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Great British Gardens: Season by Season with Carol Klein

Great British Gardens: Season by Season with Carol Klein

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Great British Gardens: Season by Season with Carol Klein – Carol Klein witnesses some of Britain’s most treasured outdoor spaces.     The plantswoman and broadcaster visits Gresgarth Hall, the Lancashire country home of garden designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd. The grounds of the estate comprise the formal garden rooms nearer the house, and a wilder area where Arabella has planted 6,000 trees among cleverly designed meandering paths. Elsewhere, the garden shows off Arabella’s immense knowledge and precision. In spring, splashes of early colour nestle beneath well-chosen spring-flowering shrubs, while summer witnesses an explosion of scent and floral abundance. The gardens at […]

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Gardening with Carol Klein episode 1

Gardening with Carol Klein episode 1

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Gardening with Carol Klein episode 1: The gardening guru shares her insights on everything from edibles to ornamentals. The writer and expert showed viewers what the garden used to look like before she transformed it.     Carol Klein VMH is an English gardening expert, who also works as a television presenter and newspaper columnist.   Gardening with Carol Klein episode 1   Klein made her television debut on Gardeners’ World in 1989 and has since presented other gardening programmes such as Real Gardens and Open Gardens. Projects include Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein which followed a

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Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Waterlily episode 4

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In the fourth and final chapter of the series, Carol Klein takes a look at one of the most recognisable and influential flowers in our world, the waterlily. It is a plant of unlikely economic importance, spiritual significance and artistic inspiration.       Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Waterlily episode 4   She travels to the far east to investigate when and where some of the first flowering plants evolved, and discovers waterlilies are among the earliest branches of angiosperms still around today – practically living fossils. Carol visits the Buddhist temples of South Korea and drinks lotus flower

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Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Iris episode 3

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The third leg of Carol’s odyssey takes her on a journey from England to Turkey, to Italy and home again, discovering the intricate biology of the iris flower and its cultural significance to mankind over thousands of years. Carol takes a close-up look into the intimate relationship between bees and irises and, under the guidance of an evolutionary plant biologist, uses an endoscopic camera to reveal how an insect with UV vision sees each flower.     Carol travels to mainland Europe, learning of the importance of some species in the funeral traditions of Islam and the use of irises

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Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Tulips episode 2

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There are 6,000 delightful varieties of tulips in the world today, with new colours and forms being cultivated every year. Carol Klein’s odyssey to uncover the colourful history of this popular flower begins high in the mountains of eastern Turkey, where a species tulip, one of the early ancestors of those we grow in our gardens, can be found flourishing in the harshest of environments, a feat only possible due to its extraordinary evolution. Thermal-imaging cameras reveal a small pocket of warm air trapped inside the flower’s petals, giving visiting pollinators a cosy place to rest their flight muscles.  

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Carol Klein's Plant Odysseys - Roses episode 1

Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Roses episode 1

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Four-part series in which Carol Klein explores the inner secrets and botanical history of four of our favourite garden plants: the rose, the tulip, the iris and the water lily.       Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Roses episode 1   The first episode looks at the rose. The rose has always meant so much to Britain – it is embedded in our history, our fairy tales and our hearts. Carol goes on a very British plant odyssey. To understand the origins of our most cherished garden flower, we need look no further than the hedgerow. Our native dog

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