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The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 19

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 / 3 minutes of reading / August 6, 2021 / By HDclump

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 19: The tattie harvest is in full swing at Beechgrove. From contemporary tatties to heritage tatties to tatties in containers, it’s Beechgrove tattie howking time. From the very tall to the very small, Brian and Carole prove that there is a tree fit for everyone’s gardens and this week they branch out into trees for a small garden. We visit an award-winning garden on a seaside cliff edge in Buckie. Despite their garden’s precarious and exposed position, Elizabeth and Malcolm Schofield have created a colorful plant-filled haven that’s not just for their own […]

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The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 18

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 / 3 minutes of reading / July 29, 2021 / By HDclump

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 18: Leven allotmenteer Calum Clunie visits his dream garden – and that happens to be Beechgrove! Meanwhile, Kirsty is with Scottish lavender growers on the banks of Loch Leven, near Kinross. Our garden visit this week is to rural East Lothian, where Jackie and John Fry have worked tirelessly over the past four years to renovate an overgrown, 1.5-acre rural space to create an exquisitely informal garden that complements the landscape around it. The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 18 How to grow lavender Lavender is prized for its richly fragrant flowers

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The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 17

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 / 3 minutes of reading / July 23, 2021 / By HDclump

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 17: It’s cherry harvest and cherry-tasting time in both Beechgrove and in sunny Joppa. Also at Beechgrove, Kirsty creates a green talking point for any stylish home by taking a recycled picture frame and creating an easy-to-copy piece of living wall art with succulents. There are two inspirational garden visits this week – inspirational upcycler Lynn Cameron has created a gorgeous garden in Alva out of what others might regard as rubbish, while Ryan Adam has single-handedly built a garden for his new-build home from the rubble that the builders leave behind.

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The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 16

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 / 4 minutes of reading / July 15, 2021 / By HDclump

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 16: The competition between Brian’s heritage veg and Carole’s contemporary veg heats up as Carole is happily harvesting, while Brian seems to have deliberately gone to seed. Meanwhile, Calum shows off the progress of his giant onions, giant tomatoes, giant cabbages and ridiculously long runner beans at his allotment in Leven. And Dina Watt demonstrates the technique of growing vegetables from scraps and how to use the whole vegetable so that there is never any waste. The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 16 Heirloom plant An heirloom plant, heirloom variety, heritage

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The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 15

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 / 3 minutes of reading / July 8, 2021 / By HDclump

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 15: Carole and Mairi are at Beechgrove taking a look at the now-blooming wildflower bank that Chris cleared, weeded and sowed in 2019. Meanwhile, Kirsty is in her pretty and productive allotment, repurposing an old wine box to make into a trendy planter for some of her purple produce. Elsewhere, George is at home in sunny Joppa taking a look at his no-mow meadow and the yellow rattle that he sowed last year, and Chris is at home high up in the Cotswolds, where he shows us the potting shed that he and

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Kew: The Garden That Changed the World

History / 3 minutes of reading / July 4, 2021 / By HDclump

Kew: The Garden That Changed the World – Dan Cruickshank unearths some of the surprising stories that shaped the famous gardens. His travels take him from the royal gardens to the corridors of power and the outposts of Empire as he pieces together Kew’s story, uncovering tales of bravery, high adventure, passion and drama. Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the “largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world”. Kew: The Garden That Changed the World Kew Gardens Founded in 1840, from the exotic garden at Kew Park

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The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 14

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 / 3 minutes of reading / July 1, 2021 / By HDclump

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 14: Carole and Mairi take a look at the progress of the beds of wildflower seeds and turf that they sowed and laid eight weeks ago. Kirsty is also at Beechgrove, where she, Carole and Mairi enjoy a masterclass on the Japanese art of Kokedama (creating Japanese moss balls) with expert Fiona McDonald from Aberdeen. Meanwhile, Brian is at the grounds of Scone Palace dealing with as many of the worst weeds he has. He explains how weeds work and grow, and shows how to deal with the dreaded Himalayan balsam, knotweed and

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Gardening Australia episode 20 2021

Gardening Australia 2021 / 6 minutes of reading / June 27, 2021 / By HDclump

Gardening Australia episode 20 2021: Costa Georgiadis meets the Wollemi Pine saviours, Sophie Thomson is on Kangaroo Island, Clarence Slockee joins a wildlife rescue group, Josh Byrne explores a garden designed to resist fire, and we meet a cultural burn team. Inspiring, entertaining and full of practical advice, join Costa Georgiadis and the team as they unearth gardening ideas, meet avid gardeners and look at some of the most inspiring gardens from across the country. Gardening Australia episode 20 2021 Garden for Parndana Sophie is on Kangaroo Island to see how one particular garden is helping

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The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 13

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 / 3 minutes of reading / June 24, 2021 / By HDclump

The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 13: Brian and Carole are being neighbourly in Beechgrove as they swap stories over the fence between Brian’s Alpine garden and Carole’s seaside garden. Meanwhile, we find out what difference two months makes to one of the most glorious gardens in Scotland as we catch up with Sophie McKilligan in her new role as gardener at Culzean Castle, in Ayrshire. Calum Clunie is at his Leven allotment as the countdown to the shows that he has entered is ticking. The Beechgrove Garden 2021 episode 13 Alpines Alpines are small and highly

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Gardening Australia episode 19 2021

Gardening Australia 2021 / 5 minutes of reading / June 20, 2021 / By HDclump

Gardening Australia episode 19 2021: Sophie Thomson visits a gospel church group growing maize, Josh Byrne builds a ‘hotel’ for frogs, Clarence Slockee grows native plants in hanging baskets and Jane Edmanson shares her tips on pruning citrus. Gardening Australia has always provided practical, trustworthy and credible gardening advice to inspire and entertain. Inspiring, entertaining and full of practical advice, join Costa Georgiadis and the team as they unearth gardening ideas, meet avid gardeners and look at some of the most inspiring gardens from across the country. Gardening Australia episode 19 2021 Helping Hands Costa joins a group of

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Gardening Australia episode 18 2021

Gardening Australia 2021 / 6 minutes of reading / June 13, 2021 / By HDclump

Gardening Australia episode 18 2021: Costa meets city gardeners who are taking it to the street, Millie shows how to plant mature trees, Josh explores a protea paradise and Jane finds a garden fence that’s as pretty as a picture. Gardening Australia has always provided practical, trustworthy and credible gardening advice to inspire and entertain. Inspiring, entertaining and full of practical advice, join Costa Georgiadis and the team as they unearth gardening ideas, meet avid gardeners and look at some of the most inspiring gardens from across the country. Gardening Australia episode 18 2021 A Buzz Around Town Costa

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Gardening Australia episode 17 2021

Gardening Australia 2021 / 5 minutes of reading / June 6, 2021 / By HDclump

Gardening Australia episode 17 2021: Jerry Coleby-Williams suggests subtropical plants for winter colour, Costa Georgiadis explores a unique house that is designed to feed it residents, Sophie Thomson gets grafting, and Josh Byrne learns about garden nightlife. Gardening Australia has always provided practical, trustworthy and credible gardening advice to inspire and entertain. Inspiring, entertaining and full of practical advice, join Costa Georgiadis and the team as they unearth gardening ideas, meet avid gardeners and look at some of the most inspiring gardens from across the country. Gardening Australia episode 17 2021 Future Food System Costa visits an experimental ‘Green

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