.26 2017

Gardening Australia ep.25 2017

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Josh meets a scientist unlocking the relationship between fire and native plants; Costa replenishes his verge garden; Jerry shares his technique for a perfect seed bed and we meet a passionate young orchid conservationist. 1. Smoke Your Own Josh learns how to smoke native plant seeds to aid germination 2. Back to the Verge Costa gets stuck back into his verge garden after building work temporarily halted progress 3. Plant Profile - Algerian Iris We profile the beautiful Algerian Iris 4. Smoke King Josh meets a scientist unlocking the relationship between fire and native plants in a wonderfully diverse area of Western Australia 5. Perfect Seed Bed Jerry shares his grandmother's technique for preparing the perfect seed bed guaranteed to lead to success 6. FAQs - Fertilising in Winter | Cherry Tree | Leaf Curl Answers to commonly asked gardening questions Gardening Australia ep.25 2017

Gardening Australia ep.24 2017

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Costa visits a scientist with an experimental garden; Tino helps out at an olive grove; guest presenter Carolyn explores the materials available for creating a garden & Millie salvages some second-hand plants. 1. Plant Profile - Bell-fruited Mallee This beautiful native can fit in even the smallest of gardens! 2. Pruning Olives Tino shows how to prune an olive tree to maximise yield 3. Sticks and Stones Guest presenter Carolyn Blackman explores the materials available for creating gardens 4. Olives Galore Tino helps out an olive growing couple with their harvest in beautiful northern Tasmania 5. The Backyard Laboratory Costa is in Canberra to visit a scientist whose research into water and productive gardening is changing the world 6. The Sacrificial Plant Jerry Coleby-Williams shows us a novel method of pest control 7. Stripping the Garden Millie shows us how to move plants successfully whilst helping a friend renovate their garden. Gardening Australia ep.24 20

The Beechgrove Garden ep.19 2017

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  The whole team travel deep into Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song country, to the Howe of the Mearns village of Arbuthnott. For anyone who drives the A90, the red clay soils of one of the most fertile and productive areas in the country will be familiar and are the dominant feature of the area. This post was moved here : https://video-clump.com/2018/01/04/ beechgrove-garden-episode-19-2017 /  ‎ Jim and George visit one of the oldest gardens in Scotland at Arbuthnott House, while Carole visits the contemporary gardeners of Milltown Community. The Beechgrove Garden ep.19 2017

Love Your Garden Ep.9- Series 7 2017

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Alan Titchmarsh and his team head to Nottingham to surprise the inspirational boxing coach Marcellus Baz, with two special garden transformations. This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/05/10/ love-your-garden-episode-9-2017 First, the team visit Marcellus' gym, where they work to turn a dark alley into a productive kitchen garden, before heading to Marcellus' own home to transform his garden into a Moroccan-inspired outdoor space.

The Beechgrove Garden ep.18 2017

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In the Beechgrove Garden, Carole and George have a tough job of taste testing the new super-sweet tomatoes and thin-skinned cucumbers in the tender veg polytunnel. Jim visits Glasgow Botanic Gardens - now in their 200th year of existence - to see how the new young gardeners of Glasgow are being trained through a unique apprenticeship scheme. This post was moved here: https://wp.me/p9plqx-re George is in his horticultural element as he visits Rosa Steppanova in Lea Garden at Tresta on Shetland. This extraordinary garden is 12 hours and 200 miles by sea from Beechgrove, and yet it is an astounding display of plants from all around the world. The Beechgrove Garden ep.18 2017

Love Your Garden Ep.8- Series 7 2017

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Alan Titchmarsh and his team transform an area of Blackpool Zoo for live-in keeper John Paul who resides there full-time, creating a private retreat for the zoo's dedicated keepers. This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/05/09/ love-your-garden-episode-8-2017 / Alan and the team fill the space with animal and wildlife friendly ideas, and share tips on clever ways to create privacy without building walls and fences. Love Your Garden Ep.8- Series 7 2017

Gardeners' World ep.20 2017

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Love Your Garden Ep.7 - Series 7 2017

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Alan Titchmarsh and his team head to Hythe to create a sensory outdoor space for a four-year-old girl with severely limited vision, who will one day go completely blind. This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/05/09/ love-your-garden-episode-7-2017 The team transform the family's current bland garden into a safe family haven where little Isabelle can learn about the outside world in a comfortable environment.  Love Your Garden Ep.7 - Series 7 2017

Gardening Australia ep.23 2017

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Jane visits a chestnut grove in the Victorian high country; Costa shows us some winter-flowering natives; Tino prunes some fruit trees and Jerry propagates some unusual edible perennial plants. 1. Cooking Chestnuts Jane learns how to make chestnut flour 2. Why is pH so Important? Millie checks the pH of her soil and shows why it is such an important test to do 3. Nuts about Nuts Jane visits a beautiful chestnut and hazelnut grove in Victoria's high country 4. FAQs - Daffodils | Feeding Lemon Trees | Persimmon Josh, Sophie and Tino answer some frequently asked gardening questions 5. Local Colour Costa takes a look at an impressive array of winter flowering natives 6. Edible Perennials Jerry propagates some of his unusual food plants 7. Pruning Fruit Trees Tino shows us how to prune a pomegranate, a youngberry and a quince tree Gardening Australia ep.23 2017

The Sweet Makers ep.3

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Four modern-day confectioners use original recipes to recreate a Victorian sweet shop and discover how the quest to satisfy the national sweet tooth transformed Britain. They come under pressure as small-time players trying to compete in a tough new world completely altered by the industrial revolution and the dawn of mass production. Guided by food historian Dr Annie Gray and social historian Emma Dabiri, he 21st-century sweetmakers are in their own workshop in Blists Hill, Shropshire, to experience first-hand the life of confectioners in late 19th- and early 20th-century England - a time when children finally got their hands on chocolate and the brands that we still know and love today were dreamt up. Cheap sugar meant sweets for every class in society for the first time, so everything the team make across four days in the kitchen forms part of the stock for their shop. The confectioners use period equipment, original recipes and authentic ingredients. They are Paul A Young, who r

Love Your Garden Ep.6 - Series 7 2017

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   Alan Titchmarsh and the team head to Southampton to turn a featureless suburban back garden into a super-stylish contemporary outdoor space.  The garden is for the Jordan family who are coping with the loss of a devoted mother and wife.  Shelly-Ann died of cancer in April 2016 aged just 39 leaving husband Tony and their two children Tyler (17) and Amelia (12). This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/05/08/ love-your-garden-episode-6-2017  Alan, Katie, Frances and David – take on the challenge of creating a garden that will both appeal to teens and tweens, keep their mother’s memory alive and help the whole family through the still very raw grieving process.  They pack the space with wonderful ideas and use gorgeous planting to make it one of the most striking gardens of the series. Love Your Garden Ep.6 - Series 7 2017

The Beechgrove Garden ep.17 2017

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Scotland's favourite gardening programme. In the Beechgrove garden, Jim and Carole enjoy a red cabbage success story. Chris plants a range of hostas in the Beechgrove cottage garden. Since hostas are usually tasty morsels for slugs and snails, Chris also tries out a range of preventative measures. This post video was moved here : https://video-clump.com/2017/12/29/ beechgrove-garden-episode-17-2017 /  ‎ George visits Fiona and Euan Smith's garden at Kierfiold House on Orkney. The garden is a lesson on how creating shelter allows for planting in exposed conditions and is home to a large collection of hardy geraniums. The Beechgrove Garden ep.17 2017

Gardening Australia ep.22 2017

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Gardening Australia provides practical, realistic and credible horticultural and gardening advice, inspiring and entertaining gardeners around the world. Josh visits a magnificent forest; Sophie gets some rose-pruning advice from an expert; Costa helps out with some tree planting and guest presenter Carolyn Blackman shows us a garden designed for multiple uses. 1. Potting up Prickles Millie shows us how to pot up a cactus without getting hurt 2. Principles of Pruning Sophie gets some essential pruning advice from a young rose pruner 3. A Design for Life Guest presenter Carolyn Blackman gives us her top tips for designing a garden for an active family 4. Walking with Giants Josh visits a very special forest of ancient and beautiful tingle trees in WA's Walpole Wilderness Area 5. Excess Produce - Josh's Sauerkraut We show you how to make sauerkraut from excess cabbage 6. Future Forests Costa joins a revegetation team for National Tree Week to help restore some forme

Gardeners' World ep.18 2017

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The Beechgrove Garden ep.16 2017

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The whole Beechgrove team are on the ferry to the Orkney Isles this week. Famously a place of only two seasons, 18 hours of light or 18 hours of dark, with constant winds but mild and with little or no frost. The assumption always is that nothing much grows on Orkney in those conditions, but Jim, Carole and George find that is far from the case as they discover the determined gardeners of Orkney and how much they have achieved, to the extent that there is a thriving Orkney Garden Festival across the islands. Jim, Carole and George host a Beechgrove Gardeners' question and answer session in Kirkwall and visit a host of good gardens on South Ronaldsay. The Beechgrove Garden ep.16 2017

The Sweet Makers ep.2

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 Four modern-day confectioners use original recipes to recreate a Georgian shop and a stunning dessert course and discover how the quest to satisfy our national sweet tooth transformed Britain. Guided by food historian Dr Annie Gray and social historian Emma Dabiri, our 21st-century sweetmakers are in Bath to experience first-hand the life of confectioners in late 18th- and early 19th-century England - a time when the wealth from the sugar plantations of the Caribbean had made Britain rich and Bath's residents were making a fortune from the slave trade. They are now catering to the wealthy middle classes who could spend up to the modern equivalent of A £2,000 on a bespoke dessert course to dazzle their guests. Every dish the team make across four days in the kitchen forms part of the stock for their shop and this spectacular final course at one of the most famous addresses in Bath, the Royal Crescent. Our confectioners use period equipment such as Georgian ice chests, sorbetieres a

Love Your Garden Ep.5 - Series 7 2017

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  Alan Titchmarsh travels around the country seeking out some of Britain's loveliest domestic gardens, focusing on the wonderful outdoor living spaces created by ordinary Britons.   Alan and the team surprise a 93-year-old veteran from WW2. Jack King was a Japanese prisoner of war on the infamous Thailand Burma railway. He is now a widower and wants to revive the beautiful garden he shared with his wife Audrey. Jack is also a passionate painter who longs to access the studio he built himself at the end of his garden. Sadly this garden has become a no go area for Jack.   The team work hard to create a beautiful garden full of happy memories, art and a stunning new studio that Jack is able to access easily. Love Your Garden Ep.5 - Series 7 2017

Gardening Australia ep.21 2017

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Gardening Australia provides practical, realistic and credible horticultural and gardening advice, inspiring and entertaining gardeners around the world. Jerry meets a couple passionate about cycads; Costa visits an unconventional suburban garden; Millie plants some fruit trees and Jane shares her gardening story. 1. An Unconventional Garden Costa visits a suburban garden with plenty of personality and quirk 2. Double Delight Jerry visits a couple who meld their passions for cycads and bromeliads in one beautiful garden 3. Coriander for Life Tino shows us how we can have coriander forever! 4. Low Maintenance Zone Josh plants some natives that will do well in a hot, dry spot in his garden 5. My Garden Path - Jane Edmanson Jane shares her gardening story with us, from shy school girl to Gardening Australia presenter 6. Fruitful Planting Millie makes the most of winter and plants a variety of fruit trees 7. Plant Profile - Aloes Sophie profiles some of her favourite Aloes