Monty picks quinces from his garden. His reason for growing them is that they taste delicious and good for cooking. In his orchard, he picks apples and gives advice on how to successfully store them. He suggests to leave them in a dark and cool place and stacks them in rows on stacking shelves' that used to belong to his grandfather.
At Longmeadow Monty opens the programme admiring his still flowering Dahlias and, as October is the ideal time for planting shrubs, plants Magnolia stellata, Star magnolia in the Jewel Garden. Monty also observes that his Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Mariesii', Japanese snowball is also still...
With autumn well under way, some plants in the garden need to be brought in under cover. Monty Don makes a start by insulating his greenhouse to provide a winter home for all sorts of tender plants and gives his tips and techniques for ensuring their survival until next year.
About a year ago, N...
Monty Don gets going with some autumn garden maintenance whilst looking back over the year and reviewing his borders in the Jewel Garden, checking which plants have done well and which haven't, and clears annuals that are past their best. .
Joe Swift visits The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland a...