The clock is ticking on your opportunity to soak up the invaluable gardening wisdom of Beechgrove for this year. Join George Anderson and Lizzie Schofield as they impart a plethora of seasonal guidance directly from the heart of the garden.
The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 5: In this episode, Calum and Carole have something for almost every type of gardener. If you don’t have access to a garden, or just want to maximise the space you have, we show you how to make the most of your windowsill by growing herbs and micro greens. For those who do …
The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 4: The Beechgrove team look ahead to a bumper crop of veggies across the coming season. Brian and Carole sow the seed they saved from last season’s heritage and contemporary varieties, and compare it with this year’s fresh seed. With the ground now warming up, George gets his carrots, spring onions and beetroot planted at …
The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 3: Old watering cans, chimney pots and tin baths are the unlikely containers that Carole and Kirsty are using to create an edible container garden at Beechgrove. Meanwhile, Calum has challenged the whole Beechgrove team to grow giant potatoes to see who can grow the biggest. George and Calum each take their best …
The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 2: In Beechgrove, Calum is designing and building a garden modest in size and modest in budget, but big on ideas and inspiration for everyone starting their own gardens. There is a new crop of Beechgrowers for 2022, with six more budding gardeners making regular appearances throughout the series to share their personal …
The Beechgrove Garden 2022 episode 1: Beechgrove is back in bloom and storming in after Arwen and Barra ripped through trees across the north east of Scotland. In typical Beechgrove style, George, Carole, Bran and Calum are all together on home turf to see how to turn the damage into new developments. The national flower of Ukraine is …
Beechgrove Garden – Mucking In 2021 episode 1: The Beechgrove team are in the Mar Policies area of Alloa to kickstart a garden makeover with the Wimpy Park Community Group. Over the space of just a few days, the Wimpy Park community, together with just a little help from Beechgrove, transform a neglected walled garden and make it into an …
The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 25: In the final programme of the series, the whole team head to Beechgrove. Carole, George, Brian, Calum and Kirsty help head gardener Mairi prepare for winter and review the progress of the garden’s recovery through 2021. Calum brings some of his prizewinning veg, including his giant cabbage, to show to the group, …
The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 24: The Beechgrove team are all looking ahead in this bulb special. Carole and Mairi show how to force hyacinths for Christmas, while George naturalises fritillaria bulbs in his lawn and also tries to create the best recipe for ‘lasagna’ layered bulb planting for the coming spring. From the Murrays in Melvich to …
The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 23: The Beechgrove team review some of the successes and failures of 2021’s growing season. Carole takes a look at her 6 x 8 greenhouse and checks whether her chilies are hot enough to handle. In Old Scone, Brian appraises the first year of his new no-dig vegetable plot, and in sunny Joppa, …
The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 22: We’re at the height of the harvest at Beechgrove as Brian and Carole find out which has come out on top – heritage or contemporary? It’s show day for Calum as we attend Beechgrove’s very own private veg show, set up in homegrown style in his grandparents’ back garden in Leven, and …
The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 21: Carole and Mairi are particularly delighted to welcome gardener and cook Dina Watt to Beechgrove this week, as Dina has promised to cook for Carole and Mairi using Beechgrove’s own produce but adding Dina’s special Indonesian twist. Nestling in the south western tip of Scotland on the Rhins of Galloway is Scotland’s …