Carol Klein continues her journey around the country meeting plants people and the plants that are their passion. This week she is in Hampshire with the great horticulturist, Roy Lancaster, appreciating the virtues of the often overlooked St John's wort. Joe Swift is out and about too and visits a very unusual allotment in Tottenham, North London. And Monty Don is at Longmeadow where he reveals the secrets of his success when making homemade compost as well as how to collect and store seed.
Monty Don's garden at Longmeadow is thriving in the summer sunshine and is looking more beautiful by the day. But the warm, wet weather has meant the hedges are growing like crazy and are in need of a good haircut. Monty has tips on how to best tackle this annual task. Carol Klein returns to firs...
It is summer and it is the perfect time to get out and about visiting gardens. With that in mind, Monty Don leaves Longmeadow to explore the beautiful gardens at RHS Hyde Hall in Essex. He seeks inspiration from their amazing dry garden and discovers how they manage to keep their lawns looking pr...
As August draws to a close, Monty Don turns his attention to his ornamental grass borders. They are just coming into their prime but are in need of some late summer colour. Carol Klein travels to Cheshire to meet a man who is on a mission to find the best-performing heleniums for British gardens....