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The Beechgrove Garden episode 12 2019

The Beechgrove Garden 2019 / 3 minutes of reading / August 22, 2019 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 12 2019: George takes a look at the summer bedding flower display. Meanwhile Carole starts sowing over wintering veg. Kirsty shows how to create a permanent, evergreen hanging basket – a succulent sphere that can hang indoors or out. It is buzzing in Beechgrove as Brian and ‘butterfly man’ Anthony McCluskey attempt to count the butterflies in Brian’s no-mow meadow. Vera and Jimmy Chisolm have gardened on the edge of Nairn for 38 years and they have created an award-winning Scottish cottage garden with views towards the beautiful Cawdor Hills. Carole goes to take […]

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2019

The Beechgrove Garden 2019 / 1 minute of reading / August 15, 2019 / By HDclump

The Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2019: potatoes taste best when you grow your own and straight from the ground. Carole harvests three varieties of tiny potatoes from the container garden and Brian and George form an orderly queue to taste them. George, Brian and Carole attempt to answer as many viewer gardening questions as they can in a quick-fire round dealing with Scotland’s top-ten pests and diseases for 2019. The Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2019 Brian visits The Field Project in Dunkeld. An all-inclusive community project with people of all ages and backgrounds, it is a collective

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Gardens Near and Far episode 30 – Gravetye

Gardens Near and Far / 2 minutes of reading / August 12, 2019 / By HDclump

Gardens Near and Far episode 30 – Gravetye: This garden, located in the south of England, reveals a wild side of nature, with its abundance of flowering perennials. It was designed by champion of the “wild garden” William Robinson. At the end of the 19th century, Robinson, an Irishman, launched a war on regular and geometrical gardens. Close to the Arts and Crafts movement, an artistic movement born in England in the 1860s, he considered that art should intervene everywhere and that beauty should be useful. As a result, his garden was also designed so that the orchard

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Gardening Australia episode 28 2019

Gardening Australia 2019 / 3 minutes of reading / August 9, 2019 / By HDclump

Gardening Australia episode 28 2019: Jerry explores plants with taste for metal, Jane visits a garden celebrating Victoria’s flora. Costa explores carnivorous plants and Sophie Thomson visits a botanist’s dog-friendly garden. Gardening Australia has always provided practical, trustworthy and credible gardening advice to inspire and entertain. Join Costa Georgiadis and the team as they traverse the country unearthing the best gardens. Gardening Australia episode 28 2019 Sowing Perennials Millie sows seeds of perennial vegetables, asparagus and artichokes, guaranteeing harvests for years to come. Artichokes, rhubarb, sorrel and perennial leek are all perennial plants already growing in

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2019

The Beechgrove Garden 2019 / 2 minutes of reading / August 8, 2019 / By HDclump

The Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2019: Kirsty shows how to make a miniature patio pond, proving that no matter how small your space, anyone can have a water feature. Meanwhile, Carole, George, and Kirsty get creative with Janie Gall, who shows how to make an easy-to-do-at-home cut-flower arrangement using some clever hacks that make efforts appear professionally done. George visits Laraine and Colin Lambie in Livingstone in their award-winning hidden gem of a back garden that is both child and especially hedgehog friendly. The Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2019 Carole visits Tom Williamson and partner David

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Gardens Near and Far episode 29 – Maria Luisa Park

Gardens Near and Far / 2 minutes of reading / August 7, 2019 / By HDclump

Gardens Near and Far episode 29: spanning 34 hectares, the Maria Luisa Park, which is a mosaic of gardens, constitutes the lungs of the city of Seville. It was opened to the public in 1914. The park illustrates the landscape theories of town planner and botanist Jean Nicolas Forestier, who was convinced of the need for green spaces in cities, at the start of the 20th century. The French architect / landscape gardener arrived in Spain having spent part of his career in Morocco, where he discovered the Arab culture of gardens. He adapted this culture to Seville’s

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Gardens Near and Far episode 28 – Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh

Gardens Near and Far / 2 minutes of reading / August 5, 2019 / By HDclump

Gardens Near and Far episode 28: The Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh was established in 1670, at the time of the British Empire’s major expeditions. At the time, botanists travelled the world collecting plants, studying them, and presenting to the public, students and plant lovers.Up until the 16th century, the plants were used in treating disease or for food. Subsequently, they were collected for classification and study, and formed the foundations of botanical science. Landscape architect Jean-Philippe Teyssier takes us on a discovery of the most beautiful gardens in France and the world. The gardeners, landscapers, horticulturalists, architects, historians

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Gardening Australia episode 27 2019

Gardening Australia 2019 / 3 minutes of reading / August 2, 2019 / By HDclump

Gardening Australia episode 27 2019: Tino goes behind the scenes at The Patch, Jane Edmanson visits a couple’s iconic greenhouse, Josh Byrne meets an Australian horticultural legend and we meet two inspirational floral designers. Gardening Australia has always provided practical, trustworthy and credible gardening advice to inspire and entertain. Join Costa Georgiadis and the team as they traverse the country unearthing the best gardens. Gardening Australia episode 27 2019 Home of Horticulture Costa meets some horticultural students to find out why they are pursuing a career with plants. Costa Georgiadis is at one Melbourne’s oldest Horticultural schools

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2019

The Beechgrove Garden 2019 / 2 minutes of reading / August 1, 2019 / By HDclump

The Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2019: this episode sees George gardening in tiny places and huge spaces. He revisits his tiny, but hugely productive, ‘small space’ garden to see what’s ready for harvest. The Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2019 In 2017, he visited the historic but dilapidated Saughton Park to hear plans for a future facelift, and now he returns to see the extraordinary regeneration of this once-great park and how Edinburgh Council, the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society and many volunteers have created a national garden treasure for this century. Meanwhile, Chris demonstrates how pruning can be

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Gardens Near and Far episode 27 – Inverewe

Uncategorized / 2 minutes of reading / August 1, 2019 / By HDclump

Gardens Near and Far episode 27 – Inverewe: At the end of the 19th century, in the north west of the Highlands, Scottish aristocrat Osgood Mackenzie decided to create an oasis of exotic plants on his windswept land. Loch Ewe is an arm of sea, where the influence of the Gulf Stream has enabled numerous plants from Chile, Nepal and South Africa to adapt. These 25 hectares of vegetable-growing land, forest and gardens are a veritable exception in this latitude, close to that of southern Greenland. Landscape architect Jean-Philippe Teyssier takes us on a discovery of the most

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Gardens Near and Far episode 26 – Domaine du Rayol

Gardens Near and Far / 2 minutes of reading / July 31, 2019 / By HDclump

Gardens Near and Far episode 26: the Domaine du Rayol is a surprising 20-hectare garden in which exotic plants live in harmony with Mediterranean scrubland. Contemporary landscape gardener Gilles Clément gave the garden its current diversity. With his concept of “planetary garden”, he revolutionised the way gardens are perceived. Certain species have adapted to the Mediterranean environment thanks to age-old strategies revealing the incredible intelligence of the vegetal world. Landscape architect Jean-Philippe Teyssier takes us on a discovery of the most beautiful gardens in France and the world. The gardeners, landscapers, horticulturalists, architects, historians and estate managers he

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Gardens Near and Far episode 25 – Quinta da Regaleira

Gardens Near and Far / 2 minutes of reading / July 30, 2019 / By HDclump

Gardens Near and Far episode 25: created in the 16th century in Sinta, 40 km from Lisbon, the Quinta da Regaleira was a garden for the acclimatization of exotic plants that the Portuguese navigators brought back from their travels to Asia and the Americas. In the 19th century, a famous owner, Antonio Augusto Carvalho Monteiro, was to make his mark on the place. He added various symbols, mysteries and enigmas for visitors to the 4-hectare garden. The resulting singular atmosphere of disconcerting strangeness makes this garden one of the most surprising places in the area around Lisbon. Landscape

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