Video Documentaries

In Gardeners World 2018 episode 7, despite the slow awakening of the garden this year, there are still plenty of jobs to be getting on with and Monty begins to divide ornamental grasses and plant up a colourful alpine trough. He also gives advice on what to do with containers which are past their best and what to sow in the vegetable garden at this time of year. Nick Bailey travels to Shropshire to respond to a cry for help from a viewer whose border has become a tangle of shrubs. The show catches up with Frances Tophill's progress on her shared allotment in Bristol, as she begins to prepare the beds for sowing her first crops. Arit Anderson explores the future of gardening in our cities when she visits an extraordinary high-rise building in Milan which has been designed as a living forest. Plus the garden of the second finalist in our Every Space Counts competition is revealed.   Gardeners World 2018 episode 7   Woodland wildflowers In spring, woods are a delight to visit. Some pr

In Gardeners World episode 21 2016, now that birds are no longer nesting in hedges, it is the time to get them looking trim and neat and Monty has plenty of tips on how to cut them so that they grow well.  Alan Power visits Croome Park in Worcestershire to discover more about one of the first great landscapes of Capability Brown, and we visit a couple in Gloucestershire whose ornamental grass garden was inspired by the Far East. Gardeners World episode 21 2016   Barn House Grasses Nothing beats the look and feel of grasses in the late summer border and as you saw on tonight’s programme, Kate and Hitesh Patel have used them to great effect in their garden near Chepstow. If you would like to visit, they’re open by appointment from April to the end of September, details of which can be found in the link below. How to trim a hedge Established hedges require trimming to keep them dense and compact. Formal hedges require more frequent trimming than informal hedges. Grow your own cut flowers

In Gardeners World 2018 episode 2, it is the prime time for bare-root plants and Monty makes plans for a bumper harvest of fruit when he adds raspberries to his fruit garden and gives advice on how to plant bare-root trees. He also gives tips on what we should be doing now to get our gardens ready for spring. Throughout the year, Carol Klein will be immersed in the world of plants and be giving us detailed profiles of the best seasonal highlights. This week she explores one of the unsung heroes of the spring border, the Daphne. If you are yearning for warmer weather and your garden currently lacks interest, Joe Swift has designs on brightening up dull and uninteresting spaces with pots full of colour that can be planted now. Gardeners World 2018 episode 2:   Bulbs: naturalising Drifts of daffodils, snowdrops and crocus in open grass are one of the classic signs of spring. Although they look like the work of nature, they are simple to create and will last for many years. Ornamental gras

In Gardeners’ World episode 9 2017, there is a full hour of gardens and gardening from not only Longmeadow but also the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. https://dailymotion.com/video/x6a7b1h Monty gets going on planting herbs in his new herb garden and gives advice on how to divide and move ornamental grasses, while Nick Bailey demonstrates a simple and easy way of making a pond. We meet the queen of herbs, Jekka McVicar, as she builds a herb garden at the Malvern Show and join Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Frances Tophill as they bring us the best from the floral marquee and show gardens. And Adam Frost explains why he has chosen a rose as his golden jubilee plant. Gardeners’ World episode 9 2017   Herbs: growing A continuous medley of aromatic, fresh herbs are easy to grow and harvest, adding vibrant flavours and texture to any meal. Ornamental grasses Ornamental grasses can play a part in most gardens, from providing calming accompaniments to more colourful flowering plants to being the so