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July 2024
Beechgrove follows Sophie McKilligan from being a budding allotment holder in Aberdeen to blossoming as a gardener at Culzean Castle.
The secateurs are out as Kirsty Wilson and Calum Clunie set about trimming, pruning and cutting to encourage new growth for the rest of the season and beyond.
It's the taste of summer, so Beechgrove Garden’s own strawberry crop will gets come attention - and maybe some picking - from George Anderson and Carole Baxter.
How to have the scents and flavours of a herb garden when space is limited. Lizzie Schofield discusses and sows the herbs that are ideal for container and window box cultivation.
June 2024
George Anderson and Calum Clunie are tending Beechgrove's vines, fig plants and fruit bushes.
Brian Cunningham and Carole Baxter offer tips on alpine plants, which, although found on mountain tops, also look great at Beechgrove Garden.
Kirsty Wilson discusses what to sow and plant in order to attract birds to the area, and Lizzie Schofieid continues her work refreshing the perennials in the zig-zag garden.
The flurry of planting and sowing in spring is over, and it’s time to check in and enjoy the results of all that hard work at Beechgrove Garden.
May 2024
Carole Baxter is looking at bedding plants, which are safe to plant out now that the risk of frost has hopefully gone. She also has an update on the yellow rattle that was sown last year.
Kirsty and Lizzie are in Beechgrove’s own bog garden looking at plants that are specifically suited to extremely wet conditions.
Ideas on what to plant in a shaded area of woodland, and there’s a visit to a thriving community garden.
Gardening to give nature in your garden a helping hand is the focus in this episode. Carole is joined by wildlife expert James Silvey to answer questions on what to plant in order to attract wildlife.
George builds mini cold frames out of recycled materials to see just how productive you can be in a small space.
George and Lizzie combine flowers and productive gardening by creating a mini potager plot. They also kick off one of the big jobs of the year, a revamp of the herb garden.
April 2024
Kirsty Wilson and Calum Clunie are busy tackling spring jobs, including a revamp of the roses in the picket fence garden.
Calum Clunie and Lizzie Schofield unwrap dahlias after a winter in the dark, and Lizzie is in the gravel garden splitting and separating crocosmia.
George and Carole plant some blight-resistant varieties of potato in the garden.
Carole and George are at Beechgrove to review how the wild, wet winter has affected the garden.
November 2023
George Anderson and Lizzie Schofield provide more seasonal tips from the garden.
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