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Love Your Garden 2018 - NHS Special

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As part of ITV’s NHS’ 70th anniversary celebrations, Alan Titchmarsh and the Love Your Garden Team get together for their biggest ever project: to create a create a garden for The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. This gargantuan effort is in response to letters from young patients, some of whom were victims of the nearby Manchester Arena bombing, requesting an outdoor space for patients, families and staff to seek respite in.

Gardening Australia episode 33 2018

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Jane Edmanson plants a bed for summer cut flowers, Millie Ross meets a woman devoted to saving an endangered plant, Costa Georgiadis visits an unusual farm in Byron Bay, and Josh Byrne explores hectares of hidden tulips. Gardening Australia episode 33 2018 Boonluck Farm Costa meets a chef who has taken up farming to supply her family’s restaurant with hard-to-find ingredients

Gardeners World 2018 episode 23

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Monty gives advice on how to deal with overcrowded clumps of summer flowering bulbs and plants yew to make a start on creating a topiary Nellie. This post is moved here: https://hdclump.com/gardeners-world-2018-episode-23/ Frances Tophill travels to Somerset to the garden of a woman who grows a huge collection of unusual vegetables used in Thai cooking, Carol is in Devon celebrating one of the brightest additions to the late summer border - the rudbekia - and Mark Lane gives design tips on the main elements of a formal garden. Gardeners World episode 23 2018

Gardeners World 2018 episode 22

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Monty Don catches up on his vegetable garden and harvests potatoes as well as dividing perennials. Frances Tophill is on her shared allotment making the most of the year's fruit harvest, Joe Swift visits a classically designed garden with a contemporary edge in Northamptonshire, and Juliet Sargeant goes to Borde Hill Garden in West Sussex to see how the hot summer has caused a rare tree to flower for the first time in 30 years. This post was moved here: https://hdclump.com/gardeners-world-2018-episode-22 We travel to Wales to meet a seed guardian whose passion is growing all kinds of vegetables and collecting their seed, and we meet a woman who has been successfully growing melons and pineapples in her garden in Lancashire.          Gardeners World 2018 episode 22

Gardeners World 2018 episode 16

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Whether there is a heatwave or a downpour, this week Monty has plenty of jobs to be getting on with, from pruning and propagating to planting pots. Adam Frost meets Prince Charles in his garden at Highgrove to talk about the issue of bio-security, an issue which is of great concern to him and which could have a big effect on our gardens and landscape. Adam also talks to the prince’s head forester to find out what gardeners can do to help. Carol Klein profiles one of our summer stunners for both borders and containers – the agapanthus – and we catch up with Frances Tophill on her shared allotment. We also meet a gardener whose passion for planting has spilled out from his garden onto the roundabout outside his house. Gardeners World 2018 episode 16 Grow your own leeks Leeks are a flavoursome winter vegetable that can be steamed or boiled, braised in a cheese sauce and used in soups and stews. Leeks are easy to grow, but need looking after – you need to sow them in co...

The Beechgrove Garden episode 17 2018

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. More info at: https://hdclump.com/ beechgrove-garden-episode-17-2018 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.

Great British Garden Revival ep.2 - Topiary and Roof Gardens

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Rachel De Thame sharpens her shears to champion topiary, the great tradition of trimming and shaping plants. Rachel charts the rise and fall of topiary from Elizabethan times to the present day, meets a topiary-obsessed woman in Kent who has transformed her entire garden using amazing topiary creations and witnesses the hedge handiwork of a man in north London who is causing a buzz in the local neighbourhood with his living sculptures. Rachel shows that, with a little know-how and confidence, everyone can share in the sense of fun that topiary can bring to Britain's gardens. James Wong, meanwhile, is up on the roof. He uncovers the hidden horticultural past of the capital's rooftops, visits a woman who has moved her entire garden to her rooftop apartment and heads to Birmingham's new city centre library with an innovative rooftop addition. James shares his tips and shows us that, when it comes to roof gardens, containers are king. He also reveals the best plants that are...

Great British Garden Revival ep.1 - Wild Flowers and Front Gardens

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Monty Don is on the campaign trail for wild flowers. 98 per cent of wild flower meadows have been lost since the first part of the 20th century, a shocking statistic which he believes all gardeners can do something about. On his revival, he tries his hand at making hay the old-fashioned way in a coronation meadow, visits the largest biodiversity hotspot in the world - Kew's Millennium Seed Bank - and shows how to grow wild flowers, even without a garden. Meanwhile, Joe Swift is determined to return the nation's front gardens to their former glory. He bases his campaign at the award-winning Rockcliffe Avenue in Whitley Bay and shares his tips on how to transform front gardens in a few simple steps. He also discovers that greener streets reduce pollution and hits the road to get the message across in his Great British Plant Giveaway. Great British Garden Revival ep.1 

Gardening Australia ep.36 2017

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Costa restores the herb maze on his verge garden; Sophie visits a beautiful Mediterranean garden perfectly suited to the local climate; Jerry propagates plants & Tino gives his best tips for growing tomatoes. Gardening Australia provides practical, realistic and credible horticultural and gardening advice, inspiring and entertaining gardeners around the world. 1. Tomato Tips and Tricks It’s tomato time in Tasmania and Tino is sharing his best tips for growing a bumper harvest 2. The Trucculent Millie makes up an unusual planter 3. Old Meets New Sophie visits a gardener with a modern Mediterranean garden that compliments the hundred-year-old house beautifully 4. A-maze-ing Verge Costa is spring cleaning the verge herb maze and with a little help from his friends, he gives the design a playful twist 5. Excess Produce - Fruit Roll-ups We make a sweet treat from excess fruit 6. Troppo Proppo Jerry is propagating interesting warm-climate plants . Garden...

A Year in an English Garden: Flicker & Pulse

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A striking and poignant portrayal of time passing in a beautiful Sussex walled garden. Using real-time and time-lapse footage, the film explores the relationship between the seasons and the plants and people who work within the walls of the garden. Locked into the clock of the solar system, the garden performs its annual display, guided by those passionately engaged with its soil. A Year in an English Garden: Flicker & Pulse

Gardening Australia ep.35 2017

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Gardening Australia provides practical, realistic and credible horticultural and gardening advice, inspiring and entertaining gardeners around the world. Costa meets an urban bee keeper; Jerry visits an aquatic plant nursery; Jane visits a garden designer in her eclectic garden, we meet a market gardener who loves his work and the presenters answer your questions. 1. What's the Buzz Costa meets up with an urban bee keeper 2. Good Enough to Eat Jerry takes a look at some edible aquatic plants that can be grown at home 3. Watery Wonders Jerry visits a specialist aquatic plant nursery 4. FAQs - Smelly Compost | Passionfruit Fruit | Non-fruiting Zucchini Sophie, Josh and Tino answer commonly asked gardening questions 5. A Malmsbury Garden Jane visits an eclectic plant-filled country garden, designed to thrive in the local climate. Gardening Australia ep.35 2017

Gardeners' World ep.31 2017

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This post was moved here   https://video-clump.com/2017/12/07/ gardeners-world-episode-31-2017 Frances Tophill helps a viewer whose overgrown pond needs some renovation, Adam Frost visits a garden in Nottinghamshire where the season of winter highlights its design, and we celebrate one of the up-and-coming winter flowers, the snowdrop. We visit great grandmother Eunice Mcghie, who, at 83, still teaches gardening to young people in her back garden in Handsworth, Birmingham, while in Hampshire we meet twins Stuart and Ian Paton, who are hoping to break the world record this year with their giant pumpkin.

Gardening Australia ep.34 2017

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Sophie and Costa help restore a piece of the NT; Josh visits a playground that was built in harmony with existing trees; Tino is visiting a spectacular rhododendron garden and Millie propagates plants from her kitchen. 1. Blooming Shade Jerry visits a spectacular garden where beautiful flowers even bloom in the shade 2. Pangarinda Sophie explores a native botanic garden for threatened species that’s run entirely by volunteers 3. What to do this Weekend Find out what the presenters are doing in their gardens this weekend 4. Feathered Friends Costa visits an aged-care facility where the chooks improve the well-being of the residents 5. Excess Produce - Fruit Smoothie Here's a great way to use up your excess fruit 6. Poo Power Tino gives The Patch a healthy dose of manure Gardening Australia ep.34 2017

Gardeners' World ep.30 2017

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This post was moved here : https://video-clump.com/2017/12/06/gardeners-world-episode-30-2017 Carol Klein celebrates ornamental grasses as her plant of the month, Adam Frost travels to Peterborough to find out about the work of a Children in Need project for disadvantaged and vulnerable children and Nick Bailey gives a step-by-step guide on how to build a cold-frame for a budget price. We visit Mark Diacono in Devon, who shows us how to grow our own szechuan pepper, and we go to Surrey to talk to an enthusiast who grows thousands of South African succulents in his back garden in Surrey. Gardeners' World ep.30 2017

Gardening Australia ep.33 2017

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Costa visits an aged-care facility where chooks improve the well-being of the residents; Jerry visits a spectacular garden where flowers even bloom in the shade; Sophie explores a native botanic garden for threatened species. 1. Blooming Shade Jerry visits a spectacular garden where beautiful flowers even bloom in the shade 2. Pangarinda Sophie explores a native botanic garden for threatened species that’s run entirely by volunteers 3. What to do this Weekend Find out what the presenters are doing in their gardens this weekend 4. Feathered Friends Costa visits an aged-care facility where the chooks improve the well-being of the residents 5. Excess Produce - Fruit Smoothie Here's a great way to use up your excess fruit 6. Poo Power Tino gives The Patch a healthy dose of manure Gardening Australia ep.33 2017

Gardeners' World ep.29 2017

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This post was moved here : https://video-clump.com/2017/12/06/gardeners-world-episode-29-2017  Frances Tophill meets a couple who have filled their garden with tender plants and devised a meticulous method of protecting them over the winter, and we catch up with Adam Frost in his own garden when he gives design tips on placing and planting trees. Nick Bailey explores a myriad of colour in leaf, bark and berry when he travels to Bluebell Arboretum in Leicestershire, and Arit Anderson is in Yorkshire, where she finds out about a project using innovative techniques for producing food. We also visit Warwickshire to look at their collection of hardy chrysanthemums and to see how they can bring much-needed late colour into our gardens. Gardeners' World ep.29 2017

The Beechgrove Garden ep.26 2017

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  It's the final programme of the Beechgrove series, and Jim, Carole, George, Chris and Brian are all battening down the hatches, preparing the garden for winter but with a barrowload of hopeful hints to anticipate spring. This post was moved here:  https://video-clump.com/2018/02/02/ beechgrove-garden-episode-26-2017   Jim and Carole have succumbed to a little tulip fever as they go a little crazy with bulbs, planting in containers, in spring displays and naturalising in the lawn. Sandy has a lifetime of experience to impart from how to keep tartan patterns on the lawn, through to keeping your shrubs in beautiful shape. The Beechgrove Garden ep.26 2017

Gardening Australia ep.32 2017

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Jane visits a gardening club that works with the local primary school; Jerry explores the wonderful world of euphorbias; Millie finds out how to raise the perfect seedling and we meet a nurseryman who restores wetlands. 1. Euphorbia Euphoria Jerry explores the exciting world of euphorbias, a family that includes plants of all sorts of shapes and sizes 2. Plant Profile - Kalbarri beaufortia Discover this native beauty from WA 3. Pot Size Matters Costa shows why it's important to pick the right sized pot for your plant 4. Growing Together Jane visits a long-running gardening club that works with students at the local primary school 5. FAQs - Secateurs | Aged Manure | Composting wood ash The Gardening Australia presenters answer your frequently asked gardening questions 6. Bringing up Babies Millie visits an historical nursery to find out what it takes to raise the perfect seedling. Gardening Australia ep.32 2017

Gardeners' World ep.28 2017

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The post was moved here : https://video-clump.com/2017/12/06/gardeners-world-ep-28-2017 Frances Tophill helps a gardener whose plants are not thriving where they are planted, and Joe Swift visits a small garden full of great design tips. Nick Bailey meets a soil zoologist to find out about the abundance of life which lives under our feet, Adam Frost is on a community allotment in Manchester where growing food is providing solace and support to refugees, and we travel to Staffordshire to visit a cottage garden which has been planted with a particular emphasis on colour. Gardeners' World ep.28 2017

The Beechgrove Garden ep.25 2017

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Scotland's favourite gardening programme. This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/01/22/ beechgrove-garden-episode-25-2017  This week, the whole Beechgrove team head to what has been Jim McColl's adopted home for the last 40 years, the Aberdeenshire town of Oldmeldrum, for the penultimate programme of the series. Jim takes us on a tour of the horticultural highlights of the area, including visiting the magnificent Haddo House, whose gardens have been recently restored to their 1830 heyday. Haddo House is also the venue for a Beechgrove question-and-answer session, where Jim, Carole, George and Brian attempt to answer some of the local gardening queries from the gardeners of Meldrum as it is affectionately called. The Beechgrove Garden ep.25 2017