Beechgrove Garden

The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 14: Calum and Carole are in the Bargain Border looking at how the area has been developed and planted on a low budget. We visit this year’s crop of Beechgrowers, and there is an update on Beechgrove’s tomato plants. And Calum takes on the next stage of landscaping in his own garden.     Celebrating the great Scottish garden. Tips and advice to get the most out of your garden, with inspirational ideas from Scotland’s most beautiful green spaces. The Beechgrove Garden has been on air since 1978 and remains a firm favourite with audiences […]

The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 13: Brian and Carole are at Beechgrove to answer viewers’ questions. Brian also checks up on the sweet peas he planted earlier in the series. There is also a visit to Beechgrove’s low-maintenance garden.     As the name suggests, the garden doesn’t need much in the way of looking after, but there may well be some small jobs required to keep the area looking its best. Meanwhile, George is at his garden tending to the tomatoes and explaining his solar-powered irrigation system. Celebrating the great Scottish garden. Tips and advice to get the most

The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 12: Calum is at Beechgrove designing and building a garden modest in both size and budget, but big on ideas and inspiration for anyone starting their own garden. George is at his allotment in Joppa and, as ever, he has been busy over the winter building more-accessible raised beds and laying new paths ready for the season’s growing.     Celebrating the great Scottish garden. Tips and advice to get the most out of your garden, with inspirational ideas from Scotland’s most beautiful green spaces. The Beechgrove Garden has been on air since 1978 and

The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 11: Calum and Carole are back with a weekly update, featuring great advice and top tips for gardeners across the country. In this episode, they are at Beechgrove working in the vegetable plot as part of a series of features that sees a part of the garden redeveloped. Calum has already built a pallet deck and has his raised bed ready, and now it’s time for the first plants of his own plot to go in.     Meanwhile, George tackles more viewer questions from his garden in Joppa, and Beechgrove visits Buckie for an

The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 10: Carole Baxter and Brian Cunningham are at Beechgrove to provide some great garden advice. Carole is back in the 6×8 greenhouse to review the season’s growing so far, including an update on the cordon tomatoes. Brian and Carole then continue with the revamp that began with the removal of a conifer from the top of the garden, finishing the job by planting between the branches of the alder banking they created earlier in the series.     Meanwhile, at his allotment in Joppa, George Anderson gets stuck into thinning out his seedlings, and there

The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 9: This episode is all about giving nature a helping hand, with a particular focus on gardening that brings wildlife to your growing area. Carole Baxter demonstrates how you can do your bit for the environment, even if you only have room for a container for growing, by using plants such as lavender, borage and teasel.     There is also a visit to a garden near Oban that has been designed and planted to encourage a huge range of birds and insects to the plot. George Anderson plants French and runner beans on his

The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 8: Everyone is learning at Beechgrove this week with Calum Clunie and Carole Baxter. Carole is taking plants out of their comfort zone and finding out what happens if you don’t, or can’t, follow the instructions on the label when you get home from the garden centre.     Calum is growing food for thought as he helps a school in Aberdeenshire get to grips with their community garden. And at Beechgrove, he’s cracking on with the next stage of the renovation of his own plot with the preparation of new raised beds. We find

The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 7: Brian Cunningham and Carole Baxter are at Beechgrove to continue with the major renovation project that began when the garden lost one of its conifer trees earlier in the year. The hard landscaping has been done in the area where the conifer stood, and it’s now time to get planting.     Meanwhile, on his lawn in Joppa, George explains why putting the lawn mower aside for No Mow May is a great idea. Carole takes a look at the perennial sweet peas, and keen gardener Diana Yates introduces the first of her features

The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 6: In this episode, Carole is at Beechgrove setting up some colourful hanging baskets. She also has expert advice on how to get the best crop from this year’s tomato plants, including a look at the possibility of ripening tomatoes outside in a Scottish garden.     Elsewhere, the team are busy on their own allotments, with George planting more vegetables and looking forward to a bumper apple crop later in the year, while Kirsty is planning roses and showing how to give a Clematis the best start. It’s also time to catch up on this