The Flying Gardener
The Flying Gardener is a TV show on BBC4. Chris Beardshaw takes to the skies for a bird's-eye perspective on the dramatic landscapes and inspirational gardens of Britain. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 18 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2025.
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The Flying Gardener
Peripatetic gardener Chris Beardshaw flies to the south west in search of hedges. He visits the gardens of RHS Rosemoor in Devon and Antony House in Cornwall.
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Chris Beardshaw flies to Cornwall to help a school create a tropical paradise in its backyard. On the way, he takes a dip in the ocean in search of plants that have washed in from South America.
Chris Beardshaw visits inspirational gardens by helicopter. This time he looks at the flowers and shrubs that grow best in the Cotswolds.
Chris Beardshaw heads to Norfolk to help a couple create and preserve a garden strong enough to stand up to the toughest elements.
February 2025
Chris Beardshaw visits inspirational gardens by helicopter. This time he is in Devon to help Carol Cooper and her husband Stephen develop a spring woodland garden.
Chris Beardshaw visits Britain's most inspirational gardens. He meets an enthusiastic group of organic farmers in Kent and helps a family trying to grow their own produce.
Chris Beardshaw travels by helicopter to find Britain's most inspirational garden. She goes to South West Ireland, where exotic plants grow outside.
Chris Beardshaw visits inspirational gardens by helicopter. In Sussex, the most wooded area of the UK, Chris visits Leonardslee Garden and Sheffield Park Garden.
Chris Beardshaw visits gardens by helicopter. He takes a trip to Britain's largest protected wetland to see some rare plants, and a look at ponds filled with exotics.
Chris Beardshaw helps a couple from the shingle headland at Dungeness, Kent, where the salt winds, poor soil and scorching sunlight are causing them difficulties.
Chris Beardshaw follows in the footsteps of the Scottish adventurers who travelled the globe and risked their lives to bring back plants now taken for granted.
Chris Beardshaw visits inspirational gardens by helicopter. A look at fine examples of vertical gardening found in the castles and villages of the Cotswolds.
November 2024
Chris Beardshaw meets keen gardeners Jane and Chris Goodrick from Rhuddland, Wales, and helps turn their garden into an impressive mixture of plants and shrubs.
Chris Beardshaw visits Hampshire to find out the best way to get summer colour into the garden.
Chris Beardshaw travels to both Devon and Cornwall to discover how plants survive in the most exposed areas of Britain, and he transforms a local resident's balcony using miniatures and bonsai.
Chris Beardshaw heads for west Scotland to help an oyster fisherman deal with an overgrown garden and finds out why Scots design the best shady gardens.
October 2024
Chris Beardshaw travels around by helicopter to find Britain's most inspirational gardens. In the Lake District, Chris goes in search of the ultimate water feature.