Great British Garden Revival
Herbaceous Borders Kitchen Gardens
S1 E10:
Britain’s favourite television gardening talent inspire us all to re-engage with our gardens. In tonight’s show Chris Beardshaw wants us all to plant herbaceous borders in our gardens. On his revival he visits a garden which is a true labour of love, originally designed by one of our most celebrated garden designers, Gertrude Jekyll; he meets a mother and daughter who are championing the must have plant for any herbaceous border – the aster; and he tries to teach 2 non gardening students the key design elements of this truly iconic British garden feature. Throughout the show he gives us his ultimate design tips, shows us how to get the best from our borders and offers advice on how to deal with the gardeners’ enemy, the weed.Also tonight, Alys Fowler – wants us the celebrate the glories of the kitchen garden, more than an allotment or a neglected veg patch at the bottom of the garden she thinks the kitchen garden should be a place of great ornamental beauty, that provides us with food all year round. As well as sharing her top tips and growing advice, she’ll be revealing the secrets of one of Britain’s oldest kitchen gardens; getting a taste for unusual edible plants that take your breath away and finding out about the communities up and down the country who are turning unused spaces into super productive kitchen gardens. Please note, this version may differ slightly from the UKTX version.