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 14 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 14 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 14 2016 : the whole Beechgrove team are taking the road to the ancient Highland fishing port and market town of Nairn. Taking advantage of the particular microclimate of the Moray Coast, the gardeners of Nairn have much to show to the Beechgrove team.     To set the scene for this special programme the team will be visiting some glorious gardens and finding out what conditions are like horticulturally in Nairn. Jim, Carole, Chris and Brian will also be hosting a Beechgrove Gardeners’ Question time and attempting to answer as many Nairn gardening queries as […]

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Beechgrove Garden episode 13 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 13 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 13 2016: Jim, Carole and George investigate some neglected mature shrubs. Jim looks at the flowering quince, while Carole and George tackle the berberis and the pyracantha.     Continuing to trace the path of a gardener’s training, Jim visits Elmwood College in Cupar to find out about apprenticeships in the lovely college gardens. Carole visits the impressive Braco Castle garden in Stirlingshire, which features a range of rhododendrons that are designed to have a very long season of flowering.   Beechgrove Garden episode 13 2016:   Small Space Gardening This week back in his small

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Beechgrove Garden episode 12 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 12 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 12 2016, Jim and George are planning for jam tomorrow as Jim sorts out the raspberries, while George is a wee bit more exotic and tends to the fig and the vine.     In Garden on a Budget, Carole is with Meike Guijt and family in rural Kennethmont helping mould a garden out of almost nothing. This week, they create a garden table from an old tree stump and plant some edible flowers. Jim is concerned that gardening is not offered as a career choice for young people. In a mission to find How to

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Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2016, Carole is in the Keder, starting the year’s collection of tender vegetables, and Jim is with the allotmenteers of Tillicoultry to discover how the community runs this immaculately presented and organised allotment.     The gardening charity Scotland’s Gardens celebrates its 85th year. To mark the occasion, Carole visits one of their new recruits and newest garden on the list, at Barbara Pickard’s no-nonsense but beautiful cottage garden at Balmullo in Fife.   Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2016: After our break at Gardening Scotland Jim, George and Carole were back at the Beechgrove Garden

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Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2016 the team take a break from the garden to be at Gardening Scotland, the biggest gardening show north of the border. The cream of British growers will be there, with everything from pansies to pelargoniums and cacti to clematis in a stunning floral frenzy.     We see those who are growing for gold including those exhibits showing off their medals from the previous week’s Chelsea Flower Show. Show gardens are a buzzing, eclectic mix from Hive Jive, a garden inspired by the ‘waggle dance’ of bees, to the secret herb garden made with invasive

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Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2016

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In the Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2016 , Jim is dealing with hardy veg in the veg plot, while Carole is starting off some tender veg in the poly tunnel. Brian Cunningham, head gardener of Scone Palace, is back at Beechgrove to finish the new alpine garden planting.     Carole also visits Mike and Sue Thornley at Glenarn Gardens in Rhu, near Helensburgh. This garden dates back to the 1920s and 30s and is best known for its stunning collection of tender rhododendrons that are planted in a sheltered Himalayan glen.   The Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2016: This

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Beechgrove Garden episode 8 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 8 2016

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In the Beechgrove Garden episode 8 2016, Jim is starting off new varieties of tomatoes and he’s going to try them in a range of new tomato growing gadgets. Brian Cunningham, head gardener of Scone Palace, is back continuing his revamping of the Beechgrove alpine garden.     This week, Brian finishes off the hard landscaping and starts the planting. Jim and George’s busman’s holiday continues in the Netherlands and this time they visit the world’s largest cut flower auction at Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam. It was a glorious sunny day at Beechgrove this week with temperatures reaching the 20’s. You

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Beechgrove Garden episode 7 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 7 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 7 2016: Carole creates a chef’s windowsill as she grows a range of micro salads, while Chris takes on the job of revamping the old heather garden and turns it into our own piece of an ancient Scottish hill top in miniature.     George and Jim are off on a bulb-lover’s busman’s holiday and indulging in more than a little ‘tulip fever’ as they visit world-famous Keukenhof Botanic Park near Amsterdam to see the mind-blowing bulb displays. It was a beautiful sunny spring day at Beechgrove. It was time to get on with some gardening

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Beechgrove Garden episode 6 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 6 2016

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In Beechgrove Garden episode 6 2016: Carole continues with her windowsill gardening and sows herbs and salad leaves, which can be used to produce tasty, foodie salads for weeks.     In Garden on a Budget, Carole is with Mieke Guijt in rural Kennethmont, helping to mould a garden out of almost nothing. Carole takes Mieke on a budget shopping trip to buy materials for easy-to-make compost bays and shows her how to have plants for ‘free’. George visits the painterly garden of Broughton House in Kirkcudbright. The house and garden belonged to EA Hornel, artist, collector and ‘Glasgow boy’.

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Beechgrove Garden episode 5 2016

The Beechgrove Garden episode 5 2016

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In the Beechgrove Garden episode 5 2016, Jim is hoping that the soil is now warm enough to plant tatties in the main veggie plot, while on the decking garden Carole is also planting tatties on a tiny scale.     Chris and Carole are going on very different fungal forays in Beechgrove this year. Chris is creating a whole Jurassic Park fungal valley with ancient timbers and all manner of edible mushrooms. Again on the other end of the scale, Carole tries out some windowsill mushroom-growing kits. George visits Alan Shamash’s impressive hillside garden full of an extensive collection

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