The Beechgrove Garden 2016

The Beechgrove Garden is and always has been a firmly practical, get-your-hands-dirty gardening programme which delights in success but also learns from failures in the garden and never takes itself too seriously.

Beechgrove Garden episode 26 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 26 2016

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It’s the final programme of the series and Jim, Carole, George and Chris are battening down the hatches, preparing the garden for the winter but also making plans for spring. Carole is starting her Christmas wrapping early as she shows how to wrap up tender plants around the garden that need extra protection.     George and Jim are in the fruit cage, where it’s a good time to take stock and do some remedial fruit work. Carole also visits Huntly Cot, a unique garden near Temple in Midlothian. At its centre is a heart-shaped heather garden, with a natural […]

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Beechgrove Garden episode 25 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 25 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 25 2016, leaves are falling in the garden but that’s not necessarily a bad thing as Jim uses them to make lovely leaf mould. He also shows the steamy secrets of his new hot box composter. Carole makes her last visit to Mieke and family in rural Aberdeenshire where they are gardening on a budget and this week they learn how to shred material to make economical but pretty paths.     Jim knows very well that gardening is good for you but this week it’s especially so as he marks the 10th anniversary of Trellis,

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Beechgrove Garden episode 24 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 24 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 24 2016, Jim, Carole and George are on the road again as they visit Strathkinness, the Best Kept Small Village in Fife, for the final Beechgrove Roadshow of the series. The villagers invited Beechgrove to enjoy the horticultural highlights of one of the sunniest places in Scotland.     The Beechgrove Garden episode 24 2016   In the village hall the community gathers to try and test the gardening know-how of Jim, Carole, George and Brian Cunningham (head gardener at Scone Palace), as they find out what grows and possibly what doesn’t in the area and

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Beechgrove Garden episode 23 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 23 2016

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There’s a wee chill in the air in the Beechgrove Garden episode 23 2016 and Jim decides to take the Camellias inside after their summer holidays outdoors. Carole and George are thinking ahead to spring, taking half-hardy perennial cuttings and planning a spring bedding display.     Jim takes a final trip to Tillicoultry Allotments and this time it’s harvest thanksgiving. Jim also visits Gordon Castle garden near Elgin, where the team are restoring one of the oldest walled-kitchen gardens in Scotland. What a cracking day it was this week in the Beechgrove Garden – a lovely sunny autumn day,

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Beechgrove Garden episode 22 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 22 2016

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In the Beechgrove Garden episode 22 2016, Jim is in the veggie plot still managing to crop late veg and it’s also hedge cutting time of year and Jim sets about the conifer hedge and the pleached lime.     Carole is with Mieke Guijt and family in rural Aberdeenshire helping her once again to garden on a budget. This week Carole encourages Mieke to lift and divide plants from friend’s gardens and in this case, the friends are Beechgrove. Continuing the budget theme, Carole then visits Mari Reid in Ardersier, whose whole garden is full of money-saving ideas while

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Beechgrove Garden episode 21 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 21 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 21 2016, Jim is thinking ahead and planting overwintering veg that will be ready to crop in the spring. 2016 is the 50th anniversary of Keep Scotland Beautiful. To mark that, Carole takes a look around Colourful Carnoustie, a relative newcomer to the Keep Scotland Beautiful campaign.     George visits social enterprise group Seedbox in Ballogie near Aboyne. The group have asked Beechgrove to help them tame two huge and very old Yew trees. On a muggy and sultry day weather-wise at the Beechgrove Garden Jim, Carole and Chris decided to have a look at

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Beechgrove Garden episode 20 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 20 2016

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Jim, Carole and George begin a series of bulb plantings by naturalising some unusual bulbs in the new lawn. Chris, with advice from Jim and Carole, takes on an emotional job as the decision is made to cut down and replace the 15-year-old cryptomeria tree in Beechgrove Garden episode 20 2016.     Jim visits a special garden that he has been hoping to see for years, Portmore near Eddleston. Beechgrove Garden episode 20 2016:   Asparagus and sweetcorn In the spring a new Asparagus crop was planted in one of the polytunnels – the variety was ‘Mondeo’.  As these

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Beechgrove Garden episode 19 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 19 2016

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Welcome to the Beechgrove Garden episode 19 2016 on probably our one and only really hot summer’s day. A sparkling summer bedding display dazzles the eye this week in the Beechgrove Garden. More colour comes from Calla lilies and Black Eyed Susans in Carole’s 6 x 8ft greenhouse, and it is tasting and testing time for Jim’s tomatoes. Chris dons his waders and is planting in the pond.     On his second visit to Tillycoultry allotments Jim looks at the communal greenhouses on the site, and finds out about the tuition sessions which help the ‘plotters’ use a range

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Beechgrove Garden episode 18 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 18 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 18 2016, Jim McColl, Carole Baxter, George Anderson and Chris Beardshaw are on the road to Gairloch to find out what grows and possibly also what doesn’t in wonderful Wester Ross.     Challenged to come to Gairloch by local resident, Helena Bowie, the Beechgrove team are ready to answer Helena’s and the Gairloch community’s gardening problems in a Beechgrove Gardener’s question time event. To set the scene for gardening conditions in the area Jim also visits the world renowned Inverewe gardens where the Gulf Stream is used to such advantage. Despite its northerly location it

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Beechgrove Garden episode 17 2016 - Carole Baxter is showing her potatoes

The Beechgrove Garden episode 17 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 17 2016, Carole takes a look at and tastes both peas that are sweet and sweet peas. Carole has been running an observation on varieties of peas and their support systems, and it’s time for harvest and analysis. George returns to his roots as he visits Athelstaneford village near North Berwick. Twelve village gardens are gearing up for an open day, and George takes a tour around as many gardens as he can.     Jim visits Douneside House in Tarland to meet head gardener Stephen McCallum, who leads a progressive horticulture apprenticeship scheme in the

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Beechgrove Garden episode 16 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 16 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 16 2016 : Jim brings us up to date on how the crops in the veg plot are doing, whilst Carole checks up on the progress of more tender veg inside.     Chris battles with the bog garden at Beechgrove, replanting this previously overgrown area with wet soil loving plants. At North Kessock, just north of Inverness overlooking the Moray Firth, Carole marvels at a virtually vertical rock face lying on bedrock, which David and Penny Veitch have transformed over almost 30 years into a haven for alpines and scree plants. Jim, Carole and George

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Beechgrove Garden episode 15 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 15 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 15 2016: Chris has been left to his own devices in the Beechgrove garden and he is planting up an exotic border with plants that are surprisingly hardy and yet look like they have just arrived from the jungle. Jim and Carole aren’t far away and yet could also be on safari as they are involved with a big game garden at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.     Jim and Carole track the progress and ultimately the finish of this therapeutic garden designed especially for children. A no-water water feature surrounded with large architectural and

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