The Beechgrove Garden 2019

In Beechgrove Garden episode 2 2019: Brian and Carole set up neighbouring luxury greenhouse versus cheap and cheerful polytunnel to see what undercover growing they can achieve.     There are over 500 million plastic plant pots in circulation in the UK. Carole and Beechgrove new face Rosa Bevan take a look at the plastic issue from a gardener’s perspective and look at the alternatives. Rosa shows Carole how to make practical pots homemade simply from old newspaper. Willow grows particularly well in the north of Scotland, and Carole visits Karen Collins at her willow farm near Forres. Carole tries […]

In The Beechgrove Garden episode 1 2019: Beechgrove is back, re-potted, with a new look in a new home. Springing back onto our screens just in time for the Easter holiday gardening weekend, Beechgrove provides trusted tips for the growing season and has sprouted some new faces and facets.     In the first episode, despite a stormy spring, the ground is warm enough to start planting, and in true Beechgrove fashion, tatties are the order of the day. But this time, Jim McColl and George Anderson have decided to turn the whole veg plot over to ‘no-dig’ techniques. Meanwhile,