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With her can-do attitude, love of simple gardens | 0:00:03 | 0:00:06 | |
and decades of experience... Hello! | 0:00:06 | 0:00:08 | |
..Charlie Dimmock is one of Britain's best-loved gardeners. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:12 | |
Looking good, boys! | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
But the new kids on the gardening block are the Rich brothers. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:18 | |
We want to be the brothers | 0:00:18 | 0:00:19 | |
that change people's perceptions of gardens. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
Winners of multiple medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, | 0:00:21 | 0:00:26 | |
the boys have become known for their dramatic outdoor spaces. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:32 | |
Now, these two different generations of gardening are going head-to-head. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:36 | |
I know they've got a gold medal, but I can come up with a few ideas. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
They're meeting frustrated garden owners across the country... | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
The photos made it look tiny. It is, isn't it? | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
I'm sure you've seen larger. I don't know what to do with it. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
..and will each pitch them a design based on their needs... Wow! | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
..and budget. That looks really exciting. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
It doesn't look like it could be our garden. The winner... | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
Hey! Ta-dah! | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
- ALL: Whoo! - ..brings their design to life. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
Hold on, hold on! Sweet as a nut. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
And the loser has to help them build it. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
Oh, I'm getting irritated now with faffing around... | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
This is what happens... Does he ever get irritating? All the time. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
..when different styles collide... | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
Who chose these? One, two, three... | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
This looks like your design. Yeah! | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
..to turn garden dreams into reality. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
Wow! Open your eyes. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
Wow! | 0:01:30 | 0:01:31 | |
It's amazing. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
It's beautiful. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:34 | |
Today, Charlie and the Rich brothers will be competing over | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
a garden that, to its owners, is more than just an outdoor space. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:47 | |
This application's from Andy and Angela. Family home. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
They've lived there 20 years, | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
lots of happy memories of the children growing up there. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
They look like a lovely couple, | 0:01:55 | 0:01:56 | |
don't they? Some nice big smiles. Yeah. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
Retired police officer Andy and his wife Angela | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
live in Worcestershire with their dog Rudy. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
Their grown-up daughter Kelly lives close by. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
Well, looking at the garden, I think | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
it could do with a little bit of something. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
Yeah. I think we've lost the inspiration a little bit. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
Both Kelly and their elder son John grew up in this garden, | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
but two years ago, after a long battle with illness, | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
John died tragically at the age of 26. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
And since then, Mum and Dad haven't had the heart to stay on top of it. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
They've sort of lost their motivation in the garden, | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
so they want us to go in and help them be | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
re-motivated to enjoy the garden again. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
What we want to do is to bring a bit of happiness into the garden again, | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
because we've always had happy times here. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
So... | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
This time, I think we want to do it for us and our daughter, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
and it would just be lovely to have the garden looking nice. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:02 | |
Right now, the garden has a featureless lawn, | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
with an ugly concrete path that leads down to | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
a prominent row of sheds. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
It's going to be kind of easy for us to create something quite special. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
Yeah. There's loads of opportunities, isn't there? Yeah. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
I think it'll cheer us up, for a start. Mmm. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
It'll give us something to look at when we come down, apart from grass. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
ANGELA CHUCKLES | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
The couple would also like the garden to reflect the happy times | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
they all spent here as a family. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
They would love to put in a bit of a garden that sort of | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
brings back lots of happy memories of their son. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:42 | |
Just somewhere where you can just reflect | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
and celebrate his life, which would be lovely. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
He just loved the garden as well and he used to like his apple pies, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
didn't he, as well? Which my mum used to make him. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
With the garden meaning so much to them, | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
they're not skimping on the budget. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
?5,000 is going to come out of my pension, | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
that I've saved all my life for. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
Budget-wise, quite good, ?5,000, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
although, you know, it's quite a large garden. Yeah. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
By rights, we should be able to give them something really special. Yeah. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
Yeah. Yeah? Definitely. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
This is a unique challenge for Charlie and the boys, | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
and they will now go head-to-head and compete for the chance to create | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
the garden of Andy and Angela's dreams. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
They each have to come up with a design for the couple's garden | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
that will work within their budget. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
Andy and Angela will then choose a winner | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
and the loser will have to help the winner build the garden. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:40 | |
Now the designers are travelling to Worcester to make their pitch. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
But whose design will the couple go for? | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
Charlie, with her wealth of experience... | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
or the Rich brothers, known for their clean, contemporary look? | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
Right... | 0:04:53 | 0:04:54 | |
It's split up into two kind of styles. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
One a bit more modern and one a bit more traditional and soft. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
This area here is the more contemporary, more modern. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
So it's got a linear avenue, broken up by these pockets of planting. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
It's got a beautiful avenue of apple trees. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
The boys have picked up that Angela wanted | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
some fruit trees in the garden. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
This is a gravel path edged with paviors. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:21 | |
And then, down the bottom here, I've got a seating area with evergreens. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
So it's always going to look attractive. Yeah. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
And it will draw you down the garden. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
Both designers have incorporated a peaceful area to sit and reflect. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:36 | |
That leads you down to this really nice, | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
quite contemporary seating space. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
You'd be walking down into the tree canopy and then you can just turn | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
right into the nice little spot where you can sit down and relax. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
Is that my shed at the top? At the top. Yes. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
Yeah. We thought that was the best man cave we've ever seen, | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
so you don't want to get rid of that. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
Charlie has remembered Angela would like some shade across the path. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:58 | |
And this is a pergola area to screen the shed. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
So, it's very simple pergola. We've got clipped yew | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
and then we've got climbers going up over the pergola. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
With the planting, we wanted to keep it quite vibrant and uplifting. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
So, it's a space to really enjoy. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:14 | |
Yeah. And it's the feeling that it conjures up. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
I feel calm just looking at it now. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:18 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
Andy and Angela were clear they wanted the focal point of the garden | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
to be a memorial for their son John. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
I was thinking of something like a pedestal with a solar light on | 0:06:26 | 0:06:32 | |
that automatically comes on and, if we planted a lot of scented plants | 0:06:32 | 0:06:37 | |
along there as you walk down to that area, | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
you'd get all the smells of lavender and maybe rosemary. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:45 | |
What we wanted to do was give | 0:06:45 | 0:06:46 | |
this lovely focal magnolia tree to symbolise John. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
And it gives you this lovely little space | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
where it's going to be dappled, you'll be underneath it. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
You can see it change, you know, it'll come into flower. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
And it really just creates this lovely little atmosphere, really. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
The pitch is over. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:02 | |
It's now up to Andy and Angela to decide | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
how to spend their ?5,000. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
Will they go for Charlie's winding path | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
and scented planting to commemorate their son's life... | 0:07:10 | 0:07:14 | |
..which I think... | 0:07:14 | 0:07:15 | |
..or for the Rich brothers' avenue of apple trees, | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
and feature magnolia as a memorial to John? | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
Especially the seating area, which I really like. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
Hello. Hi, guys. Hey. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
Hello, there. We've made our | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
decision. I have to say, you've captured a lot of elements | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
that we were after in our garden. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
But our decision is... | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
THEY ALL CHEER | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
Amazing. Awesome. Oh, thank you very much. Oh, brilliant. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
What made you choose our design? | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
Well, we thought it was what we're looking for | 0:07:47 | 0:07:52 | |
in a contemplative area. Brilliant. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
We love trees. So, any trees are good. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
But it was so hard, because Charlie captured us as people. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:06 | |
I think that shows how much gardens can really give. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
Because there are so many elements to a garden, like you've said. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
There's personal journeys, | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
there's moods and atmospheres and spirit, so... | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
I hope those are tears of happiness for a beautiful garden. They are! | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
It's just going to make a big change to us. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
To be in the garden. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
Yeah, it will be a really special place to be. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
But it was a really hard decision. We didn't say it would be easy. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
Well, no. I know. Hopefully, the build will be nice and easy. Yes! | 0:08:31 | 0:08:36 | |
It's clear just how much this garden means to Andy and Angela. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:40 | |
The boys may have won, | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
but all three of them will need to pull together to build something | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
that honours John's memory and helps this couple look to the future. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
It's day one of the build. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:57 | |
While Harry and David are finessing their planting plans off site, | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
they've sent in project manager Paul and landscapers Andy and Lee | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
to start marking out the garden. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
The first big challenge is that the boys' design has the new path | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
in a slightly different place to the existing one. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
In reality, this path actually runs at an angle, | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
so, in order for this to look like it does on a plan, | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
we've got to change the angle of that path | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
and square it up towards the shed. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:27 | |
So, rather than just put a new path in the lines of the old one, | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
it all has to be re-marked. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
And because all parts of | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
the Rich brothers' design work off each other, | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
before any new path can go in | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
the patio needs to be perfect. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
So the team take time to prepare the area | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
before the pale modern tiles are laid. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
Meanwhile, the plants have turned up, | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
the path has been marked out and then cut and edged with wood. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
The Rich brothers have now arrived | 0:09:58 | 0:10:00 | |
and are out front busy briefing Charlie on the task ahead. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
This garden's really got a lot of meaning behind it, hasn't it? | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
So I think it's important | 0:10:07 | 0:10:08 | |
we nail it. But it does put the pressure on you boys! I know. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
We're confident, aren't we? | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
They've got this lovely backdrop, | 0:10:13 | 0:10:14 | |
so it'll be really nice to, kind of, accentuate that, maybe, | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
with a little bit of planting. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
A little bit of planting? THEY LAUGH | 0:10:19 | 0:10:20 | |
Looks like a lot of planting to me! | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
Come on, then! Stop talking and get on with it! All right! | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
Come on! | 0:10:25 | 0:10:27 | |
The first task for Harry and David | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
is to mark out the garden's four new flower beds. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
Putting in such a long path means a lot of expos landscaping. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
So the boys want to flank it with large areas of planting. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
We've already got the terracing in the middle of the garden, | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
and, for us, it's key that all these beds run off that, | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
so all we're doing now is stringing up that main line. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:55 | |
That's going to create the avenue as you walk down. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
Then all the beds come off that, really, so we can start | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
creating the shapes and, you know, then we can start planting. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
But it's great using a string line, because, you know, you can adapt it | 0:11:03 | 0:11:07 | |
and change it without actually cementing anything onto the ground. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
With a five grand budget to play with, | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
the Rich brothers have invested in a lot of plants. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
But they want to re-use anything that Andy and Angela already | 0:11:16 | 0:11:20 | |
had in the garden, and Charlie's been put in charge of salvage. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
The boys want me to save as many plants from this border as possible, | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
and there's a couple of fuchsias that Angela really wants to save. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
I have to say they're a bit past their sell-by date. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
They've gone really, really woody. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
The other big problem is | 0:11:37 | 0:11:38 | |
there's lots of perennial weeds in this border, | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
so I'm going to have to pick over the plants really carefully, | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
cos there's lots of bindweed, potentilla, dandelions, | 0:11:44 | 0:11:50 | |
which have all got roots that will regenerate. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
If you chop them up and plant them, you'll just get more. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
SHE GRUNTS | 0:11:56 | 0:11:57 | |
So, the process is - get all the soil off... | 0:11:58 | 0:12:02 | |
..so that you don't transplant | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
any of the perennial weeds. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
And then I'm going to go and put that in the shade, | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
maybe with a bit of polythene over it | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
so that we can just plant it straight back in | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
and it doesn't dehydrate. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
Happy with the positioning of the flower beds, | 0:12:21 | 0:12:23 | |
it's time for David to unleash his secret weapon. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:27 | |
Watch out, men. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:28 | |
The turf cutter. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:30 | |
MOTOR HUMS | 0:12:30 | 0:12:31 | |
Using a turf cutter makes life a lot easier. I mean... | 0:12:33 | 0:12:35 | |
And it does it in a nice, clean strip as well, so when you're | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
making beds, it leaves that really crisp edge, which is quite good. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
You'd be looking at spending about ?50 a day on one of these, | 0:12:41 | 0:12:44 | |
but if you're doing a large area, | 0:12:44 | 0:12:46 | |
then I would definitely recommend using one of these. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
But it also helps to have your older brother following behind | 0:12:50 | 0:12:54 | |
to clear up the spoil. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
Meanwhile, Charlie is making progress with her salvage project. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
These aquilegia are just coming into flower, | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
so it's really not the best time of the year to transplant them. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
But it is a case of having to. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
So I've lifted them with as much soil on them as possible, | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
so the roots aren't disturbed. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:19 | |
And all that will happen is, if they do dry out a bit, | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
you will lose the flowers this year. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
But they'll be fine the following year. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
With such a lot of turf being lifted | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
to make the flower beds and meadow areas, | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
the boys have come up with a nifty plan to re-use it. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:39 | |
But it's not on the design, | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
so they need to get the green light from Andy and Angela. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
So, we've got this idea we need to run by you. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
OK. It's an idea of creating a hazel hurdle seat, like a turf seat. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:51 | |
I've never heard of that before. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:52 | |
You can see this is the hazel hurdle here. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
What we'd like to do, if it's OK with you guys, | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
is cut this in half | 0:13:58 | 0:14:00 | |
to create this hazel hurdle retaining seat. Right. And then, | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
because this soil's got quite a lot of weeds in it, we'd like | 0:14:04 | 0:14:06 | |
to keep it here rather than put it into the beds we've created. Lovely. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:10 | |
Run the turf over it, and that means you can sit down here | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
and have a completely different perspective on your garden. Lovely. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
Is that OK? Is that all right? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Brilliant. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
The plus of it all, because we're cutting it in half, | 0:14:20 | 0:14:22 | |
we get two! So, what we're going to do, not only have one here, | 0:14:22 | 0:14:25 | |
but we'll have one over there as well, are you happy with that? | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
Sounds a good idea. Really happy, thank you very much. Brilliant. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
That's how you keep the client happy. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
Give them something extra for nothing. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
Thank you very much. See you. Thank you. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:37 | |
It's great Angela and Andrew | 0:14:39 | 0:14:40 | |
are really happy with the hazel hurdle idea. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
It's going to make a really good addition to the garden. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
You see this more as a natural fencing, | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
but we're going to use it as a decorative face to a seat. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
It will retain some soil and turf | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
and create a really nice seat down the garden. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:54 | |
Woven hazel like this has been used for thousands of years | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
for fencing because of its strength and durability. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:04 | |
Yeah, as you can see, it's a real tight fit. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
It's a real craft to put it all together. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
It doesn't make it easy to get it apart. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:11 | |
Ah! Beautiful. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
With the patio finished, it's time for the magnolia tree to be planted. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:20 | |
It's like a blooming obstacle course around here. It'll be worth it. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
It'll be worth it when it's in place. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
This magnolia is called Merrill | 0:15:25 | 0:15:27 | |
and it has this beautiful open flower which is short-lived, | 0:15:27 | 0:15:31 | |
but really gives a statement at this time of year. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
Where are we going, Harry? | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
Down by there, shall we? About there? | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
Oh. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:38 | |
Not only will the magnolia add shade to the seating area, | 0:15:38 | 0:15:43 | |
it will stand as a memorial for Andy and Angela's son John. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
Nothing nicer than sitting next to a tree in blossom this time of year. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
It's got a nice habit, hasn't it? This shape is absolutely stunning. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
It's key, when you're choosing your tree at the nursery, | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
really think about the shape because | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
the tree's going to grow up in ten years' time. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:04 | |
If you can pick a nice shape now, | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
when it's mature, it's going to look so elegant and beautiful. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
Before planting a tree, tease the roots out | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
to give them a better chance of establishing once it's planted. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:15 | |
Are we ready? Yep. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
OK. Down we go. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:21 | |
Oh. Oh, look at that. Some could say that was perfect. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
It's like you've almost done that before! | 0:16:23 | 0:16:27 | |
HARRY LAUGHS | 0:16:27 | 0:16:28 | |
Let's get it in now. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
Magnolias thrive in moist soil | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
so they need frequent watering | 0:16:32 | 0:16:34 | |
to establish over the next two years. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
Meanwhile, the medieval turf seat is coming together | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
with the help of some 21st-century tools. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
Brilliant. I've just attached the half hurdle to some sturdy posts. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:50 | |
Now, all we've got to do is start backfilling. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
Getting the right height for the seat requires a lot of turf. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
And, with two to build, it's every man for himself. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
Oi! Oi, you! | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
Oh, Lee! CHARLIE LAUGHS | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
A turf stealer! | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
Now the path has been edged and a base layer added, | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
Harry's finishing it with a limestone bonded gravel | 0:17:10 | 0:17:13 | |
that will contrast nicely with the patio. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
We've already laid a couple of inches of hard-core | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
on the base of the path. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
We're now going to put the finishing 40ml of the gravel | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
which will give this lovely contemporary feel. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:30 | |
As the next key feature in the garden, | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
to add some formal elegance to the path, | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
the boys are creating an avenue of apple trees. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
Angela has fond memories of her son enjoying his grandma's apple pie. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:45 | |
These look gorgeous. They look awesome. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
Beautiful avenue trees. Yeah. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:52 | |
Ready? Yeah. Oh, that's quite relaxing. It is. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
Quite excited about getting these in. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
Well in. And then look at this. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
Wow, where's that going? In here. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:03 | |
It's going to create the avenue down the path. Shall we put it down? | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
About here, shall we? They're quite tall. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
Probably one in the middle and one down there, I'd say. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
This one's maybe in the middle. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
On the design, | 0:18:12 | 0:18:13 | |
these five apple trees will run in a line along the ten-metre path, | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
so it's all hands on deck to hold the trees in position | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
before perfectionists Harry and | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
David will agree to them being planted. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
Do we need to have that one at the end or do we put that one up here? | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
Have one in the middle and two there. One in the middle | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
and two where Charlie is. Then you block out that. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
I've got them. You come here. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
Yeah, give them a good old heave-ho. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:36 | |
Oh, that's nice. Loving that. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
Just in time. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
Because the heavens have opened. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
Get out of the rain! Get out. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
Lie them down! Ugh. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
Is your jumper anywhere? | 0:18:48 | 0:18:49 | |
Luckily, the rain doesn't last long and the team are soon back to work. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:59 | |
After lifting a lot of turf, | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
the hazel hurdle seats are nearly finished. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
You may think it looks a little bit high, | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
as you can see here, there's the hurdle. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
That's because the soil is going to compact down, | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
so we just want to give it an inch or two over that, | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
so that it stays higher than the hurdle. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
Can I just stay here now? | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
There's only a bit of planting to do! Ah! | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
It's the right height, isn't it? It's a nice seat height. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:23 | |
You always say, with seats, it's important not to have it too low | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
otherwise you're hunched up when you're sitting, | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
your knees are up by your chest. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
It's nice to have something a bit more perched, good for the posture. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
It will be a really lovely view down there. Yeah. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:36 | |
Right, I'm going to finish it off. Right. Hoy, got a slightly damp bum! | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
Whilst the landscapers plant the standard apple trees, | 0:19:44 | 0:19:48 | |
the boys are complementing them | 0:19:48 | 0:19:49 | |
with another traditional formal feature on the fence. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:53 | |
We've finished with these turf seats. What we're going to do | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
is plant these espaliered fruit trees in between them. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
Espalier, all it means is | 0:19:59 | 0:20:00 | |
that the tree has been manipulated to a framework. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:03 | |
This is perfect for taking advantage of vertical space like a boundary. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
These are beautiful, | 0:20:06 | 0:20:07 | |
so they link in with the rest of the fruit trees in the garden. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
They're great, because they add that nice bit of structure, | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
especially to a slightly boring boundary fence. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
What we're going to do with these ones, | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
we're going to leave them on their framework at the moment. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
But what we'd advise Andrew and Angela to do is string along | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
some wire or something the branches can grow across | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
and, hopefully over time, they will all link up together. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
This one here's a plum. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:31 | |
Hopefully over time, the branches will grow over the boundary, | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
so you can sit on your turf seat and eat some plums. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
The espalier technique, as the name suggests, | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
became popular in France in the Middle Ages. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
The ancient tradition continues and, in Britain, | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
some of the best examples can be found at West Dean Gardens | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
in Chichester. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
Here, a celebrated apple collection is housed in its walled garden. | 0:20:55 | 0:21:00 | |
'People have trained plants ever since people have been gardening.' | 0:21:00 | 0:21:04 | |
And there are a number of reasons to do it. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:06 | |
One, you could utilise spaces which wouldn't otherwise be utilised. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:11 | |
Two, it's a very productive way of growing fruit. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:15 | |
It's easily accessible, you can make the tree the size you want it to be. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:19 | |
Three, it's extremely attractive | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
and that's the principle reason why I love it. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
We've got examples of circular training. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
You can train them in S-shapes. You can train them as fans. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:34 | |
It's very pertinent | 0:21:34 | 0:21:35 | |
to the modern contemporary small gardens that most people have, | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
because you can actually grow fruit | 0:21:38 | 0:21:40 | |
in positions where you might not otherwise be able to grow it. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
Back in the garden, | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
the sun is now shining and with the hard landscaping complete, | 0:21:49 | 0:21:53 | |
the boys are adding curved | 0:21:53 | 0:21:54 | |
meadow areas to help soften the landscape. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
They've cleverly come up with a couple of different ways | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
to create a meadow. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:02 | |
So Harry and Charlie are each | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
planting different areas of the garden. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
Harry is laying 20m of pre-sown meadow lawn for an instant effect. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:14 | |
It's the same as kind of laying turf. Makes it very simple to do. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:22 | |
And, instead of having to lay seed, | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
it's really going to be this instant meadow | 0:22:25 | 0:22:29 | |
which is going to encourage wildlife, birds. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
It flowers right throughout the season. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
At the back of the garden, | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
Charlie is using a more traditional and cheaper method | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
to create a similar effect. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:43 | |
I'm going to create a meadow here from seed. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
It's a really good value way of doing it. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
Compared to, say, using meadow turf, | 0:22:49 | 0:22:52 | |
which is ?12 a square yard up to ?25 a square yard, | 0:22:52 | 0:22:56 | |
the seed that you can use is about 60p a square yard, | 0:22:56 | 0:23:00 | |
which is quite different. When you prepare the seed bed, | 0:23:00 | 0:23:05 | |
you need to rake it over, so you've got a nice tilth on the surface, | 0:23:05 | 0:23:09 | |
and remove the big stones and rubbly bits, | 0:23:09 | 0:23:15 | |
so that the seeds have a better chance of germinating. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
Meadow plants as well like quite a poor soil. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
So I'm going to add this gravel to the soil. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:26 | |
But the other thing is, when you come to sow the seeds, | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
that is 10g of seed in there. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
I have to spread that one gram a square metre. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
So I'm going to mix all the seed in with the gravel, | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
then spread the gravel and you can see where you're going. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
I'm just going to sprinkle it over, then give it a light rake as well. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
Charlie. Yeah? | 0:23:59 | 0:24:00 | |
How long will it take for it to establish? | 0:24:00 | 0:24:02 | |
You should start seeing some growth after two weeks quite happily. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:06 | |
And then, in a month-and-a-half's time, it should be out in flower. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
Yeah, it'll look lovely from up there. I know. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
It's looking good, looking good! It is, oh! | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
The boys have chosen nearly 200 plants to fill their new flowerbeds. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:22 | |
To help create the peaceful atmosphere | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
Andy and Angela were after, | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
the boys have chosen flowers that will provide colour and vitality. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:31 | |
120 grasses will soften the hard edges of the landscaping | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
and add gentle movement and texture. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
The sun is setting on the build. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
With the planting done, the last job of the day | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
is to compact the gravel on the path | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
to leave a smooth surface. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
Andy and Angela's garden was a flat and uninspiring large lawn | 0:25:03 | 0:25:07 | |
with Andy's sheds as the only feature. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
Now it's had a ?5,000 transformation. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:16 | |
The boys have broken up the large expanse of lawn | 0:25:18 | 0:25:21 | |
with a modern patio placed right in the middle. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
Perfect for socialising and relaxing, | 0:25:24 | 0:25:27 | |
the stone pavers came in at ?560. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
The couple were keen to get rid of their concrete slabs | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
and, in their place, the brothers have built | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
a cool and contemporary gravel path for ?350. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
Either side, the boys have placed five statuesque apple trees | 0:25:42 | 0:25:46 | |
that will transform the path into an elegant avenue | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
and spent just over ?1,300 on meadow lawn, | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
grasses and perennials. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:54 | |
David and Harry spent just ?60 on some dirt cheap seating | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
for the boundary made from hazel hurdles and leftover turf. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
And, finally, the most important thing for Andy and Angela | 0:26:06 | 0:26:10 | |
was to have a memorial for their son John. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
The boys spent ?240 on the couple's favourite tree, the magnolia, | 0:26:13 | 0:26:18 | |
that will provide beautiful blooms for many years. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:22 | |
It's time to find out if Harry and David, with Charlie and the team, | 0:26:27 | 0:26:31 | |
have delivered the garden Andy and Angela are hoping for. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:36 | |
Right, guys, I'd like you to open your eyes to your new garden. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
Oh, my Lord. Oh, my goodness! | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
Oh! THEY LAUGH | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
What do you think? It's lovely. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
Excellent. Oh, it's beautiful. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:52 | |
The seat. Yeah, there's the seats. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
Oh, my goodness, look at all that. And the trees. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
And the path! Yeah, got rid of the concrete path. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
Oh, my goodness. That's lovely. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
Bye-bye, concrete. DAVID LAUGHS | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
Happy to see that go? Thank goodness for that. Oh, yeah. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
There's lots of smiles. That's got to be a good sign, hasn't it? | 0:27:09 | 0:27:13 | |
What we've done is interplanted the grasses with lovely perennials. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
So, this summer, it's all going to come up | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
in this block planting. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
You'll get so much interest from here. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
Oh, it's lovely. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
Oh. I can't get over these seats. I can't. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
They are brilliant. Brilliant. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
And it's nice we can actually sit here | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
instead of on the patio all the time. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
Something a bit different for us, isn't it? | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
One important factor for us was to create this calming space. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:40 | |
Do you think it has that? Definitely. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
It's lovely. Beautiful. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:44 | |
There's a really nice view out of the kitchen as well, | 0:27:44 | 0:27:47 | |
the magnolia tree. I was going to say. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
A lot going on. Yeah, very. There is an awful lot. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:51 | |
It's beautiful all round there. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:53 | |
Are you getting emotional now? Just a little bit. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
Tears and smiles and laughter, | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 | |
that's got to be exactly what you want in a garden. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:02 | |
It's amazing to have been part of this with you guys, | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
I know it means a lot to you. It's been lovely. It's been really good. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:08 | |
It's been a pleasure having you. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
With so many happy family memories for the couple in this garden, | 0:28:11 | 0:28:15 | |
the pressure was immense for Harry and David | 0:28:15 | 0:28:17 | |
to get their new design just right. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:20 | |
Wow. Amazing. Lovely, especially the trees and the pathway. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:26 | |
I thought it was just lovely. A great improvement. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:29 | |
It's got its character back again, hasn't it? | 0:28:29 | 0:28:31 |