Summer Gardening with Carol Klein episode 6: As summer reaches its climax at Glebe Cottage garden in Devon, Carol Klein introduces us to a group of plants that really provides the drum roll to peak summer time: the daisy. Whether it be the bold, hot colours of heleniums and dahlias, or others, like early flowering asters that display themselves more […]
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Summer Gardening with Carol Klein episode 4: The horticultural expert welcomes viewers back to Glebe Cottage garden in north Devon, where, despite the challenging mix of intense hot, dry days and torrential stormy downpours, the garden is showing off a magical sea of flowers and foliage. Carol also discusses geraniums, and presents tips on how to care for pelargoniums.
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Summer Gardening with Carol Klein episode 3: Summer at Glebe Cottage sometimes means changeable weather — sultry, showery and altogether typically British! But this never daunts Carol, who takes the opportunity to investigate one of our richest plant habitats: watery wetlands and bogs. The pond at Glebe Cottage is now lush with rich green foliage. Back in the spring, Carol
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Summer Gardening with Carol Klein episode 2: The horticultural expert shows viewers how her garden has both a sunny side and a shady one, and takes the opportunity to look at how plants have adapted to one or the other. Carol also gives a useful lesson in choosing plants that will thrive because they’ve been planted in the right place.
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Summer Gardening with Carol Klein episode 1: Carol is now harvesting the first of her carrots and has been dining off an abundance of chard for weeks! A visit to some native foxgloves thriving in a nearby hedgerow reveals the secrets to success with growing these wonderful plants, and kicks off a look at the whole family of plants to
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 6 – Into Winter: In November and December, the first frosts have struck. It’s time to put away tender perennials, begin judicious cutting-back and sweep up the fallen leaves. The garden is laid bare, but beauty is still found in the skeletal structures of fading plants. Holly, box and
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 5 – Autumn: With the onset of September and October, the atmosphere in the garden is rich with the smell of ripening fruit and wood smoke. It’s harvest time so there are seeds to collect, pricking out to be completed and tidying to be done. Carol’s daughters, Annie and
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 4 – High Summer: In July and August the garden is building to a peak. Flowers are at their very brightest and most beautiful with geraniums abounding and the fragrance of lilies pervading the garden. To keep the garden looking glorious, there is staking to be done, roses to deadhead and
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 3 – Spring into Summer: In May and June, everything in the garden is surging forwards, full of exuberance. Rather than sitting back to enjoy it all, Carol is planting out sweet peas, picking the first salad leaves and staking perennials. Blossom drips from the trees, the woodland garden
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 2: March and April is a time of huge change in the garden, as the remnants of winter make way for the hope of spring. Carol is busy clearing away the last of the winter detritus to make way for waves of planting. There’s pruning to be done, and she sows
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Kleine episode 1 – Winter has come… harsh frosts have shattered Carol’s tulip pots, and her brick paths are ruined. Carol takes shelter in the potting shed and prepares her garlic for spring planting. On finer days, she begins pruning late-flowering clematis, and when the thaw comes she begins a major re-vamp in
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Gardening with Carol Klein episode 2: The second of a two-part masterclass in which the horticulturalist shares her knowledge. From her potting shed at Glebe Cottage garden, Carol shows in detail how to sow seed, and then how to bring on the resulting young plants, caring for them until they reach maturity. Outdoors, she explains how to pant vegetables and
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