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Great British Gardens: Season by Season with Carol Klein

Carol Klein / 4 minutes of reading / February 21, 2021 / By HDclump

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 […]

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Gardening with Carol Klein episode 1

Carol Klein / 2 minutes of reading / February 18, 2021 / By HDclump

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

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Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Waterlily episode 4

Carol Klein / 2 minutes of reading / November 6, 2018 / By HDclump

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

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Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Iris episode 3

Carol Klein / 2 minutes of reading / November 3, 2018 / By HDclump

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,

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Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Tulips episode 2

Carol Klein / 2 minutes of reading / October 31, 2018 / By HDclump

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

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Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys – Roses episode 1

Carol Klein / 2 minutes of reading / October 28, 2018 / By HDclump

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

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