Video Documentaries

In Gardeners World 2018 episode 9, Monty elevates his cottage garden borders this week by adding plants to give height and drama, and rejuvenates the design of the grass borders by adding evergreen plants grown from cuttings.  Carol Klein's plant of the season is the delicate but easy to grow dog's tooth violet, Joe Swift travels to the Trelissick garden in Cornwall to meet a very special garden volunteer, and Adam Frost returns to Leicestershire to monitor the progress of the new-build garden. We also meet a woman who grows a national collection of polemoniums in her back garden, and we reveal the garden of the fourth finalist in our Every Space Counts competition. Gardeners World 2018 episode 9   Polemonium national collection The collection was first recognised in 1992 where the Polemoniums were grown in a small garden in Ebchester, County Durham. In 1998 the entire collection was moved twenty five miles east to Trimdon Grange, where the winds blow straight off the north ea

With the holiday season well and truly upon us, in Gardeners World episode 20 2015, Monty shares some timely tips on how to make sure your garden doesn't suffer while you are away. But there are some gardeners that aren't leave home, as Joe Swift discovers when he meets Phillip Vowles, a prize-winning giant veg grower. Gardeners World episode 20 2015:   Topiary tips Topiary is the art of training, cutting and trimming evergreen shrubs and trees into ornamental shapes. It’s an extremely useful way of adding structure, texture and year-round interest, no matter how small your garden. But to keep it looking good, you need to cut it on a regular basis, preferably on a dull, wet day when it is less likely to scorch. When training a new piece of topiary, use some soft twine when tying in new growth to avoid it cutting into the plant’s stem. It’s best to do this when the stem is green rather than brown because it’s more pliable then. Mow your lawn Mowing a lawn helps to encourage thic

Monty starts a new project - a cutting garden - and gives advice on what to grow to provide plenty of cut flowers for gorgeous summer bouquets.  We visit Cumbria to meet Jack Gott, who has been passionate about that most flamboyant of flowers, the dahlia, for more than 40 years and has over a thousand plants in his garden. James Alexander-Sinclair celebrates a harbinger of spring, the ephemeral cherry blossom, at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. In Gardeners World episode 6 2016:    The Alnwick Garden The garden’s Cherry Orchard is the largest of its kind in the world. Planted with 350 graceful ‘Tai-haku’ cherry trees, it becomes a beautiful cloud of white during blossom time. Growing cut flowers Many garden plants can be enjoyed as cut flowers and foliage in the home, offering cheaper and diverse alternatives to florist flowers. Borders can be adapted to provide cutting material throughout the year. Alternatively, dedicate a part of the garden to growing cut flowers. Hardy annuals: