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With her can-do attitude, love of simple gardens and decades | 0:00:03 | 0:00:06 | |
of experience... Hello! ..Charlie Dimmock is one | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
of Britain's best-loved gardeners. Looking good, boys! | 0:00:09 | 0:00:13 | |
But the new kids on the gardening block are the Rich brothers. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
We want to be the brothers that change people's perceptions | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
of gardeners. Winners of multiple medals at the Chelsea Flower Show... | 0:00:20 | 0:00:24 | |
Oh, good turn! Amazing, isn't it? | 0:00:24 | 0:00:25 | |
..the boys have become known for their dramatic outdoor spaces. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:30 | |
Now, these two different generations of gardening are going head-to head. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:35 | |
I know they've got a gold medal, but I can ham up with a few ideas. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:39 | |
They are meeting frustrated garden owners across the country... | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
The photos made it look tiny. It is, isn't it? | 0:00:43 | 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 | 0:00:53 | |
..and budget. That looks really exciting. This doesn't look like | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
it could be our garden. The winner... Whoo! | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
ALL: Whoo! | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
..brings their design to life... Hold on, hold on! | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
Sweet as a nut! ..and the loser has to help them build it. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
Oh, I'm getting irritated now. We are, sort of, faffing around. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:11 | |
This is what happens... Does he ever get irritating? All the time. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
..when different styles collide... Who chose these? One, two, three... | 0:01:15 | 0:01:19 | |
This looks like your design. Yeah! | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
..to turn garden dreams into reality. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
Wow! Open your eyes. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:28 | |
Wow! Whoa! | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
It's amazing. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:31 | |
Oh! It's beautiful. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
It's time for Charlie and the Rich brothers to discover | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
whose garden they are going head-to-head over his time. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
We have just heard from this lovely couple in Lancashire, | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
Lorna and Luciano. He is from Sicily and has got two Italian restaurants. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
Luciano came to the UK 12 years ago and lives in Bolton, with his wife | 0:01:58 | 0:02:03 | |
Lorna and their two sons, Bruno and Rocco. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
We all met in this restaurant in which I used to be there - | 0:02:08 | 0:02:12 | |
restaurant manager in there. And I was working part time. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
That was about ten years ago? Yeah, was about ten years ago. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
They have just moved in to this house seven months ago | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
and finished modernising it. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:22 | |
But the garden has, kind of, been left. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
Well, it looks pretty cool, doesn't it? | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
There is gigantic hedge around, | 0:02:26 | 0:02:27 | |
which is nice and green, for a boundary. And the patio - | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
that looks in quite good condition. It doesn't look that bad! | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
I know what you mean. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
There's lots to like about this garden, and in theory, | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
with a little TLC, it could be lovely, but in practice, | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
it doesn't work for a family with two young children. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
There is a lot of stone. A lot of stone edges. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
We have got a five-year-old and a one-year-old. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
so it's like "Careful, don't run!" "Don't do this, don't do that." | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
And we don't want that. We want them to run free | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
without hurting themselves. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:56 | |
So, making the garden safe is a priority, | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
but that is not the only thing on their wish list. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
It would be good to have a nice barbie, a nice pizza oven, | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
and make out own dough and make our own pizza. Yeah. Proper. Yeah. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
That would be great. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:11 | |
At 70 square metres, this is a pretty big plot | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
and because it needs to be a kids' garden and an entertainment space, | 0:03:15 | 0:03:19 | |
the couple have saved hard to get what they want. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
Careful on the steps! | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
Quite a good budget on this one - | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
?6,500. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
Wow! That is big. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
Charlie and the Rich brothers now know the extent of the challenge | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
that faces them. They will now compete for the chance to makeover | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
Lorna and Luciano's garden. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
So, Charlie and the boys go head to head, | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
and each come up with a design that works within the family's budget. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
The couple will then have to choose a winner, | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
and whoever loses will have to help the winner build the garden. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:58 | |
It's the day of the pitch, | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
and Charlie and the brothers are in Bolton | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
to present their finished designs to Lorna and Luciano. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
Who will the couple go for? | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
Will it be Charlie with her practical approach and years of experience in creating family gardens? | 0:04:11 | 0:04:16 | |
Here we go. Wow. Wow. That looks amazing. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
Or will they be hoping that the boys, with their landscaping savvy, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
will create a space that ticks all their boxes? | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
Oh, wow. That looks good, eh? | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
Good first impressions. Good. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:31 | |
It all boils down to this - the pitch. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
We know that you needed a very family garden - | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
something that is really family-orientated - and what | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
we have done is split it subtly into two kind of spaces. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
You have got more of an adult-orientated area here | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
and then you have got the more child-friendly area at the back. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:49 | |
We want to use this original patio area at the top as your | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
al fresco area. Yes. You can have the little pizza oven, | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
so really encourage you to eat out and enjoy that aspect of the garden. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
That sounds amazing. So, this is half a garden for the grown-ups | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
and half for your children to use up all their energy. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
I have basically taken the wall out on the patio, the lower patio. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:12 | |
That way, it will make that patio seem bigger. And then, I want to | 0:05:12 | 0:05:16 | |
sweep the lawn up to this higher level... OK. ..which is going to be | 0:05:16 | 0:05:21 | |
the adults' area, with your pizza oven. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
Both designers have taken on board that Luciano's a dab hand | 0:05:26 | 0:05:30 | |
with the pizza dough and wants an entertainment space. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:35 | |
But Charlie is about to go one better and has included | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
some Mediterranean planting as a nod to Luciano's heritage. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
To get the Italian, sort of, feel to it, I have gone for | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
cypress trees - Italian cypress trees - that spiral round, following | 0:05:48 | 0:05:54 | |
the arc of the lawn round, up to this patio area. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
Oh, that's lovely. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
Not to be outdone, the boys have also chosen plants that will remind | 0:05:59 | 0:06:04 | |
Luciano of home - and will stand up to the rigour of two young boys. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:09 | |
We want to give you large drifts of lavender and this is, kind of, | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
going to give you this lovely, kind of, floral display in the summer, | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
but will give you nice, robust, kind of beds, so that Rocco and Bruno | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
can kick footballs in them and they are not going to mess up, | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
you know, all those beds. We have also got this avenue of olive trees | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
here, as well, so it's a really nice extended avenue that leads your eye | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
down the garden. Oh, I like that. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
The designers seem to be neck-and-neck, at this stage. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
But how will their gardens appeal to Bruno and Rocco? | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
This area down the bottom of the garden is going to be their area. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:46 | |
The entrance way is a tunnel, that they will have to crawl through. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:51 | |
That sounds amazing. I think I will play with it. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
ALL LAUGH | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
The back here is going to be the child-friendly area. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
We want to make it fun, so you enter through this willow tunnel | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
and it would be living, so it would be something which could change. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
You could trim it or add to it. This would lead to a softer lawn area, | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
where you could have a little willow hut. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
Great minds think alike and, incredibly, the designers | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
have had very similar ideas. But Charlie hasn't finished yet. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:18 | |
She has added a water feature. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
I've got very shallow trays of water that drop from one level | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
to the next and then disappear into a reservoir. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
So, the children will be able to put their hands under the running water, | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
but it is so shallow that it won't be a hazard to them. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
That sounds amazing. That sounds perfect. They would love that. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:39 | |
I will leave you to think on it. Thank you. Thank you. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
A smart move from Charlie, but will it help her win? Time's up. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
Cheers, guys. Thank you. Thank you so much. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
It is now all down to Lorna and Luciano to decide. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
Will they plump for the Rich brothers' design, with the avenue | 0:07:51 | 0:07:55 | |
of olive trees, drifts of fragrant lavender and living willow huts? | 0:07:55 | 0:07:59 | |
Or will they choose Charlie's cypress trees, | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
sweeping lawn and water feature? | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
It's decision time. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
Hi! Hey! | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
Hello. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:15 | |
Right, it's been made. Tough this. It's not been easy, at all. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:20 | |
But the design we have gone with is... | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
..Charlie's! Whee! That water feature! Ha-ha! | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
I'm sure it wasn't JUST the water feature! | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
Why did you end up with mine? | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
So, you're right - the water feature. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
I knew it! But it is not all good news. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:41 | |
I think the only thing we'd say that wasn't, kind of, | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
in either design, if there's any possibility we could add in, | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
just that there wasn't quite enough for the kids in this top area. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
Something to climb on. A swing. Something like that. Monkey bars, | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
kind of thing. I've still got some money left in the budget, | 0:08:53 | 0:08:57 | |
so I will see what we can fit in. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
And fit in the space. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
I'm just dead excited now, to see it come to life. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
So, it's going to be Charlie's design that gets built this time. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
But she's going to need the boys' help | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
to give the couple what they want. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:12 | |
It's early morning in Bolton | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
and work on Lorna and Luciano's garden starts with gusto. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
While Charlie's away finalising some of the finer details of her design, | 0:09:25 | 0:09:30 | |
the landscapers begin clearing the garden. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
OK! | 0:09:33 | 0:09:34 | |
Have it! In the skip! | 0:09:36 | 0:09:38 | |
And the professional oven installers that Charlie's employed | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
are making good progress with the pizza oven. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
Meanwhile, Lee and Andy set about dismantling the wall | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
that Charlie wants replaced with a less hazardous slope. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:54 | |
The salvaged stones are going to be used for her bespoke water feature, | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
which has been specially designed to fit into the existing steps. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
Just make sure they don't come round to the back now... | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
Now Charlie and the boys have arrived, and she's keen to set them | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
one of the biggest challenges in the new garden. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
Going to have a few problems with levels, getting stuff in and out. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
And that water feature as well. Yeah. See, that'll be fine, | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
no-problems water feature. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:19 | |
That's the pivotal point of the garden, isn't it? No! | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
The pivotal point is going to be | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
the tunnel into the children's play area. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
Nice. So, that is where I want you guys. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
That's a dream project for us! Yeah? I feel the pressure a wee bit! | 0:10:29 | 0:10:33 | |
But before the boys can place the tunnel, there is the small issue | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
of the extra feature Lorna and Luciano asked for. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
The children's area in Charlie's garden now has to fit around | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
a giant climbing frame. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
The construction looks good, but we have this to get in. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
We need to get that in position, to find out where that's going. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
This is the old tunnel tube, is it? Yeah. Nice. It looks quite heavy | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
and chunky. I know. I think we might need a few more men. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
Pull! | 0:11:05 | 0:11:06 | |
OK, on two... Two! | 0:11:08 | 0:11:09 | |
ALL LAUGH | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
Higher, higher, higher. Paul, your end's dragging. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
That's the one! Don't push me! | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
I've got it. Right round, right round. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
All the way. Go on, man. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:25 | |
So we need to get the swing bit on, | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
so we can see exactly the lengths... Yeah. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:29 | |
..before we level it all up and get it in position. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:33 | |
But that means following the instructions, | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
which has never been the boys' strong point. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
Well, I'm guessing... It doesn't actually show us. Oh, yeah. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
Knowing this could take a while, Charlie has asked Lorna and Luciano | 0:11:43 | 0:11:47 | |
to muck in and build some of the other play equipment. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:51 | |
Meanwhile, the water feature is taking shape. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
This is coming together well, guys. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
It's coming on nice. It's looking good. This is fab. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
We're getting there, aren't we? | 0:12:04 | 0:12:06 | |
It's got a bit of formality, you know, cos the Italians like | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
their formal gardens. So there is a bit of formality, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
but slightly quirky. We have a reservoir down the bottom | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
and that will hold all the water, that then is recirculated | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
up to the top and it will just drop down and down and disappear. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:24 | |
So the children, they can put their hands under, | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
they will be able to splash in the water. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
and all the scented plants round here | 0:12:29 | 0:12:31 | |
will be highlighted, because the moisture, the humidity, | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
actually picks the scent up and makes them smell even better. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
Now the feature is in place, Andy and Lee can reshape | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
the old stone from the wall they demolished | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
and repoint it around the steel trays. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
But it is up on the patio where Luciano's new toy is taking shape. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:53 | |
Charlie has thrown over ?2,000 of the budget at it, so she is keen | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
to make sure it works. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
My, that is a posh pizza oven! It has even got a thermometer. Yep. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
So, go on, then, how does it all work? | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
What you do is, you light your fire here. OK. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:10 | |
So just like with wood? Yeah. Get it all going. Once it is all going, | 0:13:10 | 0:13:14 | |
you then push the wood back, which then gives you the cooking area | 0:13:14 | 0:13:18 | |
for your pizza, in the centre. The smoke comes out of the top, here. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
Oh, that is good, then. It is far enough away from the wisteria, | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
cos I thought it was at the back and it would go up there, | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
which would be... No, it all just comes out here. At the front. That is much better. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
So now she knows the wisteria won't get scorched, Charlie rolls up | 0:13:33 | 0:13:38 | |
her sleeves and attempts to tackle the unruly climber, | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
while on the other side of the garden... | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
It's showing me that. It's not telling me what that is... | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
..or how to put that on. ..there is a lot of head scratching going on. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:52 | |
It doesn't look much different, does it? | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
Oh, thickness? | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
I'll go back to my wisteria. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:01 | |
They're not long enough for that. No. Isn't it? | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
No. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:06 | |
The wisteria has outgrown the trellis | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
and the trellis has seen better days, so it has to go. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
Ideally, Charlie would prune the plant and retrain it, | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
but now isn't the right time as it is about to flower. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
If I cut this now, you will find it will bleed, | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
which will take the vigour out of the climber itself. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
Also, they will lose all their lovely flowers. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
It's best to prune wisteria... | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
..when they are dormant, in the winter, to get the framework, | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
and then, in the summertime, when you get these long, whippy ones, | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
you take those back by two-thirds. That increases the number | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
of flowering spurs you get. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
The boys are now finally getting somewhere with Rocco and Bruno's | 0:14:47 | 0:14:51 | |
climbing frame. But it needs more space to be safe, | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
and currently there's a tree in the way. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
Charlie wants to check with | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
Lorna and Luciano, before the saws come out. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
So, that conifer. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
Do you mind if we take it out? | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
Because the climbing frame that you chose is a bit bigger than we were | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
sort of expecting. It shouldn't be a problem to take it off. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:14 | |
So then, can all go over and then there will be enough space | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
for the swings to swing properly. That would be all right. Yeah? | 0:15:17 | 0:15:20 | |
OK, boys, you can chop it down! Yes, nice! Right! Don't go back! | 0:15:20 | 0:15:24 | |
Oh! Timber! Look at that! | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:15:29 | 0:15:30 | |
Whoa. Perfect. Go on, then. Slide her in. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
Just! Just! Doesn't look too large, does it? | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
Now the boys are cracking on with the play area, Charlie can get back | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
to constructing a brand-new support for the beautiful wisteria. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:48 | |
So the trellis is out. The ugly trellis. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
And now, I am going to put these poles in, like this, | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
all the way round, on a curve, | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
to pick up the curve | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
of the water feature. And also cut them, so that they curve, | 0:15:59 | 0:16:04 | |
so that it sort of ties everything together. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
At just ?60 for the stakes to create this feature, | 0:16:06 | 0:16:10 | |
it is a budget option and gives a contemporary feel to the space. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:15 | |
Charlie's design is really taking shape now. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
The pizza oven is in, | 0:16:19 | 0:16:20 | |
the lion's share of the work on the water feature is done | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
and the hazardous wall has been replaced by a much safer | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
graduating slope. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
And then we are going to lie down... | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
But the boys are lagging behind and need to get going on the tunnel. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
Lorna and Luciano really wanted that retaining wall removed | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
and this gave Charlie the opportunity to give them a lovely sweeping lawn. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:43 | |
This will great fun for the kids to run up and down, | 0:16:43 | 0:16:46 | |
but left us with quite a lot of excess soil, turf and stone. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
With that, we are going to create this soil tunnel. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:51 | |
What a feature. Oh. A little bigger, I think adults could get through it. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
That's the dream! I could probably squeeze in! | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
As usual, rain is coming down, so it's important to wrap up | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
and keep warm. Not if you're a man, you don't have to! You watch. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
He'll have a jumper on later! | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
Just for you, I am NOT going to put my jumper on now! | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
Well, what would a day in a British garden be without a spot of rain? | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
And it looks like it's here for the afternoon. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
So there's nothing for it but for Charlie to box on | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
with the planting around the water feature. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:30 | |
Put that one there and that one there. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
That looks good to me. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:33 | |
Can someone hold this one, while I have a look? | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
In the design, she has created an elegant curve | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
that will be dotted with tall, thin cypress trees. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
Yeah! | 0:17:47 | 0:17:48 | |
I'm thinking of it like you are walking, you know, in Italy. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
You are walking up the hill and you've got the spires of greens. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
You get that to the patio. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
Yeah? | 0:17:58 | 0:17:59 | |
No plant conjures up images of the Italian landscape better | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
than the cypress tree and its elegant shape has been | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
a mainstay of formal Italianate gardens for centuries. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:11 | |
Possibly the most renowned Italianate formal garden in the UK | 0:18:15 | 0:18:19 | |
is at Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:22 | |
The Italianate style of garden | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
is very strongly represented by its use of symmetry, | 0:18:26 | 0:18:30 | |
so we can literally draw lines across the garden | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
and see the pattern reflected on either side of this. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
Like the trees Charlie has used in Lorna and Luciano's garden, | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
at Trentham, tall, thin trees are an important element of the design. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:45 | |
It's a very formal layout, | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
using clipped evergreens to create the structure. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
This style isn't limited to large gardens. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
Some of the design principles used in Trentham | 0:18:56 | 0:18:59 | |
can be applied to the average back garden. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:03 | |
If you are looking to create this feel in your garden, | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
but on a much smaller scale, | 0:19:06 | 0:19:07 | |
one of the things I would look to do is to create | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
a formal structural layout, using light-coloured materials. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:14 | |
And it can be done relatively inexpensively, | 0:19:14 | 0:19:17 | |
using fine-textured gravels. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:21 | |
Look to try and use fine-textured foliages. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
The smaller the leaf, the more distant it will appear | 0:19:24 | 0:19:28 | |
and the larger the space will be. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:29 | |
Back in Bolton, the rain may be coming down, | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
but it is not slowing the Rich brothers. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
We've got a bit of sand left over, so we are using it just to kind of | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
create this nice smooth surface before we add the topsoil on. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
Also it helps, cos it knits together | 0:19:49 | 0:19:51 | |
the large clods of soil underneath. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:53 | |
So, altogether, it's going to help with drain and it is a good binder. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
Then, with a layer of topsoil added to the tunnel, | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
the boys can get on with turfing. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
Meanwhile, a rather soggy Charlie is working hard to conjure up | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
that southern European feel. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
I've gone for three key Italian - or should I say Mediterranean - plants. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:18 | |
So I've got a bay tree, I've got two of those, | 0:20:18 | 0:20:20 | |
so I'm probably going to put them in containers and sort of split | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
them from one patio to another. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
We've got Italian cypress, which are really highlighting the swirl | 0:20:25 | 0:20:30 | |
of the flower bed and add that tall height to the garden. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
And then I've got these wonderful olives. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
When planting Mediterranean plants like olives and cypress trees, | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
it's good to remember that their native climate is drier than ours, | 0:20:44 | 0:20:49 | |
so dig in lots of grit and drainage underneath the plant | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
when you pop it in the ground. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
They don't like to sit in a puddle of water, but then who does? | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
The boys have moved on to the planting, too. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
On their design for Lorna and Luciano's garden, | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
they included a living willow tunnel in the play area. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:09 | |
Charlie has decided to add something similar, made with hornbeam. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
Charlie's design is all about curves | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
and that's been echoed through the hard landscaping. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
But what we want to do is to do this with soft landscaping, | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
with these hornbeam trees. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:24 | |
And they are very young and easy to manipulate, | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
which means that we create this lovely archway, | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
which is going to become this very natural sculpture. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
These area like hedging trees, so the more you trim them, the denser they get. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:34 | |
They won't grow into big trees if you keep clipping them. They'll slowly thicken up | 0:21:34 | 0:21:38 | |
and become this really dense tunnel, which is really cool. Yeah. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
By tying the young trees together at the top, | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
the boys are training the plants to grow into an arch shape. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:52 | |
And as the hornbeam grows, the structure will get stronger. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:57 | |
What I'm doing here is I am just trimming off the inside branches, | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
just to accentuate that kind of tunnel feeling. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
But I don't want to do it too much, I want to keep it quite natural | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
and feeling, you know, that these things have just sprouted out. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:09 | |
To add another sensory element to the children's play area, | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
Charlie has sourced some tubular bells. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
Their deep tones will provide endless delight to Rocco and Bruno, | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
and the neighbours, no doubt. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
I'll hand over the baton. You can... | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
BELLS CHIME Oh! | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:22:26 | 0:22:27 | |
It escaped from me! That's nice. Look at that. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
Shall we do a duet? | 0:22:30 | 0:22:31 | |
I love them! Ooh! I want some. You just made that look easy. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
Have a go. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
To further enhance the sights, smells and sounds in this part | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
of the garden, Charlie is adding sensory planting around the bells. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:52 | |
I have got some... | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
lovely phlomis. Feel that. I do like phlomis. So soft. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:59 | |
A big yellow one, isn't it, this one? Yeah. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
We've got herbs for smell. Yeah, that does smell good. More herbs. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
So thyme and mint. Yep. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
Beautiful. And then, for bright colours, we've got the calendula. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
Ooh. You can eat the flowers. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:12 | |
Serious? The petals. What does it taste of? Nothing. Oh! | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
But it looks pretty. It's just the idea... | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
And then, can you see those chives over there? Yep. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
Could you bring them over here? Cos I'd like those here as well. Oh! | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
See? There you go. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
That'll teach you to come and talk to me and play with my bells. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
Harry is adding plants, too, | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
but this time with a native British heritage. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
These primroses left to seed | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
will create these lovely surprises around the garden. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:42 | |
In time, they are going to drift over this mound | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
and, you know, they'll dot about the garden. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
And I think that's what's so nice about using wild plants. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
With the main features built, the team are on the home straight. | 0:23:56 | 0:24:00 | |
The newly created slope is now being turfed. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:03 | |
Charlie is winding the Wisteria up the new partition, | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
along with some more scented climbers. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
Look at that! A bit of instant gardening. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:13 | |
It looks like it's been there for ever, doesn't it? | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
And, to make the play area safe for the young boys, | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
David's adding a thick layer of bark chippings. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:25 | |
As the final pot of herbs is placed next to the pizza oven, | 0:24:26 | 0:24:30 | |
this family garden is complete and ready for its grand unveiling. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:34 | |
In its previous guise, Lorna and Luciano's garden was full of | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
level changes, trip hazards and sharp edges. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
Not exactly a suitable playground for two young children. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:49 | |
Now it's had a ?6,500 makeover. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
And Charlie and the team have spent every penny | 0:24:55 | 0:24:59 | |
to try and make this garden work for all the family. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
She spent ?1,300 on play equipment | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
and tubular bells to keep Rocco and Bruno occupied. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:10 | |
The grass tunnel in the play area fits brilliantly | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
with Charlie's curvaceous design | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
and was a steal at ?100. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:21 | |
The pizza oven was an indulgence at over ?2,000, | 0:25:24 | 0:25:28 | |
but it's the one thing Luciano wanted. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:30 | |
The plants really give this garden its Italian feel. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:37 | |
Charlie spent a whopping ?1,200 on them, but the impact is huge. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
And last but not least, the bespoke water feature adds | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
a touch of luxury, with a ?900 price tag to match. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:53 | |
But it provides a focal point and a talking point in the garden. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
Lorna and Luciano were prepared to spend big | 0:26:01 | 0:26:04 | |
to get the stylish child-friendly garden they wanted. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:08 | |
OK. Don't open them until I say. Rocco, don't cheat. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:12 | |
Oh, here they come. One, two, three. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:14 | |
Open your eyes. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:16 | |
Whoa! E bellissimo! | 0:26:16 | 0:26:18 | |
Yes? Bellissimo, I think it's... Oh, my God! Yeah? Yeah. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
Shall we go down? Do you want to go down, then? | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
Shall we go and have a look? | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:26:26 | 0:26:27 | |
God, he's gone straight on the mound. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:30 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:26:30 | 0:26:31 | |
Well, it looks like he's really enjoying himself, anyway. Yeah. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
So this is all going to be scented, | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
so you've got your wisteria that is scented. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:38 | |
We have jasmine and we've got a climbing white rose. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
Very romantic, with a really, really sweet scent. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
Oh, that's beautiful. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:45 | |
And then you've got your... | 0:26:45 | 0:26:46 | |
olive trees. Olive trees. Wow! | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
They are amazing, aren't they? | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
And we've put... Oh, look at the pizza oven! | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:26:53 | 0:26:54 | |
I think that's going to get great use. It definitely will. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
You can see how that area has been transformed now. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
The wisteria looks beautiful as well. Gorgeous. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
Come and hit the pipes. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:04 | |
LAUGHTER What about the other ones? | 0:27:06 | 0:27:08 | |
What about these ones? | 0:27:08 | 0:27:10 | |
They're making funny sounds, aren't they? | 0:27:10 | 0:27:12 | |
I'm actually really surprised | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
at how much of a dramatic change has happened today. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:16 | |
I was really pleased when this wall came out, | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
because it seems to have made this patio so much bigger. I know. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
And so much safer. So much safer for the kids. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
They can just run up that and that is their bit. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:31 | |
No, it's absolutely amazing. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
?6,500 was a serious investment in their outdoor space. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
Do Lorna and Luciano think it was money well spent? | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
Oh, I love the water. I love the water. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
The water feature is absolutely stunning. Really, really love that. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
I love the olive trees and the... | 0:27:52 | 0:27:53 | |
And the tubular bells. Did you see the kids playing on those? | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
I think we're going to spend time ourselves there to play with. I know. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
DAVID: Obviously, there has been a good budget, but it shows that | 0:27:59 | 0:28:01 | |
if you are on a low budget, simple things like taking away a wall | 0:28:01 | 0:28:05 | |
and sculpting some land, or bringing in a bit of drainage pipe... Yeah! | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
..lobbing some soil over it, | 0:28:08 | 0:28:09 | |
you can actually make big differences to a garden. Yeah. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
I think you're really smug. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:13 | |
I don't think I've seen you this smug for a long time. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
Only when you get us to dig a big hole are you that smug! | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
LORNA: Before, it wasn't a family garden. Now you can really see it's ours. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
It's got things in there for the kids and a bit of Italy, | 0:28:24 | 0:28:27 | |
with the olive trees and pizza oven - it definitely says "us". | 0:28:27 | 0:28:30 | |
It's amazing. I'm really, really pleased. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:32 |