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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter M

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter M

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter M: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular garden presenters and programmes.     In this episode, she is exploring subjects that all begin with the letter M. Marvel at the oddity that is the monkey puzzle tree. Alys Fowler is mesmerised by magnolias and a marigold enthusiast.   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter M   Araucaria araucana (commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, piñonero, or Chilean pine) is […]

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter L

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter L

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter L: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular garden presenters and programmes.      In this episode, she’s exploring subjects that begin with the letter L: lavender, leeks, lettuce.   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter L   Lavender Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found from Cape Verde and

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter K

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter K

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter K: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular garden presenters and programmes.     In this episode, she is exploring subjects that all begin with the letter K: kiwi plant, kew gardens.   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter K   Kew Gardens Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the “largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world”. Founded in 1840, from the exotic garden

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter J

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter J

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter J: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular garden presenters and programmes.     In this episode, she is exploring subjects that all begin with the letter J: Junipers tree, Jasmine, Jungle Gardening. Featuring Gardeners’ World, Countryfile and Chelsea Flower Show.   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter J   Junipers tree Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, between 50 and

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter I

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter I

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter I: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular garden presenters and programmes.     In this episode, ‘I’ is for insects, iris and ivy. We bask in the beauty of butterflies while commiserating with Joe Swift over the insects that are eating their way through his allotment.   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter I   Iris Iris is a genus of 260–300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter H

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter H

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter H: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular garden presenters and programmes.     In this episode, she is exploring subjects that all begin with the letter H: Herb garden, Hyacinth, Healing plants.   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter H   Herb garden The herb garden is often a separate space in the garden, devoted to growing a specific group of plants known as herbs. These gardens may be informal patches of

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter G

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter G

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter G: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular garden presenters and programmes.     In this episode, she is exploring subjects that all begin with the letter G: Garlic, Gooseberries, Geraniums.   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter G   Garlic Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion. Garlic is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran,

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter F

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter F

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter F: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular garden presenters and programmes.      In this episode, she explores subjects that all begin with the letter F: Fern, Flower arranging, Fence, Fuchsias.   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter F   Fuchsias Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter E

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter E

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter E: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of television gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular gardening presenters and programmes.     In this episode, she explores subjects that all begin with the letter E: Euphorbia, Eucalyptus, Echinacea.   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter E   Euphorbia Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the spurge family. “Euphorbia” is sometimes used in ordinary English to collectively refer to all members of

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter D

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter D

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter D: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of television gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular gardening presenters and programmes.     In this episode, she explores subjects that all begin with the letter D: delphiniums, dahlias, daffodils.   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter D   Delphiniums Delphinium is a genus of about 300 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa. The genus

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter C

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter C

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter C: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of television gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the BBC’s most popular gardening presenters and programmes.     In this episode, she explores subjects that all begin with the letter C: carrots, cherry, clematis, chili pepper   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter C   Carrots The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist. Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, Daucus carota,

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The A to Z of TV Gardening - Letter B

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter B

The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter B: Carol Kirkwood takes an alphabetical journey through the world of gardening, getting inspiration and advice from some of the most popular garden presenters and programmes.     In this episode, she explores subjects that all begin with the letter B: brassicas, berrys, beetroot   The A to Z of TV Gardening – Letter B   Brassicas Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family. The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, or mustard plants. Crops from this genus are sometimes called cole crops—derived

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