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In Beechgrove Garden episode 26 2015: although this is the last in the present series, gardening is a year round activity and so Jim, Carole, George and Chris have a long list of jobs that we could and should be doing that will keep us all busy for the foreseeable. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Beechgrove-Garden-episode-26-2015.mp4"][/video]   This is also a perfect time to be planting and Chris and George are starting off a new project to create a 'sub-tropical' garden that although will look exotic and jungly next year, it will be created with super hardy plants. Carole visits Tom Taylor in Drumoak who lives on an estate where 30 years ago, the front gardens were all planted with 'dwarf conifers'. Those conifers have all grown into massive trees. Tom became interested in the Japanese art of Niwaki training and sculpting of trees. Tom shows Carole how to be more creative with conif

In Beechgrove Garden episode 25 2015: Carole and George plant various combinations of bulbs and spring bedding plants to see which of these make the most attractive displays, while Jim has a big clear-out in his greenhouse. [video width="960" height="540" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Beechgrove-Garden-ep.25-2015.mp4"][/video]   The programme catches up with Brian Cunningham at Scone Palace Garden to review the progress made to the David Douglas trail, and Carole also visits Tillypronie Garden near Tarland and delights in the swathes of heathers. The Beechgrove Garden episode 25 2015:  1. Planting bulbs George was outside the greenhouse. It is time to start planting bulbs for entering into the spring flower shows. If you fancy having a go at it, George explained that the best thing to do is to work back from the show date to find out when to plant them. Approximately 12 weeks is required for the bulbs to grow and be ready in time

In Beechgrove Garden episode 24 2015: Jim and Carole walk around the garden pointing out plant combinations showing colour at this time of year. Jim prepares half hardy perennials for winter, whilst Carole enjoys the gloxinias which are still flowering well and shows how to dry off amaryllis bulbs. [video width="960" height="540" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Beechgrove-Garden-ep.24-2015.mp4"][/video]   In Coldstream, George Anderson meets Alec West who has an orchard jam-packed with apples, pears and plums - his fruit collection is said to be the biggest in Scotland. It was a fine autumn day at Beechgrove this week and Jim and Carole were at the back of the Main Vegetable Plot looking at the cordon apples along the wall where there is a very promising crop. Beechgrove Garden episode 24 2015:  1. Preparing half hardy perennials for winter Jim is in the greenhouse preparing cuttings of half hardy perennials and sub-shrubs for overw

In Beechgrove Garden episode 23 2015: Jim and Carole are preparing for the seasons to come as they show how to overwinter a whole range of vegetables so that they will be ready for harvest early next year. Jim is also preparing plants for the winter months and shows how to put begonias to bed. [video width="832" height="468" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Beechgrove-Garden-ep.23-2015.mp4"][/video]   Also in the programme, Carole and George taste test Carole's spaghetti squash and her greenhouse-grown aubergines while Jim and George revel in the late fruit harvest. Chris visits Greywalls Garden near Gullane. Built in 1901, Greywalls is a stunning example of an Edwardian arts and crafts garden. Although this is a grand garden, Chris finds planting combination lessons for all of us - but particularly appropriate for those who garden in exposed conditions. The Beechgrove Garden episode 23 2015:  1. Half hardy perennials Jim was in

In Beechgrove Garden episode 22 2015: Jim Carole and Chris assessing how the new Michaelmas daisy collection has fared over the summer. Carole looks at her aubergines and peppers to see if they have managed to bear any fruit this season.   [video width="960" height="540" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Beechgrove-Garden-ep.22-2015.mp4"][/video]   Jim visits Heathryfold Allotments in Aberdeen, whose multicultural plotters grow a range of vegetables and fruit from their homelands. Both Jim and Carole are on the island of Bute, to attend and enjoy the famous local Horticultural Society's summer flower show.  1. Aubergines and Peppers Carole and Jim were in the greenhouse looking at the mini aubergines and sweet peppers. They talked about this summer’s weather once more - aubergines prefer high temperatures and high humidity. Despite the poor weather this year they have done quite well. Carole explained that we have tried a range of

In Beechgrove Garden episode 21 2015: the whole Beechgrove team are travelling 'doon the watter' to the Buteiful island of Bute and to Rothesay for a Beechgrove Special Roadshow. The Pavilion in Rothesay is the venue for a Beechgrove Q&A evening. [video width="960" height="540" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/BG-ep.21-2015.mp4"][/video]   The historical venue will be full of locals and their gardening questions which Jim, Carole, George and Chis will hope to have answers for. Bute has a favourable climate for growing and is known for Bute tatties, Bute dahlias and most recently Bute truffles. Jim and Carole will also visit some of the gardens of Bute to set the gardening scene there and to be not a little jealous of what the locals can grow.  1. Bute dahlias The first credit for introducing dahlias to Britain goes to a member of the Bute family in 1798, when the Marchioness of Bute (wife of Earl of Bute, who was at that

In Beechgrove Garden episode 20 2015: Jim is on his own in the garden, taking on all his special subjects, including monitoring the progress of the tomatoes and reviewing his hydrangea pruning observation to see which of his three methods of pruning is working best and resulting in most flowers.   [video width="832" height="468" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/BG-ep.20-2015.mp4"][/video]   Meanwhile, Carole and George are helping out with the last stages of the creation of a new community garden with the good folk of Inverbervie. The new community garden will be the central feature to a garden trail around the village, designed for locals to enjoy as a florific community space and to have tourists stop and take time in the village.  1. Strimming the Wild Area Jim was in the Wild Area getting very wet as it was still raining. Ford, one of the Beechgrove gardeners, was strimming the wildflower meadow whilst Jim was raking up. Now is t

In Beechgrove Garden episode 19 2015: Jim and Carole are waging war on pests and take on 4 baddies; vine weevil, whitefly, slugs and snails. They identify the pest and its symptoms and recommend a few cures.   [video width="832" height="468" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/The-Beechgrove-Garden-episode-19-2015.mp4"][/video]   Chris is back with his new-build couple, Jenny and Euan MacLean in Linlithgow. After months of work from Jenny and Euan this is Chris's final visit and this time it's the finishing touches - the fun bit, the planting. George visits Monteviot Garden near Jedburgh. This stunning 30-acre garden surrounds the house and spills out through richly-planted garden rooms down to the River Teviot below. In Beechgrove Garden episode 19 2015:  1. Sunflowers Carole was in the Trials Area reviewing the sunflowers in the heavy rain – there was no sign of it stopping sadly. She looked at the many different varieties gro

Everything is blooming rosy in the Beechgrove Garden as Jim, Carole and Chris catch up with progress of Beechgrove's new/old rose garden. [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BG-ep.18-2015.mp4"][/video]   And finding out a bit more about the science of plant genetics, Jim is at Dundee Botanic Garden taking a walk through plant history in their Evolutionary Garden. George is with Lee Street in Bonchester Bridge creating an edible, fruiting hedge as a windbreak to protect her existing productive raised beds.  In Beechgrove Garden episode 18 2015:  1. Cauliflower Comparison Jim was in the Main Vegetable Plot admiring the brassicas which have done well in the cool, wet conditions we’ve had this summer so far. In one part of the brassica beds, Jim has been growing two types of cauliflower – F1 hybrid vs open pollinated. ‘Clapton’, is an F1 hybrid which is described as club root resistant. The beautiful he

In the Beechgrove Garden the air is filled with scented sweetpeas. Jim grows his strictly standing to attention in cordon fashion while Carole's blue collection are left to scramble. [video width="832" height="468" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BG-ep.17-2015.mp4"][/video]   Carole returns to Newport-on-Tay, where she has been helping first-time gardeners Mark and Aileen Snowden tame their mature garden. This is the last visit this season and Carole catches up with the family's progress, harvests some of the new fruit and suggests some final tidying up. Carole is also back in Orkney for the second of her visits. This week Carole visits the Community Garden at Finstown where appropriately for the weather she's looking at damp but inspirational planting. Jim and Carole were in the Cutting Garden on a blustery day that felt more like autumn than August. Jim was looking at his chrysanthemums, which are protected and support

In the Beechgrove Garden, the greenhouses and the polytunnels are pregnant with produce to come. Jim is minding his tomatoes while Carole in the polytunnel is dealing with her spaghetti squash and noticing hopeful tassels on the sweetcorn. [video width="832" height="468" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BG-ep.16-2015.mp4"][/video]   Carole makes the first of two forays away up north to Orkney. She visits Caroline Critchlow's garden, which is a historic walled garden a stone's throw from the sea and completely restored in 2008. The garden is planted to withstand winds in excess of 100mph and the planting reflects its coastal location and is done in cottage style with towering alliums, many varieties of geranium and plants collected from around Europe. Jim, Carole and George were walking through the greenhouse area admiring the hanging baskets and the lovely corridor of summer colour. They noticed that there were not many cherr

The Beechgrove team take the high road to the beautiful Howe of Cromar on the edge of the Highlands for a special Beechgrove Roadshow. Along the road we host a Q&A evening with no shortage of questions from the audience and an abundance of fascinating answers from Jim, Carole, George and Chris. [video width="832" height="468" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BG-ep.15-2015.mp4"][/video]   George visits Anne Harper's beautiful garden, close beside the river in Aboyne, to see her collection of Scottish cooking apples and a huge border of architectural plants for people to admire from the bridge. Jim goes to the Tarland Community Garden, an exciting new venture, to find real community spirit with gardeners generous with their time and eager to help others. The Beechgrove Garden is a gardening programme, which started on 14 April 1978. The original plot of land used was the small area of garden attached to the BBC studios in Beech

There's plenty to catch up on at the Beechgrove Garden and a bountiful harvest to enjoy too. At Cove allotments, near Aberdeen, the small plots are packed in cheek-by-jowl making it easy for the plotters to socialise and of course, learn from each other. As Jim says, 'every day is a school day'. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BG-ep.14-2015.mp4"][/video]   Back at Beechgrove, Jim checks up on the progress of his tomatoes and there's lemons for gin and tonics up in the conservatory. It's all looking very rosy when Jim meets the Duchess of Northumberland at the spectacular Alnwick Garden, one of the world's most ambitious new gardens. In Beechgrove Garden episode 14 2015:  1. Scatter Mixes and Decking Garden Carole started her review of the garden in the Long Border where she looked at the progress of the scatter seed mixes sown here. Four different sowings had taken place since

Staying on a small scale, George is also back in his 'square metre' plot attempting to be constantly productive in the tiniest space. Post moved here: https://hdclump.com/beechgrove-garden-episode-13-2015/ Chris is in mid-build of new garden for Euan and Jenny Maclean in Linlithgow, trying to take a nightmare site and turn it into a dream garden. Carole was in the propagation greenhouse (Rhino), damping down the floor of the greenhouse using a watering can. It was all change in here as lots of plants have gone out into the garden now including the summer bedding and half-hardy vegetables. The greenhouse was now being filled again with chillies, sweet peppers and an interesting range of aubergines. As well as warmth, these plants require high humidity, which is why Carole was damping down the floor in here. Carole pointed out an unusual chilli called ‘Alberto’s Locoto’ with hairy leaves and vivid purple/violet flowers. And the chilli fruit will be red and was sown from

It all starts with sunflowers, summer bedding and scatter seed mixes in this episode of Beechgrove Garden. Carole visits Kirsten Walker in Scone to advise her on how to rescue an old, scabby apple tree. Carole adds a crab apple and an understory of pretty wildflowers. This post was moved here:   https://hdclump.com/ beechgrove-garden-episode-12-2015 She also heads off to find Hamish Martin in the Secret Herb Garden; a paradise of nature. It's a place to relax and enjoy, and to learn all about herbs. Back at the Beechgrove Garden it's all coming up roses in the Cutting Garden where Chris updates us on the progress of the standard roses and adds some colourful herbaceous underplanting.

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is observing different types of watering systems for tomatoes and this week he begins the feeding regime. Carole shows how to rejuvenate winter interest shrubs by pruning. George visits Jean Knox who has a hidden treasure of a garden in Hunter's Tryst in Edinburgh. This is a secret town garden packed with plants that are survivors.   [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Bg-ep.11-2015.mp4"][/video]   Carole has alpine expert Ian Young with her in Beechgrove's own alpine garden. Ian shows how to take some pretty uninspiring materials normally discarded and turn them into a convincingly old stone-looking alpine troughs with rocky mini-mountain alpine landscapes that would grace any size of garden. In The Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2015:  1. Fruit House Jim was in the Fruit House, which he described as a temperate Fruit house, housing grape vines, a large cherry espalie

  It's June and even in the Beechgrove Garden it should be time to remove the vest and finally plant out the bedding plants. Jim, Carole and George urge caution and protection as they plant out a traditional summer bedding scheme. [video width="1280" height="720" id="970" src="" poster="" loop="false" autoplay="true" preload="metadata" videopress_guid=""][/video]   Carole is taking no chances with her tender veg and does a little undercover work in the polytunnel. Jim is with the Woodend Barn allotmenteers at Banchory. Every day is a school day even for Jim as he learns new recipes for successful compost.   This is our second visit to Scone Palace garden. Head gardener, Brian Cunningham carries on with his plans for a tribute to plant hunter David Douglas.  Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2015: 1. Traditional Summer Bedding Display Jim and George joined Carole down in the Trials’ Area, where she

The Beechgrove team will be taking a break from the garden to be at Gardening Scotland. Sometimes called the Chelsea of the north, it is certainly the biggest gardening show north of the border. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Beechgrove-garden-ep.9-2015.mp4" id="965" src="" poster="" loop="false" autoplay="true" preload="metadata" videopress_guid=""][/video]   The cream of British growers will be there, with everything from pansies to pelargoniums and cacti to clematis in a stunning floral frenzy. We will see those who are growing for gold, including those exhibits showing off their medals from last week's Chelsea Flower Show. The show gardens are an eclectic mix, from a homespun 'knitted garden' to literally a classic, the 'reader's imagination garden'. Beechgrove will be concentrating on the Scottish tale

In the The Beechgrove Garden episode 8 2015 , Jim hopes to catch up with the veg planting that he wasn't able to do last week in the torrential rain. [videopress ujQzsYrV w="560" hd="true"] Carole and Jim are also back in their side-by-side 6 x 8 greenhouses pricking out and planting. George helps Josine Atsma in Glendevon to create a new bog garden and plants it up with moisture-loving perennials. Carole visits Peter and Gill Hart in Fife. They have 20 acres of woodland, the floor of which at this time of the year is carpeted with bluebells, hellebores, trilliums and wood anemones - as well as a collection of rhododendrons. The Beechgrove Garden episode 8 2015:  1. Narcissus old and new varieties Jim and Carole were in the Trials area discussing the changeable weather. They took a look at the Narcissi that Jim had planted back in the autumn with the aim of comparing old favourite varieties with newer varieties from the same division. Almost all of the flowers o

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is in the conservatory showing how to prune camellias, while Carole puts together hanging baskets with some new plant introductions. [videopress y3ItXwMG w="560" h="360" hd="true"] This is Carole's second visit to new gardeners in a mature garden, Mark and Aileen Snowden, in Newport on Tay and this time, Carole creates a fruit border for the family. Carole is also treated to a spectacular spring show in the 'auricular theatre' at Rumbling Bridge Nursery. The Beechgrove Garden episode 7 This week Jim and George were in the Conservatory keeping out of the rain. The citrus plants are looking splendid with pest-free, healthy-looking growth. They have been kept inside over the winter with a little watering to keep them going. Jim commented that plants in glazed pots can be very easily overwatered, whereas those in unglazed pots lose moisture quickly, so you need to be careful with watering. It is easier to keep plants i