Monty Don opens at Longmeadow in the Spring Garden and show us spring flowers: Leucojum aestivum, Summer snowflake; Helleborus x hybridus, Lenten rose; and Fritillaria meleagris, Snake's head fritillary.
As April gets under way, Monty begins the process of reinvigorating his Jewel Garden where, over the coming months, he will be using plants which will give an evolving tapestry of colour over the seasons.
Carol Klein visits a garden that embraces art, design and architecture. The Gibberd Garden in Harlow is considered one of the most important postwar gardens in the country, a space where sculpture and plants compliment each other perfectly. Carol delights in the diverse instalments and plentiful ...
As spring gets well underway, there are enough beautiful flowers popping up in the countryside to inspire any gardener. At Longmeadow, Monty Don adds to his collection of fritillaries in the wet meadow with pot-grown plants, as well as sowing some from seed. Monty plants Fritillaria meleagris, Sn...
Monty takes a look at the Floral Marquee whilst the exhibtors are still setting up before it's open to the public. He finds lupins and foxgloves flowering earlier than usual due to the unseasonably warm spring. He speaks to Dominic Kaye of Reginald Kaye Ltd finds that, contrary to popular opinio...