gardening

Lawns have taken a bit of a hammering this summer between drought and deluges and Beechgrove’s lawns are no exception, so Jim gives some timely tips on autumn lawn care. George continues to revamp the Woodland Garden at Beechgrove by lifting the canopies of mature trees to provide new planting pockets below. George also visits Andrew Skea’s family farm near Dundee. Andrew has been supplying gardeners with a range of unusual and specialist seed tatties and is also working on developing the perfect multicoloured crisp.     This week It was a cooler early autumn filming day at the Beechgrove […]

Jim is dreaming of jam tomorrow as he harvests plums and blueberries, while Brian assesses the success, or otherwise, of the ruby-themed annuals that he planted in between his box-hedging trial. Meanwhile, Carole mentions the C word as it’s already time to force bulbs for a Christmas display, Chris creates a new white garden at Beechgrove, and we learn how white plants in a garden can change perspectives and enhance moods.       The Beechgrove Garden episode 17 2018   The White Border Chris followed on from the colour theme in last week’s programme and planted up a white

In Beechgrove Garden episode 16 2018 – The ideal for all gardeners is to have year-round colour in the garden. Carole talks to Martin Barker from Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences about the science of colour, finding out how and why plants are the colour that they are and how plant colour affects us.         Meanwhile, the harvest continues, and Jim’s big beef tomatoes are bearing heavy fruit. Colin and Catherine Lockhart in Carnoustie are no longer able to keep their garden the way that they would like, so Brian steps in to make their garden

The Beechgrove team is on the road to Dumfries, where Jim, George and Chris discover the origins of horticultural therapy. They also take in the extraordinary rock garden on the Crichton Estate, which was designed and built in the 1920s, as well as visiting a tiny but packed bedding plant garden in nearby Collin.     Jim, George and Chris also host a Beechgrove Gardener’s Question Time in Dumfries’s magnificent Easterbrooke Hall and answer as many questions from the good gardeners of Dumfries as they can. The Beechgrove Garden episode 15 2018 comes this week from Dumfries, the largest town

In the Beechgrove Garden episode 13 2018, Jim and Carole take the fortieth anniversary celebrations to a whole new level as they unearth the harvest of ruby-coloured potatoes planted 13 weeks ago.     George and Carole revamp the rhododendron border at Beechgrove, and they show how to ‘air-layer’ a big shrub, and how to lift the crown of a small tree to ease congestion in the border. Jim meets Dundee’s community allotment officer Kate Treharne. Kate takes Jim to visit two vibrant community gardens which prove that gardening is good for us on every level. The flowers on ‘Ruby

After being awarded both the coveted Chelsea ‘Best in Show’ and gold medal, Chris is back to Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2018 to tend to the rose garden. Meanwhile, Jim reviews the progress of his previously sickly houseplant collection.     Brian is creating a new natural feature to ebb and flow by Beechgrove’s waterfall using lady’s slipper orchids, which look exotic but turn out to be surprisingly easy to grow. Carole visits Richard and Ellen Firman’s wonderful, wildlife-friendly woodland garden near Ellon, Aberdeenshire, to marvel at their hosta collection.   Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2018   Salvias and Other

In Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2018 – the whole Beechgrove team are on the road to the Fair City of Perth. Invited by the ‘Beautiful Perth’ volunteers, Jim, Carole, George and Brian find out exactly how the city earns that title horticulturally as they visit some of the city’s best-kept gardens, including the unique and culturally diverse Moncrieff Allotments that are situated on Moncrieff Island in the middle of the Tay and only accessible by vehicles at low tide.     Jim, Carole, George and Brian then host a Beechgrove Gardener’s Question Time in the recently renovated Perth Theatre. The

In Beechgrove Garden episode 7 2018 it’s time to get all the bedding plants in this week, and to celebrate Beechgrove’s 40th anniversary the summer bedding scheme is all colours of ruby. Brian Cunningham is back at Beechgrove having a look at how the alternative plants to dwarf box have fared over the winter, and he fills the gaps in between these shrubs with a range of colourful annuals.     Meanwhile, Carole visits old friend Ian Christie in Kirriemuir to find out how he is getting on as he makes his preparations to exhibit alpines at Gardening Scotland in