Gardeners World episode 7 2016
In Gardeners World episode 7 2016, Monty gets his new vegetable garden underway by making raised beds. He also offers advice on how to cut back herbs. Nick Bailey marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare when he investigates the fact and the fiction behind the bard's potions and poisons at the Chelsea Physic Garden, and we visit Pashley Manor in east Sussex to unearth the story behind the planting of over 25,000 tulips. In Gardeners World episode 7 2016: Tulip Mania Tulips arrived in England in the late 1570’s. Their genetic instability meant that the flowers were immensely variable and as a result quickly became highly sought after. Unknown to people at the time tulips also suffered a remarkable effect caused by a virus, which resulted in unpredictably different colour stripes on the flower petals. This created a huge demand for these ‘rare’ colour stripes, particularly in Holland where the spoils of the Dutch spice trade meant that the rich had so much m