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With her can-do attitude, love of simple gardens

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and decades of experience...

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-Hello!

-..Charlie Dimmock is one of Britain's best-loved gardeners.

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Looking good, boys!

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But the new kids on the gardening block are the Rich brothers.

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We want to be the brothers that change people's perceptions of gardens.

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Winners of multiple medals at the Chelsea Flower Show...

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-Oh, wow.

-It's amazing, isn't it?

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..the boys have become known for their dramatic outdoor spaces.

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Now these two different generations of gardening are going head-to-head.

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I know they've got a gold medal, but I can come up with a few ideas.

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They're meeting frustrated garden owners across the country...

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The photos made it look tiny. It IS!

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-I'm sure you've seen larger.

-I don't know what to do with it.

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..and will each pitch them a design based on their needs...

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-Wow!

-..and budget.

-It looks really exciting.

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-It doesn't look like it could be our garden.

-The winner...

-Ta-dah!

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THEY CHEER

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..brings their design to life...

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-Hold on, hold on!

-Sweet as a nut.

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..and the loser has to help them build it.

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Oh, I'm getting irritated now with faffing around.

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This is what happens...

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-Does he ever get irritating?

-All the time.

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..when difference styles collide...

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-Who chose these?

-One, two, three!

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This looks like your design.

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Yeah!

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..to turn garden dreams into reality.

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-Wow!

-Open your eyes.

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Wow. It's amazing.

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It's beautiful.

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Today, Charlie and the Rich brothers

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have a very big garden to battle over.

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Kerry and Chris have sent this from Pontefract

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and they're a lovely couple with two children.

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They look a really lovely family, don't they? Real smiley-smiley!

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Account manager Chris and his wife Kerry live in West Yorkshire

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with their two young children, Anais and Rudy.

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They moved into their family home in 2013.

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And the reason that they bought the house was because of the garden.

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-So I think it means a lot to them.

-Big old garden, though.

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-It looks like it doesn't end.

-I know.

-It's very long, isn't it?

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The garden is 10 metres wide and 50 metres long.

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We do appreciate the size of it. It just doesn't work.

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I think it could do so much more.

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Really, at the moment, it's just a big space.

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A load of grass to cut every now and again.

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And it couldn't look more different to the family home

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which, in the last few years, has been completely modernised.

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They've just built an extension, a garden room,

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so now the focus is on the garden.

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-So they can see all the garden now, can they?

-Exactly.

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It's staring us in the face every day, in terms of what needs to be done,

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but then, yeah. It will be wonderful when we open up those bi-fold doors

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on to this amazing garden.

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But Kerry and Chris don't just want

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their new garden to LOOK stunning...

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I'd just like the whole family to eat a more organic, vegetarian diet,

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so this garden is giving us the opportunity

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to grow lots of organic vegetables.

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I think something that's really natural would look amazing.

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So she's really into the Good Life.

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She's more Barbara than she is Margo.

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-Eh?

-Oh, you boys are so young!

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Kerry and Chris may dream of the good life,

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but they don't have a huge amount of money to achieve it.

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So the budget is pretty decent, it's two grand.

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-Yeah.

-It is quite a big garden, though.

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I appreciate that, for a garden of this size,

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£2,000 is not a lot of money.

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I kind of had the idea of what I would like the end product to be,

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but how to get there and what planting and stuff is beyond me.

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And I don't have a clue.

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But just weeks after they first heard from the couple,

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Charlie and the boys are faced with some unusual early spring weather

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in Pontefract, which is under several inches of snow.

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Not exactly ideal conditions for recceing a garden.

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Today, they are looking for a hidden gem of information

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that might give them an edge when it comes to their design.

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Definitely large.

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Yes, it is.

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It's got lovely mature trees as well, so it's going to be...

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Oh, I've got a snowflake on my nose.

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-No, the trees are gorgeous.

-I have to say, that tree's a little dodgy.

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They call that one a totem pole, don't they?

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I think this one's going to be a bit of a challenge with the budget.

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-Yeah.

-Maybe have nature on our side for this one.

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Nature on our side? She's really helping us out at the moment(!)

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The garden may be a blank canvas,

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but the boys want to see how the couple's taste in interiors

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might give them some clues.

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-Oh, wow! Look at this.

-Yeah.

-Now, this definitely stands out.

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-It's a pretty funky floor, isn't it?

-Does it remind you of anything?

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-It does, yeah. Nan and Gramp's kitchen.

-I was thinking that.

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-It's really funky, really '60s.

-Yeah.

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Meanwhile, Charlie wants to probe them for ideas

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on what THEY want from the garden.

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Fabulous view of the garden.

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It's just right in front of you.

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It's going to be our garden room.

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Having the room here's probably made you go, "Oh! A garden!"

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That is absolutely it.

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When those doors went in, I was sitting there looking, thinking,

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"Where to start?"

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Look at this as well. A lovely, wooden surface.

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Kind of retro, and then nice and natural with curves.

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-Yeah, there's a nice balance, isn't there?

-Yeah.

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The boys can see the couple like using natural materials

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and are fans of retro style.

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Yeah, because they've got the wood, the funk, lovely fixtures.

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-This baby seat's pretty cool.

-That's epic, isn't it?

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And then this wallpaper. It looks like cow parsley.

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-Yeah.

-All quite retro, but it works really well, doesn't it?

-It does.

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Harry and David are already brimming with ideas,

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but Charlie wants to know how the garden could improve the family's lives.

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What do you want from the garden,

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apart from bringing the garden into your garden room?

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Just a reflection of nature, rather than something sculpted.

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My idea with a formal garden is that you'd be asking the children,

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"Don't step on that," and, "Stay away from there,"

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and I want something that is for us all

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and I had the idea of a garden that could provide for us.

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It's fun, lots of nature involved, lots of vegetables and fruit...

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-Yeah.

-It's slightly wild and woolly.

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-Absolutely.

-Definitely.

-Perfect.

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Turning a plot that's half a football field

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into a haven for nature

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AND an inspiring vegetable garden for £2,000 is a huge ask.

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It's going to take every ounce

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of Charlie and the boys' creative thinking to make it happen.

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So, our rival designers get straight to work.

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Each of them has to come up with a design for Kerry and Chris's

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perfect garden that will work within their budget.

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The couple will then choose a winner,

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and the loser has to help the victor build the garden.

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So who will the couple go for?

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Will it be Charlie,

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a safe pair of hands who's seen her fair share of veg plots

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and wildlife gardens,

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or the boys, who are more known for their modern outdoor spaces,

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and might offer them something out of the ordinary?

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It's time for the big pitch.

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-Wow!

-That's amazing.

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So, what we wanted to do was to

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create this very beautiful garden view.

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The garden's quite large, so we wanted to focus on splitting it into these three individual areas.

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The one straight up from the terraced area

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is framed with these bold orange walls.

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This is much more of a naturalistic space.

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It's a much larger lawn area, but it's surrounded by longer grass, like wild meadow.

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So that would be great for wildlife and encourage more native species.

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And then that leads on into this network of organic foraging paths.

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So somewhere that's just really fun, really wild, really natural.

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This garden is a basic structure for you to develop.

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-Yes.

-OK?

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I've got sort of three key areas.

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This key area here, it's very organic, flowing...

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It's banked-up soil,

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-sort of slightly Teletubby land, that curve...

-Undulations.

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Undulation, to add a bit more interest.

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With one eye on the budget,

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Charlie's playing it safe by using existing elements in the garden

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to create a long, flowing plot

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that the couple can develop as the years ago by.

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But by pitching three different gardens in one,

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the boys are going for broke.

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Can they deliver all this for two grand?

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The next area are the vegetables.

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Raised beds,

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again with big curves on them just to make them a bit more interesting.

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The boys are taking the idea of planters a step further

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and appealing to Kerry's love of retro colours.

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We've got three cylindrical raised beds.

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These would be concrete cylinders that we'd paint a warm orange.

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These are things you can get the whole family orientated round, growing their own veg,

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-picking it, eating it, bringing it into the kitchen.

-Yeah.

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From there, it leads you into a network of organic foraging paths.

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A really soft, really natural area where you can plant all the fruits,

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raspberries, elderflower, things like that that you can pick, use, learn about.

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These areas here are great for the kids as well,

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so they can run around, play hide and seek,

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make dens, and it will be a really good natural escape for them.

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This is going to be seating.

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I don't know about you. As a child,

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I always used to put on plays, me and my friends,

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for mums and dads, and I'm thinking this

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could be like an amphitheatre.

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These areas will be great for the children

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because they will be canopied and they can make dens in there.

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Exciting to think that that could bring that area to life

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and could be our garden.

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That's it. Time's up.

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It's now all up to Kerry and Chris.

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With the boys, the thing that gets me straightaway about this one

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is the colours.

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The orange and this lovely vibrant planting, with purples and blues,

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and the fact that's carried through with the cylindrical raised beds.

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With Charlie's, I like the idea of the amphitheatre and the seats

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because the kids will love doing the show in that area there.

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I think it's a really good idea.

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And the bits where they can make dens and things.

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The raised beds, the kidney shapes, they're lovely.

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Because they're sort of an angle, aren't they?

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-How natural it all is, is really, really nice.

-Yeah.

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The couple really want their garden

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to be a wildlife-friendly family space

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where they can indulge their Good Life fantasy.

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It's difficult.

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But only one design can win.

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So will it be Charlie's Teletubby-inspired garden

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with its log planters?

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Or the Rich brothers' garden

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in three parts, with its brightly coloured concrete silos?

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It's decision time.

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-Hello.

-Hello.

-It's been a really difficult decision.

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But the design we've chosen is...

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THEY CHEER

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-Amazing.

-I knew they hadn't quite got it.

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Oh, that's amazing. So what made you go for our design?

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We did love them both. It wasn't an easy decision.

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The flow up to the top of the garden,

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the fact that it's three different areas.

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You particularly liked the meadow.

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I really liked this bit, just thinking about the kids.

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I liked the open area as well.

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That's epic. I can't wait to get started on the garden

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and I think it will transform your life.

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The boys may be happy,

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but they're promising an awful lot of garden for not a lot of money.

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They'll need all of Charlie's experience

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if they're going to make their design a reality.

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It's the day of the build.

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Thankfully, the snow has long gone

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but the weather forecast for the next few days is dire.

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So, there's no time to waste.

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While the Rich brothers are off choosing plants for their scheme,

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Paul, the project manager, along with his team of landscapers

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are getting started.

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And the boy's design is already causing them problems.

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This should have been dropped in the back yard

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but, unfortunately, it's in the front yard

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and we have to get that concrete ring,

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which is 750ml wide, through that door there.

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That's the only access into the back garden.

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A key feature of the brothers' design

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are three concrete cylinders that

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will form an architectural vegetable plot.

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They looked quite small on the plan, but now they're here,

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they're not only huge, but weigh a tonne.

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Look at that, it's meant to be.

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-OK.

-Nice and steady now.

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And once they're through the side gate,

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they have to go through Kerry's brand-new extension.

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Yep, yep, yep, bit to you.

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-Easy.

-Keep it moving, if you can.

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Keep it moving,

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-Keep it moving.

-Lovely.

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One down, just two more to go.

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One happy discovery that the boys have made

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is that the couple had already paid for new patio slabs,

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so the Rich brothers have instructed them to crack on

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with laying a new patio,

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which will instantly improve the view from the garden room.

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Apart from the cylinders,

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the other major landscaping feature

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are the two walls that will dominate the first third of the plot.

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In the boys' design,

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the walls will create a staggered gateway

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from the patio to the garden beyond.

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But unlike the rugged natural style used in the rest of the garden,

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they'll be finished with a smooth layer of render.

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Unlike traditional brick or stone,

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rendered walls have a smooth finish,

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so they're often used in modern gardens.

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They're cheaper than brick or stone and are easy to paint and are ideal

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for integrated seating and raised beds.

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The boys sold their design on the feature walls

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being painted retro orange.

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It's a bold move, and time will tell whether it works.

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Meanwhile, Charlie and the Rich brothers are emerging from the undergrowth

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and digesting the scale of the task that lies ahead.

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So nice that there's not four inches of snow over the garden.

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I know, but now we can see the challenge ahead of us!

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That's the issue, isn't it? With larger gardens and a smaller budget,

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it's a real challenge to make it look like something.

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Like concentrating the planting.

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Definitely that lower area there, just outside the living room.

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-Yeah.

-It's key just to sometimes pick a point and do it well.

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-That's what we're going to do.

-I think the first thing for us to do

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is maybe get marking out the shapes and stuff.

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-I've got my weapon of choice, so let's go.

-Come on.

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But before any spraying can be done,

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Paul and the landscapers need approval

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from the bosses on the position of the concrete cylinders.

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Good work, guys. Paul, you must be in charge -

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they're not quite in the right place.

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They're pretty close to where we need them.

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-I think they're going to have to move...

-OK!

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There's enough of us to do it, so...

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-Those muscles...

-Exactly.

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I've got my spray can. I'll mark out where they're going.

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And when you're in charge,

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you do the spraying whilst others do the lifting.

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Because there's three concrete cylinders,

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it's nice to play around with their relationship with each other.

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They're not only raised veg beds, they're also a piece of sculpture.

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So it's really key, where they go, the layout,

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and with the lay of the land, they really need to work with that angle.

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So, tilting these on their side,

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and kind of playing around with their form,

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kind of takes them away from being a veg bed, a traditional veg bed,

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and much more like a bit of sculpture, or a bit of art.

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One of the key issues with a large garden is that small features just

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disappear. Big pieces of sculpture can cost a fortune,

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but these concrete silos will make a big impact

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without blowing the budget.

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Perfect.

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What's great about these is they're a really cheap bit of sculpture.

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-So these ones would be about £60?

-Yeah, about £60.

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-And the bigger one, a little bit more?

-Just over £70.

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So they're really interesting, really cheap,

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and with a lick of paint, they'll look really cool.

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One of the benefits of Chris and Kerry's plot

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is that there are a number of mature trees dotted throughout it.

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And they're all in good condition.

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Except for this one.

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The boys want it out

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and because they're busy designing,

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they've delegated the job of telling Kerry to Charlie.

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Kerry, do you have much love for this tree?

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No, I feel sorry for the poor thing.

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It's obviously got a few problems in life.

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This bark's come off here and round there,

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so it's just going to keep dying back.

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-I see you've been cutting the dead stuff out.

-Yeah.

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But it's just going to keep doing that.

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So, we were thinking of doing a bit of up-cycling with it.

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-Andy, have you got your chainsaw handy, mate?

-I have.

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Stand back.

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If you want to cut down a tree in your garden,

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do double-check with your local authority that the tree

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doesn't have a preservation order

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and, if possible, cut it down out of the nesting season.

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I want you to go now.

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Bye-bye, bye-bye.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the garden,

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the concrete silos are still not right.

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Perfectionists Harry and David are happy with the location,

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but now they aren't quite at the right angle.

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Which way are you going to tilt this one?

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That one we want to be kind of across.

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-Yeah.

-That one just down, but slightly on angle,

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and that one, maybe just straight down.

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So all I'm doing is marking the spade around the planter

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while it's in place, so, then, when we move it,

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we can quickly dig out the soil, and then put it down on its tilt.

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These are very heavy blocks of concrete,

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so if you're going to buy something similar, you might need some muscle.

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With the boys' backs turned,

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Charlie's got an idea of how she can recycle the old tree to make a new

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feature in the garden. But first, she needs some evenly-cut logs.

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It's no good running away, Andy.

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Are these metric two-feets, are they(?)

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-Erm, yes.

-Boy's two foot(!)

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Yes!

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SHE TUTS AND LAUGHS

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Just take a little bit out.

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-Good man.

-OK.

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-I've got it, I've got it.

-Go, go, go...

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Just shove. Just going in.

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Perfect.

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But just as things are going well,

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the weather takes a turn for the worse,

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which is not good news for the boys' feature walls.

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Before they can be painted orange,

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they need to be bone-dry.

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So Harry's moving on to the flower beds.

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The one thing I can get on with is actually marking out these beds,

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and these are all straight lines, but the beds are all curvy.

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Creating large flower beds is a simple way

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to break up the long lines of a rectangular plot,

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and curved beds work against the straight shape of the plot,

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drawing the eye away from the boundaries.

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But for real impact, a stunningly planted large bed

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in the middle of the garden creates drama.

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Not only does it break up an expanse of lawn,

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it creates twists and turns

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that entice you to explore the garden further.

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Before you start cutting your lawn,

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it's a good idea to use a specialist garden marking spray to mark out

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exactly where you want your curved beds to go.

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Yeah, looks great.

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-Really nice.

-I actually love the way you've got these two walls.

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They're quite kind of powerful, aren't they? They do hold the space.

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-Then, within it, we've got these lovely, curved lines.

-Yeah.

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But the boys are taking a risk,

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adding such big beds on a limited budget.

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They'll need a lot of plants to fill them, and plants cost money.

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So Charlie's helping them out.

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She's come up with an idea for a raised central bed,

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and the boys have given her the green light,

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because it costs nothing.

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She's already got her logs,

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and now she's recycling the turf from the other flower beds.

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So, we're not taking out the trunk, just cut it down to grass level.

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I'm going to stack some turf around, just to give a bit of a mound,

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we are going to put some logs round it, a bit more soil,

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and then a few more bits of log as well.

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So it goes in like a sandwich layer.

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Further up the garden is a huge pile of soil

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left over from when the house extension took place.

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To save money, David's planning to use it to create

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the next big planting bed.

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Some people would see a big,

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brown pile of soil in their garden as a big negative,

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but we see it as a massive positive.

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Although it's a lot of soil to shift by hand and by barrow,

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it's going to add a lot to this garden

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and it's going to help increase that wild, natural look

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by playing with the contours and the relief of the existing ground.

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So, just by marking out a few nice curves along the ground...

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..and then filling in with soil...

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..it will really help to give shape to the garden.

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We're bringing that soil down here,

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and we're going to follow the curves that I've just drawn.

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Once the beds are planted, the grass will grow through,

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creating a natural meadow.

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The build may be progressing

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but the rain has now gone from drizzle to downpour,

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turning the middle of the garden from a grass path to a trench.

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It's a bit like a ski slope here.

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SHE LAUGHS

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So, I reckon I need about three more barrow loads.

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Charlie's using the recycled logs as a wall

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and banking the soil against it.

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But the first plant going in isn't a flower.

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So I've got this. These are spores of mushrooms,

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edible mushrooms, and we're basically impregnating the logs with them.

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So cardboard goes down on top of the logs...

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Now, it does say that you should wet the cardboard,

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but the rain's doing that for us very nicely.

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And that's going to act like a seedbed for the mushrooms,

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and then the roots can get down into the rotting logs.

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They're not going to get loads and loads of mushrooms the first year.

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It'll take about three years for them, really, to get going.

0:23:410:23:45

I'm just going to sprinkle that over.

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Spores are to mushrooms as seeds are to the plant.

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In a damp, well-ventilated area like this,

0:23:520:23:55

they'll happily sprout for years.

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This added feature by Charlie should be a hit with Kerry and Chris,

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as they're keen for their children

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to get involved with the nature around them.

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So this will be a great area for the children to go on a mini-beast hunt,

0:24:080:24:13

because beetles and woodlice and lots of insects love piles of wood.

0:24:130:24:20

I mean, look, we've even got some already.

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There's some lice in here.

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So it's a great place for them to come hunting for bugs.

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And if you get insects in the garden,

0:24:280:24:31

you're going to get lots and lots of birds as well.

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Charlie may be doing it on the cheap,

0:24:340:24:37

but it's the front of the garden

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where the boys have invested a lot of the £2,000 budget.

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This is always our favourite part of planting up the garden

0:24:470:24:50

because we've got the structure here, ready,

0:24:500:24:52

and now we're going to go and plant.

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You've really got to think about longevity within a planting scheme.

0:24:550:24:58

It's really easy to just go down to the nursery and pick things up that

0:24:580:25:01

are looking great now, but it's really important, you've got to look to the future.

0:25:010:25:05

You've got to plant a scheme that's going to give you lots of interest all the way through the year.

0:25:050:25:09

They're concentrating most of the planting

0:25:120:25:14

in the two beds visible from the extension window.

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When laying out a bed,

0:25:240:25:26

the first thing I do is think about the structural plants that are going

0:25:260:25:29

to be key plants within this border.

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For me, this time, it's molinia.

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That's a lovely grass, which is going to look incredible all the way through the season.

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In this instance, the molinia will give this lovely structure and height.

0:25:380:25:41

And when you're starting the border,

0:25:410:25:43

I think height is the most important thing.

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Molinia or purple moor grass, can grow a metre high,

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and will contrast beautifully with the wall.

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To make the budget work, and with such large beds to fill,

0:25:530:25:57

the boys have invested in a large number of young plants,

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rather than a small number of full-grown specimens.

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They may not look spectacular now,

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but will eventually fill the space and provide colour all year round.

0:26:060:26:10

We've got a lovely selection. As you can see, some things are kind of out like the lavender,

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and then some things like the persicaria and asters aren't out yet,

0:26:160:26:19

but it's going to give a lovely floral display.

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By contrast to the contemporary planting by the walls,

0:26:270:26:30

Charlie's finishing off her raised bed with an informal mix of wild

0:26:300:26:34

flowers and ferns.

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So we've got lots of wild flowers that will do well growing through grass,

0:26:380:26:43

and will self-seed.

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All the primroses and violets will spread

0:26:440:26:47

quite naturally and they'll just

0:26:470:26:50

keep propagating on in the long grass.

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And look beautiful in the spring.

0:26:540:26:56

But the wet weather is taking its toll on the troops.

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How goes it in the veggie patch, then, David?

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I'm going to put a complaint in to the bosses.

0:27:040:27:08

-Ah.

-This wet weather, this liquid sunshine, I'm not keen on.

0:27:080:27:11

Well, complain all you like, boss ain't listening.

0:27:130:27:16

Let's think of our plants rather than ourselves.

0:27:160:27:18

One of the key elements of the Rich Brothers' design that won over Kerry

0:27:210:27:25

and Chris was the foraging area at the top end of the garden.

0:27:250:27:29

And David's creating a copse of fruit bushes.

0:27:290:27:32

So we've got four fruit shrubs here at the moment.

0:27:340:27:37

We've got blackcurrant, blueberry, gooseberry and loganberry.

0:27:370:27:42

Lots of berries. And at the moment I'm just going to, like, kind of range them out in a

0:27:420:27:46

natural kind of fashion, really.

0:27:460:27:48

Not really thinking too much about where they go.

0:27:480:27:50

Just giving it a natural kind of...

0:27:500:27:53

Natural look, so that when you journey through the garden, you can pick all the different ones.

0:27:530:27:58

April is the ideal time for planting the shrubs.

0:27:580:28:02

And, kept in a sunny spot and properly cared for,

0:28:020:28:05

they'll be fruiting from midsummer.

0:28:050:28:07

Charlie's foraging, too, but not for berries.

0:28:070:28:10

Having won over the boys with her raised bed,

0:28:100:28:13

they've now given her another challenge.

0:28:130:28:15

It's lovely that the garden backs out onto the countryside.

0:28:180:28:21

It sort of gives you views, and also

0:28:210:28:24

the wildlife can easily get into the garden.

0:28:240:28:27

And I'm on a bit of a collection of materials.

0:28:270:28:30

I have a little plan for these cow parsley stems.

0:28:300:28:34

One thing Kerry and Chris were very keen on was to encourage wildlife into the garden.

0:28:350:28:40

And Charlie's come up with another low-cost idea,

0:28:400:28:44

using old clay drainpipes.

0:28:440:28:46

Ha! Just right.

0:28:460:28:48

So these are old clay land drains.

0:28:490:28:53

And, back hundreds of years ago, when I was at college,

0:28:530:28:58

we actually had a lesson on how to lay them.

0:28:580:29:00

But I'm using them to make some bug hotels.

0:29:000:29:03

So I'm basically stuffing them with, these are the prunings of the hedge,

0:29:030:29:07

which Chris has cut down, and then some with soil,

0:29:070:29:11

and then some with the canes off the raspberries.

0:29:110:29:14

These will make lots of different environments for insects to crawl into.

0:29:140:29:19

And this is cow parsley, the old stems,

0:29:190:29:22

which I collected from outside.

0:29:220:29:25

They're hollow, so absolutely ideal, and I think they look quite good.

0:29:250:29:29

In an average garden, there can be over 2,000 species of insect.

0:29:310:29:36

And one of the best ways to attract them is with a bug hotel.

0:29:360:29:40

Whether it's giant, circular gabions filled with stones,

0:29:400:29:43

bottles and earth for attracting creepy crawlies...

0:29:430:29:46

..a stumpery planted with ferns which stag beetles love,

0:29:470:29:50

or insect apartments with tubes for solitary bees,

0:29:500:29:56

the right environment will have your garden buzzing with nature in no time.

0:29:560:30:00

Charlie's keen for boss man David's approval.

0:30:030:30:06

Hi, Charlie, what's going on here?

0:30:060:30:08

Look, do you not like these?

0:30:080:30:09

These are amazing.

0:30:090:30:11

-They look great, don't they?

-I love them. They look really cool.

-They almost look like a bit of art.

0:30:110:30:15

-They're amazing. They're kind of like the logs.

-Yeah. Where do you want them to go?

0:30:150:30:18

Well...

0:30:180:30:19

Maybe underneath the tree there.

0:30:210:30:24

Just in front of the log, maybe.

0:30:240:30:26

-All right.

-It's a nice little habitat.

-I quite like this, as well.

0:30:260:30:29

-Just sticking up like that.

-Just stuck up like that.

0:30:290:30:31

-Like an outside vase.

-Yeah.

0:30:310:30:33

-How do you feel about that?

-No, perhaps not.

0:30:340:30:37

Another key requirement in this garden is that it helps the family

0:30:470:30:51

become more self-sufficient.

0:30:510:30:53

And there's plenty of growing room in Harry and David's concrete planters.

0:30:530:30:57

All right, Paul, we've got the veg for us to plant up now.

0:30:570:31:01

What are we starting with?

0:31:010:31:02

Well, we've got some fantastic courgettes here.

0:31:020:31:06

-This is a lovely yellow one.

-Nice. The yellow will look nice

0:31:060:31:08

-against the orange, won't it?

-It's going to be absolutely superb.

0:31:080:31:11

Obviously, it's very small at the moment but, in a few months' time,

0:31:110:31:14

it's going to have huge, great big leaves on it and it will be trailing

0:31:140:31:17

over the side and, hopefully, the fruit will really look fantastic.

0:31:170:31:21

So it's a good idea to plant them on the outside of things, so they don't swarm the rest of the veg.

0:31:210:31:26

It is, really. They're going to get very big indeed, yeah.

0:31:260:31:28

So they need to go just about there.

0:31:280:31:31

Nice. And then we've got some carrots.

0:31:310:31:34

We've got some lovely carrots here.

0:31:340:31:36

Obviously, we've got a really deep container, as well, so the carrots,

0:31:360:31:39

hopefully we'll get some really long carrots.

0:31:390:31:41

Show-winning carrots!

0:31:410:31:43

Can't guarantee they're going to get all the way down to the bottom,

0:31:430:31:46

-but...

-It's going to love its little home there.

0:31:460:31:48

Yes, so I think they'll enjoy that in there.

0:31:480:31:51

David's companion planting -

0:31:520:31:55

adding vegetable plants that will help protect their neighbours in the

0:31:550:31:58

same container.

0:31:580:31:59

What do I smell there?

0:31:590:32:01

-Oh, garlic!

-Oh, garlic.

-We've got garlic here as well.

0:32:010:32:04

Yes, that's right.

0:32:040:32:05

Garlic's great, and it attracts the hover fly, and that's great again with the pests.

0:32:050:32:10

That'll really look after the rest of the crops, hopefully.

0:32:100:32:13

Yeah, right.

0:32:130:32:14

We've got these beautiful beetroot here.

0:32:140:32:16

What's so nice about the beetroot is they've got a lovely foliage and a deep,

0:32:160:32:20

red-veined stem, as well, so this will link with the garden theme.

0:32:200:32:23

And what's so nice about this is, it's just experimental. It's great for the kids to get involved.

0:32:230:32:27

They can pile up different vegetables.

0:32:270:32:29

They can change them up each year. They can bring in herbs.

0:32:290:32:32

And it's just the chance for them to really discover and explore gardening, really.

0:32:320:32:37

Whilst David enjoys the relatively clean job of

0:32:370:32:40

vegetable planting,

0:32:400:32:42

poor old under-gardener Charlie is battling the mud again.

0:32:420:32:45

The boys have given her the glamorous job of planting the fruit bushes.

0:32:450:32:49

Now, the boys want this to be long grass

0:32:510:32:53

with some nice gooseberries in.

0:32:530:32:56

Now, we want the gooseberry bushes to actually establish properly.

0:32:560:33:00

So I'm taking out a big circle of grass.

0:33:000:33:03

That way, the grass won't take the nutrients and moisture away from the

0:33:030:33:07

bush as it's rooting down.

0:33:070:33:10

Once it's mature, so after two or three years,

0:33:100:33:12

it doesn't matter if the grass does grow back underneath it.

0:33:120:33:16

They do say that, if you leave the grass there,

0:33:180:33:22

it reduces the growth of the plant by up to a third.

0:33:220:33:26

So if you have got a big apple tree and you want to slow its growth down,

0:33:260:33:30

leave the grass right up to the trunk.

0:33:300:33:31

The rain has finally let up,

0:33:360:33:38

which means that the concrete vegetable containers can at last be painted.

0:33:380:33:42

The boys are using orange, partly to make them stand out as a feature,

0:33:450:33:49

but also as a vibrant backdrop to the planting.

0:33:490:33:51

Using colour in hard landscaping is a great way to create different

0:33:560:34:01

effects with plants.

0:34:010:34:02

In south-east London, the Greenwood Theatre,

0:34:020:34:05

part of King's College London,

0:34:050:34:07

is now a landmark because of its vibrant exterior and urban garden.

0:34:070:34:12

The garden was commissioned by Adolfo Harrison from Cityscapes Design.

0:34:120:34:17

I think in London, whenever anybody uses colour, it's because they've got something to say.

0:34:170:34:21

It's not something we associate with these grey, busy, urban streets.

0:34:210:34:24

This was always going to be a challenging site at the best of times. It's very loud, very busy.

0:34:260:34:31

There's a lot of architecture going around.

0:34:310:34:33

And, before, it just got lost.

0:34:330:34:35

The colour allows us to compete with that.

0:34:350:34:37

All of sudden it gave the building the confidence that you would expect from a theatre.

0:34:370:34:40

The bold use of orange,

0:34:450:34:46

pink and blue not only allows the building to make a statement, it also

0:34:460:34:51

has a dramatic affect on the garden that surrounds it.

0:34:510:34:54

There's this whole world of plants that, as garden designers,

0:34:540:34:58

we don't necessarily use, because they might not be fashionable.

0:34:580:35:00

Plants which some of us might think are gaudy, sometimes. Here,

0:35:000:35:04

they become stars, they really do.

0:35:040:35:07

What could be just an ordinary hanging basket

0:35:070:35:10

has become an interesting focal point.

0:35:100:35:13

And evergreens and trees that would fade against grey,

0:35:130:35:16

make a bold silhouette against the vibrant colours.

0:35:160:35:20

One of the successes of this garden has been

0:35:230:35:26

how it doesn't matter what the weather is,

0:35:260:35:29

whether there are clouds, whether it's morning or evening,

0:35:290:35:32

the colours are always working, but they're always changing as well.

0:35:320:35:35

So, yes, it's lovely when it's bright and sunny

0:35:350:35:38

and it looks spectacular.

0:35:380:35:39

But even on those grey days, it really does cheer people up.

0:35:390:35:42

It's really quite surprising.

0:35:420:35:44

Back in Pontefract, the rain may have passed,

0:35:500:35:53

but Kerry and Chris's garden is looking rather soggy.

0:35:530:35:56

And so are the team. But they're battling on.

0:35:580:36:01

In the boys' design,

0:36:070:36:09

the middle part of the garden is defined by a path mowed through tall

0:36:090:36:12

grass, adding to the wild, natural look.

0:36:120:36:15

The grass may be sodden

0:36:190:36:21

and not exactly meadow height, but David's creating a guideline which

0:36:210:36:25

Chris can follow when the ground dries out.

0:36:250:36:27

With the containers done and the fruit shrubs in,

0:36:330:36:36

it's all hands on deck to finish the feature beds between the walls.

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You've got lots in there.

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Amongst the plant choices, are wildlife-friendly varieties that the

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boys are hoping will bring the sound of bees and butterflies to the garden.

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Here I've got scabious, and this is great for butterflies.

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It's one of the best plants.

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They love it. It's got a nice flower at the moment,

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so if you are really bringing in the wildlife, it's a key plant.

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Colour and access are the keys to planting for wildlife.

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Purple is one of the colours bees can see.

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So Lamiums,

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Alliums and sea holly are all favourites.

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They also prefer single or tubular flowers,

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as the nectar is easier to get to.

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Planting flowers like foxgloves

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and Geums

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will have them buzzing around your borders in no time.

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Got two butterflies in this bed.

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The boys are clearly happy with the way the garden's turned out.

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-Charlie, we've got these here, the Heucheras.

-Oh, right.

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Let me just check them. The white cloud.

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Do they plant themselves?

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Yeah, they'll jump right out, wiggle in, job done.

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But after planting all the fruit trees

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and a raised bed, AND building a bug hotel,

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the under-gardener has finally had enough.

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I'm just muddy now and look like I've got really greasy hair,

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but the garden's looking nice.

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This garden build has been a battle against the elements.

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We've had sun, we've had snow and an awful lot of rain.

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But as the very last plants go in,

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Kerry and Chris's huge garden is finally finished.

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For £2,000,

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it was never going to be possible to

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completely transform this 50-metre plot.

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Particularly in the driving rain.

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But thanks to Harry and David's design,

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it's now well on its way to being the wildlife-friendly,

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grow-your-own garden Kerry and Chris dreamed of.

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With such a large space to deal with,

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the Rich brothers and their team have had to make every penny count.

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But will the couple feel it's a big enough transformation?

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OK, guys, well...

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-Are you ready?

-Think so.

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Yeah.

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She looks all-excited already, and she's still got her eyes closed!

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Open your eyes.

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Wow!

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I can't believe how much you've got done.

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-Can we go and explore?

-Definitely, yeah.

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Chris, do you like the sort of curves of the lawn?

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Yes, it's brilliant. It really does go on a journey,

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like you described to us when you showed us the plans.

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It sort of curves, and then a straight line there.

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Oh, she does like it.

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She's very smiley.

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So, will some of these grow as tall

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as the wall, with the lovely orange wall...?

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Yes, so, like the Astrantias and the grasses and things.

0:39:420:39:45

-Gorgeous.

-Looks like something's caught your eye over there, Chris.

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-I'll go and have a look at that.

-Yeah, definitely.

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-Come on.

-I'm really excited to get up here and have a look and see what

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we've got. Obviously, I'm loving the colour.

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-She likes the orange.

-This is your own little bit of sculpture here.

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Each one has different things in it. So this is herbs, rosemary, thyme.

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We've got our veg, we've got broad beans,

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and then we've got beetroot and some cabbage.

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Over here, we've got some courgettes, they're yellow.

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Courgettes... So when they cascade over, it'll match and mix with the whole

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scheme, so that's really cool.

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The kids are going to love these, definitely.

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A bit more fun, isn't it? Bit more playful.

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-It's a different way of having the...

-It's a great idea.

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OK, guys, will we go and check out the rest of the garden?

0:40:210:40:24

-Yeah.

-This is the start of the wild part of the garden.

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It gets more intriguing, the more you walk up.

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-This is where we'll be able to go foraging?

-Yes, exactly.

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You've got your blueberries there, gooseberries, blackcurrant,

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and then some loganberry bushes over there.

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And then we used the kind of old stumps.

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This looks absolutely gorgeous.

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This is Charlie's dab hand.

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I love it. It's quite sculptural, as well.

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-In a natural way.

-Still smiling.

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Charlie's also planted loads of kind of British native plants,

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so we've got our snake's heads, we've got the Primulas, Violas,

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and then some ferns as well.

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They'll just self-seed and you'll have more and more and more?

0:40:540:40:57

-Yeah, yeah, exactly.

-Gorgeous.

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And then this is what we've done with the pile of earth

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that was just a kind of useless mound.

0:41:010:41:04

-Yes.

-We've just created a little bit more contour,

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and when the grass is a lot taller,

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it's really going to define the shapes.

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Makes you feel like you're on a kind of nature walk.

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So, do you feel that this garden has achieved the brief?

0:41:120:41:15

-Absolutely, yeah.

-Brilliant.

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And it's kind of solved my problems of not knowing where to start

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with something this size, and what to do. So...yeah, amazing.

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Thank you so much.

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-It's been a pleasure.

-It's gorgeous.

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It's a miracle transformation.

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We're lucky we've got a good team, plenty of wheelbarrows,

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plenty of willing people. Amazing.

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The boys are relieved that Kerry and Chris feel they've got

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their money's worth.

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And just a few weeks later, the sun is shining

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and the garden is already coming into its own.

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The concrete walls have finally been painted, creating a dramatic

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retro-inspired entrance to the garden, all for just £350.

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Using giant concrete cylinders

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enabled the boys to create a bold statement in a large garden.

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And will be bursting with vegetables and herbs come the summer.

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Not bad for under £200.

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But even cheaper is Charlie's bug hotel.

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Made from recycled materials from the back of the garden,

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it's a haven for creepy-crawlies.

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Harry and David opted to invest in younger plants to fill more of the plot.

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£70 got them six young fruit bushes that will grow to fill the

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upper part of the garden and enable the family to forage to their

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heart's content. Which left over half the budget to spend on flowering perennials,

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which are already establishing, and will create two colour-filled

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statement flowerbeds for Kerry and Chris to enjoy from the window

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of their new garden extension.

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Looking as quirky and different and exciting as it does, it's brilliant.

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Once the grass starts growing that little bit and they mow their paths,

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that will instantly make a massive difference, won't it?

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You won't get me out of this garden now.

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