0:00:12 > 0:00:13Hello.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Welcome to Gardeners' World.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The other week I wanted to cut this, but it was too wet -
0:00:19 > 0:00:21but now it's dry enough,
0:00:21 > 0:00:23and the scythe is doing a fairly good job.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26I'll clear this away and then run the mower over it
0:00:26 > 0:00:28and it will become a lawn again for the rest of the summer -
0:00:28 > 0:00:30but, of course, all this is geared towards
0:00:30 > 0:00:33a really good display of bulbs,
0:00:33 > 0:00:37and I'm now going to add perennial wild flowers later on next year.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43On tonight's programme,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Rachel visits a garden near Bath,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49created to combine careful control
0:00:49 > 0:00:51with exuberant colour.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Flo Headlam makes her second visit to a fledgling community garden
0:00:57 > 0:00:59in the village of Potterne, in Wiltshire
0:00:59 > 0:01:00to see how the work is progressing.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05We visit a nursery in Manchester,
0:01:05 > 0:01:09raising plants that will thrive on little more
0:01:09 > 0:01:11than the air that you breathe.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36There's going to be quite a lot of material from the cricket pitch
0:01:36 > 0:01:38and the other bits of long grass we have -
0:01:38 > 0:01:39but it will all compost.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44What all compost is made out of is green material,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48which are sort of fresh leaves, typically grass clippings,
0:01:48 > 0:01:53and brown material, which is dead or dried stuff or cardboard,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55straw, bracken, that kind of thing.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58The green material is relatively high in nitrogen...
0:01:59 > 0:02:02..and the brown material is very high in carbon,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05and you need both to make good compost -
0:02:05 > 0:02:07and the general rule,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09if you have the same volume of brown material as green material,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11you won't go far wrong.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13We chuck everything into a holding bay.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Whatever comes from the kitchen or the garden -
0:02:16 > 0:02:17as long as it hasn't been cooked,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19doesn't involve fat or meat -
0:02:19 > 0:02:22and the reason for that is cos that attracts rodents.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Once a week, that is chopped up.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Now, you can do it by mowing, you can use a shredder,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29you can just chop it with an old axe or something,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32but the more that you can chop it up, the better it is -
0:02:32 > 0:02:34and that comes into this,
0:02:34 > 0:02:35the first bay,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38and you can see, here, if I open that out,
0:02:38 > 0:02:39it's hot.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42It's really heating up. In fact, that's too hot to put my hand in -
0:02:42 > 0:02:46and that steam coming out is entirely generated
0:02:46 > 0:02:50by the digestive systems of bacteria.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52That, when it's full, gets turned into here -
0:02:52 > 0:02:54and now it's cooled down quite a lot.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56It's still not ready,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59but it's looking recognisably like compost -
0:02:59 > 0:03:01and by turning it, we're adding oxygen,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04and that regenerates the bacterial activity.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06It comes into this bay - and this was a bit wet,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08so I've covered it with old cardboard -
0:03:08 > 0:03:09and as I move it,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12there's a lot of scurrying activity from woodlice,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14beetles, brandlings.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16You don't have to add them, they appear from nowhere.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18When this is full,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20it goes into this bay,
0:03:20 > 0:03:24and this really is 100% ready for delivery -
0:03:24 > 0:03:27and, when it's ready, you can handle it,
0:03:27 > 0:03:29it smells nice,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31just faintly of a woodland floor.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34It's clean, it's appetising,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37and it's just PACKED with goodness for the garden.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40That goodness is largely bacterial and fungal -
0:03:40 > 0:03:43it's not so much a feed as a life giver.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45It regenerates the soil.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Now, this system is quite large -
0:03:48 > 0:03:51we have these big bays, there's a big quantity -
0:03:51 > 0:03:55but in principle, you can do it in a small garden with small containers.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Ideally, you have three.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00They could be old dustbins, they'll work fine,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02and as long as you keep turning it,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04it WILL make a good compost -
0:04:04 > 0:04:06and if you can't turn,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08a much simpler way to make compost is simply make a heap,
0:04:08 > 0:04:12chuck it all in a heap, build it up, and in time,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14it'll be about a year to two years,
0:04:14 > 0:04:18the inside of the heap will look exactly like that.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19So, you take your pick.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23If you want to make it in 3-6 months, you do this system.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26If you want to make it in two years, you make a slow heap -
0:04:26 > 0:04:28but don't waste any material,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31because the goodness that goes back into the garden
0:04:31 > 0:04:33and the life and the energy,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35can't be matched by anything else...
0:04:37 > 0:04:40..and the reason why we make compost
0:04:40 > 0:04:42is to make our gardens more productive,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45more beautiful and healthier -
0:04:45 > 0:04:47and Rachel has been to visit
0:04:47 > 0:04:50a garden that is unquestionably beautiful.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59It all starts with colour for Jenny Woodall,
0:04:59 > 0:05:04a former fashion buyer who swapped A-line skirts and seasonal styles
0:05:04 > 0:05:06for agapanthus and salvia,
0:05:06 > 0:05:11and created a beautiful garden at her home in Bradford-on-Avon.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Built in a walled setting,
0:05:17 > 0:05:21this formal townhouse garden is a riot of colour,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23with symmetry at its heart.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- Jenny, I don't want to startle you...- Oh!
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- ..but I came straight through. - Hello, Rachel, hello.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37I can see why you're so busy -
0:05:37 > 0:05:41it's hardly what I would call a low-maintenance garden, is it?
0:05:41 > 0:05:42No.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45No weeds, lots of symmetry,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49lots of standing to attention, control freakery.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Shipshape and Bristol fashion.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Absolutely. If you move, you might get snipped!
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Jenny's developed a garden with a very formal framework,
0:05:59 > 0:06:05but it's the planting within the borders that really catches the eye.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09I get the feeling, Jenny, that this is what it's all about for you,
0:06:09 > 0:06:13painting these colours across the garden.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- It's so beautiful.- Perennials.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Ah, a perennial lady.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20I'm a perennial lady, and that's what I always go for.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23And I suppose perhaps the other thing is that
0:06:23 > 0:06:24my starting point is always colour -
0:06:24 > 0:06:30and I always used to like... the pinks had to be a bluey pink,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32so that they all melded together,
0:06:32 > 0:06:37but now I'm learning that perhaps... I'd like something shouting,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40two plants next door to each other that shout.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45And they cause you to wake up and... Oh, fantastic! Shock!
0:06:45 > 0:06:46And you've got that here,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49because you've got things like this lovely soft pink of the phlox,
0:06:49 > 0:06:50and then the rudbeckias...
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Like - wow! You know, this bright, strong yellow,
0:06:53 > 0:06:57and the thalictrum, all hazy and mauve and very soft again...
0:06:58 > 0:07:02..and you've got the Stipa gigantea, which is sort of a veil...
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Waving around and, yes, light, airy movement, yeah.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Now, these absolutely immaculate stretches of lawn,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22which are so pristine, and so perfect...
0:07:22 > 0:07:25I am almost afraid to walk on them!
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Feel I ought to hover!
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Well, again, it's, it's my control freakery.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34You know, I like to look out on an absolutely straight line,
0:07:34 > 0:07:40and then I like my planting to be soft, to be a complete contrast.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Apart from the fact that,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43actually, it's very, very easy to keep with the shears,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46because the shears just glide along the metal edging
0:07:46 > 0:07:49and you don't start causing a wiggly line.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- That's one of my favourite jobs, actually, edging the lawn.- Yes, yes.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55I remember doing that with my dad when I was little,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- it was one of my jobs that he gave me.- Yes, absolutely.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Well, when you're standing here, actually,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05you see the shape of the beds you've created,
0:08:05 > 0:08:09and if you were to take that side and flip it over on top,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11you'd have the same flowers in the centre.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Yes, in the same place, yes.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16This way of using symmetry
0:08:16 > 0:08:19and mirroring the planting along a pair of borders
0:08:19 > 0:08:22is a very tried and tested technique.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24They're not very deep borders,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26but it just works brilliantly.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30I love this pergola.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Not only because it's giving you some height,
0:08:32 > 0:08:33and the sort of framework,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36but you've got these lovely little gaps through,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39so you've got individual snapshots.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- Yes.- Pictures, as you walk around the garden.- Yes.- It's beautiful.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Well, I try to create atmosphere,
0:08:45 > 0:08:49and that's enticing you to go round the path
0:08:49 > 0:08:52and go and have a look at whatever's happening over there.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54I mean, it's working, because I'm drawn,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I want to go down there and have a look.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Right.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Oh, yes. This just works beautifully now, looking back along there...
0:09:08 > 0:09:11and I love that you've got the height with the yews,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- so there's nice vertical shapes at the end of each row.- Yes.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Yes, well, it draws your eye through, doesn't it?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18It's so pretty with the rose, as well.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Yes, the mutabilis, yes.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23You've got that colour sort of brought through
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- with the penstemon, as well...- Yes. - ..and then again into the sedum.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Yes.- Well, I think I'm going to steal that.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29I'm telling you right now,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I'm going to plan that combination in my own garden. I love it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
0:09:46 > 0:09:48CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
0:09:52 > 0:09:53CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
0:09:54 > 0:09:57There is no question that the relationship
0:09:57 > 0:10:00between really tightly controlled structure,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02with symmetry and balance,
0:10:02 > 0:10:06and then exuberant free planting within it
0:10:06 > 0:10:08can be very successful indeed -
0:10:08 > 0:10:13and if you're trying to organise colour, one of the best aids to that
0:10:13 > 0:10:15is, simply take pictures - and here at Longmeadow,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I take pictures two, three times a week,
0:10:18 > 0:10:19and come next January, February,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23when I'm thinking about plants and seeds and how I'm going to plant,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I go through all the pictures at different times of the year,
0:10:26 > 0:10:30and work on them, and actually go back 10, 15 years.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It's SO useful.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Now, here in the Jewel garden, there's real exuberance,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38and at this time of year, a real lushness -
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and that's great for most plants.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43However, succulents hate it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47So, if I want to grow succulents, and I do,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I have to create special conditions for them.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Come on, come on.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Go on. Go on.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57HE CHIVVIES THEM ALONG
0:11:10 > 0:11:13I've got this range of succulents growing in pots
0:11:13 > 0:11:15so I can give them the conditions they like,
0:11:15 > 0:11:20and the range, although by no means a collection, is varied.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25It goes from these extraordinary Namibian stone plants, the lithops.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28We have aeoniums, we've got echeverias,
0:11:28 > 0:11:33and most of them can be propagated from cuttings.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Now, echeverias will take very easily from leaf cuttings.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Now cutting, in a sense, is the wrong word,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42because the last thing you want to do is actually cut it.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45You want to tear it off from the stem -
0:11:45 > 0:11:48and if that sounds a bit drastic,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50it's really important you take it off at the base
0:11:50 > 0:11:52with a little piece of the stem attached.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55You have to twist and pull, and there it comes -
0:11:55 > 0:12:00and what you need to look for is a C shaped section,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02like that there.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05And then you know that it's come off properly.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Whereas if it's clean, it'll never form any roots.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12So, if I take a pot, here -
0:12:12 > 0:12:17and I've got cutting mix with lots of grit and sand in it -
0:12:17 > 0:12:18and I just put in...
0:12:21 > 0:12:24..that much there, about two thirds full,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28and then top it up, right to the brim with grit...
0:12:29 > 0:12:33..and then you simply take the leaf like that
0:12:33 > 0:12:35and push it in,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37just so it touches the compost.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Do not water them for at least a week,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44and then, after a week or so,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47you can give them a water - and you only need to water them once a week.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Now, that's actually very easy, very straightforward,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52as long as you take the whole leaf.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53There is no problems with that -
0:12:53 > 0:12:58and much easier are sempervivums, houseleeks.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02You can see here that this is wanting to make new plants
0:13:02 > 0:13:05by these babies coming through,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07and all you have to do is detach them,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09and place them on a piece of gritty compost,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11and they are away.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13You can just pull that off like that,
0:13:13 > 0:13:14that one we could take off...
0:13:17 > 0:13:22So I can just simply sink that in like that, and that should be fine.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24This one here,
0:13:24 > 0:13:25and that one there...
0:13:26 > 0:13:28..and those will grow.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31They really, really are easy.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Now, aeoniums are dramatic,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and a little bit more complicated when it comes to cuttings.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38I've got two types here.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I've got Zwartkop,
0:13:40 > 0:13:44which has got these rich, almost black chocolaty foliage,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and then Voodoo,
0:13:46 > 0:13:50which is a mixture of ruby red and luminescent green.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Now, Zwartkop has got material,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57these side shoots lend themselves to cuttings,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59and, actually, I took some the other day,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02because what you should do, conventionally,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06is take the cuttings and then leave them for a week,
0:14:06 > 0:14:07to let them callous over...
0:14:07 > 0:14:09and, ideally, the base -
0:14:09 > 0:14:11and you can see this is happening -
0:14:11 > 0:14:14should be dry and have a scar over the end of it.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17However, I know that commercial growers don't worry about that,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19they just take the cuttings and do them.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22So, now, just push the plant in.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24About halfway up.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28So, I've got a really good stem,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30and that way, if it takes,
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I've got a statuesque plant to begin with.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Finally, and most radically of all,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40you can take aeonium cuttings...
0:14:41 > 0:14:44..which will leave you a bare stem
0:14:44 > 0:14:47which will then resprout -
0:14:47 > 0:14:51and, for example, this Zwartkop is unbalanced.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53I'd like some more side shoots.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55So what I have heard you can do -
0:14:55 > 0:14:57and I have to say I've never done this,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00so if it goes wrong, I'm losing a plant -
0:15:00 > 0:15:02is you cut that in half.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05The cutting must come from green growth,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07so I'll take that near the top,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10and then this lower area should resprout.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11So...
0:15:11 > 0:15:13time to make the big cut.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Here we are.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Right.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25That, I hope...
0:15:25 > 0:15:30will resprout, giving me a bushy new aeonium.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34This, although it's really large, is a potential cutting.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39What I am going to do is take some of the lower leaves off
0:15:39 > 0:15:42to let air in around it, to stop it being too moist...
0:15:45 > 0:15:48..and reduce the stem to about like that.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53So, I am going to push that in,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55so it's just touching the compost,
0:15:55 > 0:15:56and then I'm going to pack grit around it.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Will it work?
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Well, we're all going to find out in the next few weeks and months.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Now, if you think that succulents are tough,
0:16:11 > 0:16:13you ain't seen nothing.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Because we went to Manchester to visit a couple of growers
0:16:16 > 0:16:20who are raising their plants on thin air.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Air plants are so different from any other plants
0:16:26 > 0:16:28that you could be mistaken for believing
0:16:28 > 0:16:30that they are from another planet.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Their entire life is different from another plant's.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38There's no compost, no pot,
0:16:38 > 0:16:39they don't go in the ground,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41they're taking everything in through the leaves.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44They're just a weird plant that's otherworldly.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50About 10 or 12 years ago, I got my first air plant,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52which was a bit of a disaster -
0:16:52 > 0:16:53but I don't like being defeated,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56and from there, as you can see from behind me,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58it became a bit of an obsession.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01I used to work in insurance, for many years.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03So, basically, working in an office,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06you are seeing four walls every day -
0:17:06 > 0:17:09and eventually I started to work on a part-time basis for Graham,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12helping out in his nursery - got me outdoors.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Got a bit of feel for that, started to love it,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16and then as he moved onto the air plants,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18I moved with him and the rest is history.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19I love me air plants.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Air plants are known as tillandsia, that's the proper name for them.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26They are a member of the bromeliad family,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28which is the same plant family as the common pineapple.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30They differ slightly
0:17:30 > 0:17:34in the respect that tillandsia are all epiphytic in growth,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36which means they take all the water and nutrients in and out of the air.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Generally speaking, air plants come from central and southern America,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43mostly Latin America,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45but some species do extend as far north
0:17:45 > 0:17:47as the southern states of the USA.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51There's two basic types of air plants
0:17:51 > 0:17:54which most species of tillandsia can be divided into.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57You get the mesic type, that tend to be from rainforest environments.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59They have much lusher green leaves,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03because they're used to more humidity and less light.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04On the other side of the fence,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06you've got the xeric type of tillandsia
0:18:06 > 0:18:08which tend to be from desert environments,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11where they're used to a lot of sun beating down on them,
0:18:11 > 0:18:13so they're the ones with the more silvery leaf,
0:18:13 > 0:18:17and the silver's caused by little hair-like trichomes on the leafs
0:18:17 > 0:18:20that help to reflect the sunlight.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Unlike most plants,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24tillandsia use a specialised form of photosynthesis
0:18:24 > 0:18:26that's known as crassulacean acid metabolism.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30What that effectively means is the plants hold their breath all day.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33This is to prevent losing moisture through the leaves
0:18:33 > 0:18:35and through the breathing in the daytime.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38So while the night-time temperatures are much cooler,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40that's when they choose to do all their breathing.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42As a result of that,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44tillandsia are one of the few plants
0:18:44 > 0:18:46that never breathe out carbon dioxide.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53This is one of my favourite air plants, Tillandsia usneoides,
0:18:53 > 0:18:55better known as Spanish moss or Old Man's Beard.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59It's prevalent in places like Florida,
0:18:59 > 0:19:01where you see it growing from trees.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03A bit of it'll get caught on the wind, snag on another tree,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06the next thing you know you have got a colony of usneoides
0:19:06 > 0:19:09that can bring trees down because of the sheer weight of it.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12This is Tillandsia albida,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15this is one of my favourites in the nursery.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16The reason I love it
0:19:16 > 0:19:19is, one, for its structure and its form,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21but also it sort of pops up for fun, it has lots of babies -
0:19:21 > 0:19:23and around the nursery
0:19:23 > 0:19:28I find tiny little, little babies as they've fallen off,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32and I pick them up and put them on these trays, and they grow,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35and, eventually, they're beauties.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37About ten years old.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38This is Tillandsia ionantha Mexico.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41It's one of the easiest plants to grow.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Anything with ionantha in the name means it's pretty near bulletproof,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46as air plants go.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49You've got that nice red colour which contrasts fantastically
0:19:49 > 0:19:51with the purple flowers.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Air plants flower, but not many have fragrance.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Now, this one, crocata Copper Penny,
0:19:57 > 0:19:58absolutely beautiful fragrance.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Makes it one of my favourites in the nursery -
0:20:00 > 0:20:02and when this one is in flower,
0:20:02 > 0:20:04quite often on a nice sunny day,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07you can smell it throughout the greenhouse.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Keeping air plants at home is actually really easy.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Probably one of the easiest house plants you can have.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19They don't need an awful lot of care.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20They will stand a bit of neglect,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23and they'll always tell you if they need a bit more water,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25cos you might get a bit of browning at the end of the leaves,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27or the leaves might start to curl in on themselves,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30so they're telling you that they need a little bit more water.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31You can use a spray bottle,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34and just mist the plant perhaps once a week,
0:20:34 > 0:20:35and you could also...
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Say perhaps you've got your air plant in a terrarium,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41and you don't want to get that bowl wet, whatever.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Take the plant out, put it in a bowl of water for about an hour,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45let it soak up what it wants,
0:20:45 > 0:20:46and then let it drain out thoroughly,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49and pop it in you back in your bowl, and there you are.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Use perhaps bottled water, or rainwater,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55because you want to watch out for hard water,
0:20:55 > 0:20:56cos that can actually damage the plants,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58cos of the metals in the water.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Air plants can be put literally anywhere in your house,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04but as long as they get some natural light -
0:21:04 > 0:21:07but what they don't want is the full direct sunlight.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09That can actually damage and scorch the plants.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12If you were to put an air plant in compost
0:21:12 > 0:21:14or any kind of soil or whatever,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17because that's damp and wet,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20what will happen is that the air plant itself will start to rot
0:21:20 > 0:21:22and it will unfortunately kill the air plant.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24So it wants to be sat in a dry environment.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27We feed all our plants once a month.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29We use a foliar feed,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32which means the feed is in contact with the leaf of the plant.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34It's important with an air plant feed
0:21:34 > 0:21:36to make sure that you get the right kind of feed.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Most plant feeds contain a high level of urea
0:21:38 > 0:21:40as the nitrogen source.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43So when you're looking for a feed,
0:21:43 > 0:21:47just look for that statement on the bottle, "Contains no urea."
0:21:47 > 0:21:50A decent tillandsia feed or decent orchid feed
0:21:50 > 0:21:52is perfectly adequate.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54We dilute it down,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56spray it on once a month, job done.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04People grow air plants in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06A lot of people still use terrariums,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10a glass bowl with a bit of gravel in the bottom and some air plants.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Other people will attach them to bog wood,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15we have even had people make mirror frames out of them
0:22:15 > 0:22:17to hang in the bathroom.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19So they're really versatile plants
0:22:19 > 0:22:22and they're really limited by your imagination.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23When I look at the air plants,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25especially the ones we have here,
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I think they just give you so much joy.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31We get a lot of customers say what a joy they bring to them, as well,
0:22:31 > 0:22:32and how much fun the plants are,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34so they always give you a smile.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Even if you know nothing about a plant,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56or you've decided it is not your thing,
0:22:56 > 0:23:01to see people's enthusiasm for something always inspires,
0:23:01 > 0:23:03and sometimes provokes you to do it yourself.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04These are fascinating.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06And if you get an old log...
0:23:08 > 0:23:10..and just stick them in.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12You can glue them in if you want, but you don't need to,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15you can just attach them in into cracks and crevices,
0:23:15 > 0:23:20and we could probably work that into there.
0:23:20 > 0:23:26All these air plants will survive perfectly well,
0:23:26 > 0:23:27just resting on that.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Just put that on your windowsill,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31and that's it.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34If you put it in the bathroom, it will enjoy the humidity,
0:23:34 > 0:23:38otherwise mist it once a week with rainwater
0:23:38 > 0:23:40and that is literally all you have to do,
0:23:40 > 0:23:41and these will grow fine -
0:23:41 > 0:23:43and if you don't want a log, well,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46you can always buy something like this Spanish moss
0:23:46 > 0:23:48and hang it up,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51and that will grow quite happily in your home.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Now my guess is, for anybody that doesn't have access to a garden,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59or is not even particularly interested in gardening,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01this could be a really good introduction.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Fascinating, if you've got a windowsill or a small flat -
0:24:04 > 0:24:07but there are people who don't have gardens who would love one...
0:24:08 > 0:24:13..and are really keen to share a community space if that's possible,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17and Flo Headlam is making her second visit to the community garden
0:24:17 > 0:24:19in Potterne, in Wiltshire,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21which is beginning to take shape.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30It's been a month since Joe and I first visited
0:24:30 > 0:24:31the community garden here in Potterne.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38It's a typical village, made up of a mix of properties big and small,
0:24:38 > 0:24:39a local pub -
0:24:39 > 0:24:42but nowhere just to hang out with your neighbours...
0:24:42 > 0:24:46except for a wonderful secret garden hidden up that alley.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50When we first came here last month,
0:24:50 > 0:24:55there was an unloved plot with no real reason to spend any time here.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58But galvanised by local youth worker Steve Dewar,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01the people of the village wanted to transform this space
0:25:01 > 0:25:02into something they can all use.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Last month, Joe worked with Steve to come up with a design
0:25:08 > 0:25:10to give a real heart to the garden...
0:25:11 > 0:25:14..and having been involved with community projects before,
0:25:14 > 0:25:18I'm back here to offer support, advice and encouragement,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20to help keep momentum going on this project.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Oh, wow!
0:25:23 > 0:25:25So from the last time to now,
0:25:25 > 0:25:26you've put the path down,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- and it's great because you've direction coming in.- Yeah.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31and you've got the central space.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34The willow arch is looking good. It's coming back, isn't it?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- Yeah.- Looking fresh - and then it leads to the central area
0:25:37 > 0:25:39- which is going to be the kind of main hub, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- The main social area.- Yeah.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42So everything will then lead off that,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44so we're looking at five different sections
0:25:44 > 0:25:47with each area giving a slightly different thing to the space.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48- Different activity.- Yeah.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51OK, great. Sounds like you've got some design skills yourself.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Well, when people come together and just chat about it,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56and everyone's got a little bit of input and I thought, yeah,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58we'd kind of go with what everyone agrees with.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02What's the journey been like with the garden?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04The biggest challenge is always people.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06The joys of working with people,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08and different expectations,
0:26:08 > 0:26:09and everyone's got a view.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Logistics, probably, is the second challenge,
0:26:12 > 0:26:13because of the narrow access that we have,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16and trying to move equipment through.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20The path was the biggest logistical problem that we've had -
0:26:20 > 0:26:22now that's been done. I think third is just communication.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26You can only communicate with people when you've made that contact.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28So we're just looking at how actually we make that contact
0:26:28 > 0:26:30with people that we've not had contact with before,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33across the village, but also in the wider area,
0:26:33 > 0:26:34and then just maintaining it.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- It's tough, it's not easy. - It's tough!
0:26:36 > 0:26:40You take some flak for it, because people have different views,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42but it's the nature of the job that I'm in,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44I enjoy working with people,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46to actually bring people together,
0:26:46 > 0:26:47to build a community,
0:26:47 > 0:26:49to face those challenges together.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53If life was easy, it would be a bit boring.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55This isn't easy, and it's definitely not boring.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Well, there's no chance of getting bored when I'm around.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02There's planting to be done!
0:27:03 > 0:27:06One of the driving forces behind this community garden
0:27:06 > 0:27:09is teaching children about the local bugs and birds,
0:27:09 > 0:27:13so I've brought along Stephen Davis, from the local wildlife trust.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Why is it important to have a wildlife area, do you think?
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Well, it's absolutely wonderful for children, in particular.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22They have a wonderful connection with the natural world.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24They're very, very observant.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27I mean, Will here has just found about 15 beetle larvae
0:27:27 > 0:27:30and he's wandering around like this showing them to everybody -
0:27:30 > 0:27:34so there's a very natural interest in the natural world.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Mel, you're the head teacher at the local primary school.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Why is it important for you to have wildlife areas?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Because it's bringing, isn't it, learning to life?
0:27:43 > 0:27:47So I think, you know, I'm not saying a library's not engaging,
0:27:47 > 0:27:51but Will, out here, learning about the real world
0:27:51 > 0:27:52in a real environment,
0:27:52 > 0:27:55he'll remember this a lot more, won't he? Than reading it in print -
0:27:55 > 0:27:58and hopefully this will really excite him to go back to the library
0:27:58 > 0:28:01and to find out more. So it's a fantastic teaching space.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Absolutely. What's good to plant?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06It's good to plant a diversity of plants,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09so some that have very open, flat surfaces,
0:28:09 > 0:28:12so the nectar is very close to the top of the flower,
0:28:12 > 0:28:14some with long tubes,
0:28:14 > 0:28:17so you get a diversity of insects,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19some which have long tongues, small tongues,
0:28:19 > 0:28:21and they can reach down and get that nectar -
0:28:21 > 0:28:23and in doing that,
0:28:23 > 0:28:25they interact with the pollen,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27and they take the pollen away to another flower
0:28:27 > 0:28:30and provide that fertilisation of the flower.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Stephen's recommended lots of plants that pollinators love,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35and I can't help but get involved.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37This is my favourite bit.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40It would be nice to have the rudbeckias sort of curving round.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41Yeah.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46So I am so happy that the local gardening club popped in,
0:28:46 > 0:28:48spades at the ready.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50We've got loads of plants here, loads of plants,
0:28:50 > 0:28:53and I think once we've got everything in place
0:28:53 > 0:28:55and we've got a sense of where we're going to plant everything,
0:28:55 > 0:28:57it's going to look fantastic.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58We've got instant colour,
0:28:58 > 0:29:00we've got the beautiful Verbena bonariensis,
0:29:00 > 0:29:04we've got the lovely rudbeckia, that colour is just stunning.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06It's exciting, because it's looking like a garden now!
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Isn't it great to see the kids getting all mucky in the garden?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16While Steve starts planting up a more shady spot,
0:29:16 > 0:29:20some other children are getting into building bug hotels.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Right, guys, we just want to use as many different materials as we can,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25cos it'll just attract as many insects as possible
0:29:25 > 0:29:26into our gardens.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28I moved mine, it's this one, it's moving around...
0:29:31 > 0:29:33This is what Steve had in mind
0:29:33 > 0:29:37when we first talked about this community garden,
0:29:37 > 0:29:38it's bringing people together.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40And that's happened here today.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44We've got kids out here who have been digging,
0:29:44 > 0:29:46lifting soil, lifting turf,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48they've been making bug hotels,
0:29:48 > 0:29:49we've had the gardening club,
0:29:49 > 0:29:54another generation who've come to help out and lend their expertise -
0:29:54 > 0:29:57and mums, you know, and their kids, sitting around,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00people are just hanging out, but enjoying the space.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04It just fills me with pleasure to see them here,
0:30:04 > 0:30:05and being involved.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22I've been involved in a few community projects like that myself,
0:30:22 > 0:30:24and I do know they take a while to build momentum,
0:30:24 > 0:30:26but once it's there,
0:30:26 > 0:30:27they get a life of their own,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29and something special really can happen -
0:30:29 > 0:30:33and we will be going back for another visit in a few weeks' time.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Now, still to come on tonight's programme...
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Adam Frost visits Hyde Hall,
0:30:38 > 0:30:42and sees the new vegetable garden that they've created there
0:30:42 > 0:30:43over the last year...
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Let's see what it's like.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50- Wow, that's, like, really, bang! - It's amazing!
0:30:52 > 0:30:57..but first, it's time for topiary Nigel to have his annual trim.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59So, Nigel, you've got to stay and be the model.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03You can see it's made out of yew, Taxus baccata.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05I planted it three years ago -
0:31:05 > 0:31:06plenty of growth, you can see,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08lots of good growth on it,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10so I need to cut it back.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Good boy. Come here, come here, I want to...
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Not you, cos it's not a Nellie picture!
0:31:16 > 0:31:17Right, stay there.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Just take a bit more off Nigel.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36His tail has gone berserk,
0:31:36 > 0:31:38but that sometimes happens anyway.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49I think that's as far as I can take it for the moment.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52It won't ever be as beautiful as the real thing, but it's fun.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57The whole point about topiary is that it's part sculpture,
0:31:57 > 0:31:58part horticulture,
0:31:58 > 0:32:00and part mucking about -
0:32:00 > 0:32:04and mucking about is as good as the other two bits, easily.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Now, some people take topiary seriously
0:32:08 > 0:32:10and are extraordinarily good at it,
0:32:10 > 0:32:13and I went down to Dorset the other day,
0:32:13 > 0:32:18to visit a master craftsman in the art of topiary.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32Jake Hobson is not only an expert sculptor of plants,
0:32:32 > 0:32:36but he's also studied extensively in Japan...
0:32:37 > 0:32:42..and the Japanese take the training and pruning of plants
0:32:42 > 0:32:44very seriously indeed.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47So it seems to me that that combination,
0:32:47 > 0:32:50although I don't want to make a specifically Japanese garden...
0:32:51 > 0:32:54..is something that I can learn an awful lot from.
0:32:58 > 0:32:59Jake's style of topiary,
0:32:59 > 0:33:02often referred to as cloud pruning,
0:33:02 > 0:33:07is a technique that's used to create these elegant and fluid shapes,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11and they are a far cry from the rigid and formal topiary
0:33:11 > 0:33:13that we've come to associate with our gardens.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19- Hello, Jake.- Hello.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23It's nice to see you in action, very good.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24How are you doing?
0:33:24 > 0:33:28So, one of the things that I noticed on my only visit to Japan
0:33:28 > 0:33:30was that in all the time I was there,
0:33:30 > 0:33:35I never once saw a garden tree that wasn't clipped or topiarised
0:33:35 > 0:33:36or trained in some way.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Exactly, they're always perfect, yeah.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42So, is that the basis of your style, and what you do?
0:33:42 > 0:33:46That's the origin of my style, yeah.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Since I came back to England 15 years ago,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51I've kind of merged what I was excited by in Japan
0:33:51 > 0:33:53and what I'm excited by in England.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56The culture of clipped box is European,
0:33:56 > 0:34:00but the Japanese way of not making it a formal row of perfect shapes
0:34:00 > 0:34:04but a natural... Sort of evoking hillsides or clouds
0:34:04 > 0:34:06or forests or mountains,
0:34:06 > 0:34:09and I've kind of developed a term, organic topiary,
0:34:09 > 0:34:11to describe a little bit of Japanese,
0:34:11 > 0:34:13a little bit of formal topiary,
0:34:13 > 0:34:15a little bit of European style...
0:34:15 > 0:34:17but it's a more natural, organic feel -
0:34:17 > 0:34:19so, I'm inspired by nature.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23OK, so it's a hybrid, but it's a very cultured one?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Very, very cultured, and very Japanese.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27I've always got Japan ringing in the back of my head.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30I like this sort of talk, this is good.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33In practical terms, you've got these series of box plants,
0:34:33 > 0:34:37looking lovely and healthy - I'm deeply envious of you.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40What are you looking for, what are you trying to achieve as you cut?
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Is there a particular approach you need to it?
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Yeah, I'm after a sort of, well, a continuity,
0:34:45 > 0:34:49a regularity going over the whole thing,
0:34:49 > 0:34:51and if it's this kind of shape, this kind of rounded shape,
0:34:51 > 0:34:53I think about the shape as I'm doing it,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56and I think about how a shape isn't just one-dimensional
0:34:56 > 0:34:59but it goes over the whole way round, so I follow it like that.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03And I can't help but notice you're using your shears upside down.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Yeah, absolutely, because I'm going over the circle like that.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08If I was up against a hedge, I'd have it like that,
0:35:08 > 0:35:09to go straight with that.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11If you can't use box,
0:35:11 > 0:35:14if you have to look for alternatives,
0:35:14 > 0:35:16what do you recommend?
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Well, nothing does box like box -
0:35:18 > 0:35:21and I think the idea is we've got to get box out of our minds,
0:35:21 > 0:35:22and then there's loads of other things.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Favourites of mine are small leafed evergreens,
0:35:25 > 0:35:27like Phillyrea latifolia, a very good one,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Osmanthus burkwoodii, things like that.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33They tend to be bigger, they're shrubs and small trees,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35rather than what we think of as a smaller plant -
0:35:35 > 0:35:37but, you know, a box would get to 20 feet,
0:35:37 > 0:35:38- if you had 100 years spare.- Yeah.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Well, it's good to have some alternatives to box
0:35:44 > 0:35:46that will thrive in my garden in Herefordshire...
0:35:47 > 0:35:50..but I've asked Jake to show me some of the tricks of his trade
0:35:50 > 0:35:52on his cloud pruned phillyrea.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56What are particularly the virtues of phillyrea?
0:35:56 > 0:35:58It's small leafed, relatively,
0:35:58 > 0:36:00it's not as small as a box plant,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03but it's smaller than many plants, which means it's tidy and tight,
0:36:03 > 0:36:06- and you can work on quite a small scale.- Yeah.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10It is dense, and it's a pretty nice colour, it's a good green.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11And healthy?
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Very healthy, yeah.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14They're a Mediterranean plant,
0:36:14 > 0:36:16they like to be slightly on the drier side.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18They don't want to be in a swamp.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20That leads onto my next question,
0:36:20 > 0:36:23because where I am, in winter,
0:36:23 > 0:36:27it manages to be both wet and cold simultaneously -
0:36:27 > 0:36:29and a lot of plants hate that combination.
0:36:29 > 0:36:30How does it cope?
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Hardy in Dorset.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Yeah, but you're... you're in sunny Dorset!
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Hardy in Dorset, hardy in the bottom half of England.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- Let's have a go at that. - So if you're south of sort of...
0:36:43 > 0:36:46..the Wash to the Bristol Channel line,
0:36:46 > 0:36:48you'd say that it's a good punt?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- I'd say it's a great punt, yeah. - Right, yeah.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54The temptation...
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Well, there's one temptation which is to take much too much off
0:36:57 > 0:37:00in one go, but the other temptation is to be too bitty,
0:37:00 > 0:37:02and only pick off the bits that look big -
0:37:02 > 0:37:05but...I know full well that this is going to keep growing,
0:37:05 > 0:37:07because we're now in early August,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10and we've got another six to eight weeks of growth,
0:37:10 > 0:37:12and we've got to be quite strict with it.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- That's looking good.- That's it -
0:37:14 > 0:37:15and then, occasionally, with topiary,
0:37:15 > 0:37:18you get some sort of harder, woodier stuff out towards the top,
0:37:18 > 0:37:19bits like that.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21And I tend to, with a pair of secateurs
0:37:21 > 0:37:22or another pair of clippers,
0:37:22 > 0:37:24just go in and just take out the woodier stuff.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28If you run your hands through it, it'll all feel soft and fluffy
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- rather than hard and brittle. - Yeah. And how often do you cut this?
0:37:31 > 0:37:33I try to cut this twice a year,
0:37:33 > 0:37:35most evergreens twice a year.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Typically, sometime in June and then a tidy up in the autumn, basically.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40So it lasts all winter.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43So you've got it through the winter, which is where it's most important,
0:37:43 > 0:37:45because there's nothing else to look at.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47OK, let's have a look.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55For a lot of people, cloud pruning,
0:37:55 > 0:37:57and just the very nature of clouds,
0:37:57 > 0:38:00is that they come in, and then they billow,
0:38:00 > 0:38:05rather than these clearly defined tiers that you're creating.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06Yes. I mean, there's two different approaches
0:38:06 > 0:38:09and you can do this kind of continuous thing, like you said -
0:38:09 > 0:38:11but I like the look where you've got definite branches
0:38:11 > 0:38:14and definite black space between each branch.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16So the size, the shape,
0:38:16 > 0:38:20the proportion of that space is every bit as important
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- as the more solid shapes above and below it?- Exactly, it defines them.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31I suppose one keeps coming back to this thing
0:38:31 > 0:38:35that you go with what the plant is inclined to do,
0:38:35 > 0:38:39and what you are inclined to do at that moment.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40Yeah, that's the thing -
0:38:40 > 0:38:42and it always changes from there.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44What looks and feels right for you this year
0:38:44 > 0:38:46might not be the same next year.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49It's a very free-form, subjective approach,
0:38:49 > 0:38:53rather than the European thing of creating these shapes, you know,
0:38:53 > 0:38:56you want a cone, a pyramid, a ball.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Absolutely, it's not a sculpture.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59It's a living thing.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01It works, doesn't it?
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Because what you're describing is something that is very liberating.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06There are no rules.
0:39:06 > 0:39:07Use good tools,
0:39:07 > 0:39:09keep them sharp,
0:39:09 > 0:39:11look after the plants,
0:39:11 > 0:39:13and just go with it, let it happen.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15I think it looks really good.
0:39:40 > 0:39:46Sometimes plants will form a kind of topiary without any clipping at all.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48I've planted a pair of Irish yews
0:39:48 > 0:39:51either side of the path and this doorway.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55This is Taxus baccata Fastigiata,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58and they create a living topiary.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02So that gives us an architectural, very dramatic statement,
0:40:02 > 0:40:04and they're great plants for that.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09The other really good thing these pair of Irish yews are doing for me
0:40:09 > 0:40:12is tying together two parts of the garden.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16The herb garden is doing really well, it's fully functional,
0:40:16 > 0:40:18and there's not a lot to happen in there -
0:40:18 > 0:40:21but this part of the garden has hardly been touched,
0:40:21 > 0:40:23and it's time to develop it -
0:40:23 > 0:40:26and, in fact, it's not a coincidence that I went down to Dorset
0:40:26 > 0:40:30to see Jake in action, because we want to make topiary here
0:40:30 > 0:40:35of a free-flowing, not necessarily Japanese, but organic kind.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38All these plants here, and I've got loads more,
0:40:38 > 0:40:40have been grown from cuttings -
0:40:40 > 0:40:42and they have cost me absolutely nothing.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44However, I am restricted in some ways
0:40:44 > 0:40:47because I can't use normal box -
0:40:47 > 0:40:50that's Buxus sempervirens, or suffruticosa -
0:40:50 > 0:40:53but what I can use, and I intend to,
0:40:53 > 0:40:56is this very thick leaf box.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59This is a variety called Handsworthiensis,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02and I've still got it elsewhere in the garden,
0:41:02 > 0:41:05and it seems to be both pretty much resistant to blight,
0:41:05 > 0:41:07and if it does get it, it recovers.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Now, it's worth pointing out to you that if you find box,
0:41:11 > 0:41:13and I quite often get people asking me this,
0:41:13 > 0:41:16that has these orange leaves,
0:41:16 > 0:41:18looking very sickly.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21This is not box blight.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23It's a classic sign of stress -
0:41:23 > 0:41:25and the reason why they're like this,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28because this has been in this container for two years,
0:41:28 > 0:41:30it's outgrown all the nutrients,
0:41:30 > 0:41:32and, poor thing, it's starving.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34This will recover.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37So, don't worry if you've got orange leaves on your box.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40This is a slow process, and because it's organic,
0:41:40 > 0:41:42I'm not going to try and plant them all in one go,
0:41:42 > 0:41:46I'm just going to start building up and adding in plants -
0:41:46 > 0:41:49but on the corners here, on both sides,
0:41:49 > 0:41:54I want to have a yew...sort of blob that will spill out over the path,
0:41:54 > 0:42:00and I'm going to do that by planting these four cuttings in a square.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04So, by placing these four plants, that will grow together,
0:42:04 > 0:42:06and effectively become one,
0:42:06 > 0:42:09we immediately create a mass,
0:42:09 > 0:42:11and in a year or two, can start clipping that -
0:42:11 > 0:42:13and you'll notice that I've chosen plants
0:42:13 > 0:42:14that do not have a leader.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18They're spreading automatically so that makes them suitable
0:42:18 > 0:42:22for this fairly low, horizontal shape
0:42:22 > 0:42:23which can be clipped tight.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Yew is a tough plant,
0:42:28 > 0:42:30it will grow in chalk, it will grow in acidic soil,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33it will grow in full sun, it will grow in some shade.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37But it will not grow in waterlogged soil.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39It really must have good drainage.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Right. That's not too bad,
0:42:47 > 0:42:49but I am going to add a bucket-load of grit...
0:42:51 > 0:42:54..because you can never have too much.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55I'm just going to spread that on...
0:42:58 > 0:42:59..and dig it in.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Right, we can plant.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Now, I have got some mycorrhizal powder...
0:43:14 > 0:43:16..which is always worth adding
0:43:16 > 0:43:20if you're planting any tree or shrub because it will speed up
0:43:20 > 0:43:24the relationship between the mycorrhizae fungi in the soil
0:43:24 > 0:43:28and the plants that will feed it with sugars -
0:43:28 > 0:43:31and for the plant to get established,
0:43:31 > 0:43:32this really, really helps.
0:43:43 > 0:43:44The thing about mycorrhizae,
0:43:44 > 0:43:47there has to be direct contact with the roots.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50What I do is just rub it in, like that...
0:43:56 > 0:43:58..and that goes like that...
0:44:07 > 0:44:09..and I won't be thinking about clipping these
0:44:09 > 0:44:11for another year or so.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13We'll just let them get established.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Now we move over to the Handsworthiensis.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19This will never be a low blob,
0:44:19 > 0:44:20this wants to be fairly upright,
0:44:20 > 0:44:23and my vision is that we have these lower shapes
0:44:23 > 0:44:27morphing into the taller ones and then going down again.
0:44:27 > 0:44:28So the whole thing flows.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53You'll notice that for both the yew and the box,
0:44:53 > 0:44:56I haven't added any compost,
0:44:56 > 0:44:58or manure or soil improver underneath them...
0:44:59 > 0:45:01..and that's for a reason -
0:45:01 > 0:45:03because if you do that in a planting hole,
0:45:03 > 0:45:06it encourages the roots to stay in the planting hole.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09It's just simply much nicer in there than it is out in the soil...
0:45:10 > 0:45:12..and for a healthy plant,
0:45:12 > 0:45:15it has got to get out into the soil, whatever that soil is like.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Right, I'm just going to gently firm that in.
0:45:25 > 0:45:26Well, that is a modest beginning
0:45:26 > 0:45:30to something that will take weeks or even months
0:45:30 > 0:45:32to be planted and develop.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35Now, three years ago, almost to the day,
0:45:35 > 0:45:38I visited RHS Hyde Hall for the first time,
0:45:38 > 0:45:41and I was really impressed by their vegetable garden,
0:45:41 > 0:45:42and the way that they grew them.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44Well, they've moved on,
0:45:44 > 0:45:46because they have created a brand-new,
0:45:46 > 0:45:48much bigger vegetable garden,
0:45:48 > 0:45:50and Adam Frost went along to have a look.
0:45:58 > 0:45:59Do you know, over the last couple of years,
0:45:59 > 0:46:02I've been lucky enough to work with the team here at Hyde Hall,
0:46:02 > 0:46:04helping design different parts of this garden,
0:46:04 > 0:46:07and I have really fallen in love with it -
0:46:07 > 0:46:09but earlier on in July, they opened a new veg garden...
0:46:09 > 0:46:12but this is not a normal kitchen garden.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14It's all about pushing boundaries,
0:46:14 > 0:46:17and seeing what we can grow in that UK environment -
0:46:17 > 0:46:19and I'm feeling a little childlike,
0:46:19 > 0:46:21and I can't wait to go and have a look.
0:46:24 > 0:46:25RHS Hyde Hall in Essex
0:46:25 > 0:46:28is situated in one of the driest parts of the country,
0:46:28 > 0:46:31and the new fruit and vegetable garden aims to experiment,
0:46:31 > 0:46:34growing edibles from all around the world.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38For a vegetable garden, it's an unusual circular design,
0:46:38 > 0:46:41divided into four quarters, each planted with edibles.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46You've got North America, South America,
0:46:46 > 0:46:48Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Overseeing the garden is horticulturalist Matthew Oliver.
0:46:57 > 0:46:58Well, here we are, mate, in Europe,
0:46:58 > 0:47:00which is a place I suppose most people recognise
0:47:00 > 0:47:01what you're growing here.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03This could be a herbaceous border, could it?
0:47:03 > 0:47:06Yeah, a lot of these are garden plants, if you like -
0:47:06 > 0:47:07but lots of edible petals as well
0:47:07 > 0:47:09which are really fashionable at the moment.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Yeah, something like this borage which is an annual,
0:47:11 > 0:47:13but the flowers are absolutely stunning.
0:47:13 > 0:47:17Yeah, a lot of people don't really realise that you can eat the petals,
0:47:17 > 0:47:18just peel them off,
0:47:18 > 0:47:19decorate salads, use them in drinks,
0:47:19 > 0:47:21- those kind of things.- Yeah,
0:47:21 > 0:47:24I've seen them set in ice cubes and dropped into a drink.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26- Yeah, yeah.- But Europe just doesn't stop at the obvious, does it?
0:47:26 > 0:47:28There is more interesting bits and pieces.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30Yeah, yeah, we've got a few different unusuals in here.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40This is agretti, very similar to samphire,
0:47:40 > 0:47:41but much easier to grow.
0:47:41 > 0:47:42Seed in the spring for this.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Samphire's incredibly salty.
0:47:44 > 0:47:45So has it got that same...?
0:47:45 > 0:47:48Yeah, this has got that same sort of slightly salty taste to it,
0:47:48 > 0:47:49that crisp crunchiness as well.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51- You can try some if you want.- Can I?
0:47:51 > 0:47:52Let's see what it's like.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58- Wow, that's, like, really, bang! - It's amazing.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01So it'll work well with fish dishes, that kind of thing.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Hark at you, he's behaving like a cook now!
0:48:04 > 0:48:06I think this is definitely worth a shout, that's lovely.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17These are plants, you know,
0:48:17 > 0:48:19you really do recognise from North America, aren't they?
0:48:19 > 0:48:22Yeah, very traditionally North American agriculture
0:48:22 > 0:48:24type plants in here. So, think Native American -
0:48:24 > 0:48:28so we've got the sweetcorn, lots of climbing beans,
0:48:28 > 0:48:30and then lots of pumpkins and squashes, as well.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32But anything more unusual in North America?
0:48:32 > 0:48:34Yeah, we've got some wonderberries, which are very unusual.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36Right, let's go and have a look at those.
0:48:40 > 0:48:41Just by looking at it,
0:48:41 > 0:48:44you can tell that it's related to deadly nightshade -
0:48:44 > 0:48:45but this one is edible.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47Which would instantly scare the life out of me,
0:48:47 > 0:48:50so that makes the point, at home, this is a weed, really, in a sense,
0:48:50 > 0:48:52so do not go into the garden and just eat it.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54This has been bred, obviously, to eat.
0:48:54 > 0:48:55Yeah, this is a hybrid one,
0:48:55 > 0:48:57and the berries on these ARE edible,
0:48:57 > 0:48:59but they have to be ripe first.
0:48:59 > 0:49:00So don't eat them green, either.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03Once they lose their shine a little bit, that's when they're ripe,
0:49:03 > 0:49:08and then brilliant in sort of pies, tarts, jams, that sort of stuff.
0:49:08 > 0:49:09Fantastic.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20South America says to me potatoes -
0:49:20 > 0:49:22but obviously there's a whole lot more.
0:49:22 > 0:49:23- Yeah.- Squashes?
0:49:23 > 0:49:27Yeah, shark fin melon, different species of squash,
0:49:27 > 0:49:30yeah, loads of different stuff, lots of tuberous roots,
0:49:30 > 0:49:33- cannas, yacon.- Cannas, you know, most people would think,
0:49:33 > 0:49:36a plant, we grow it in a border, but you can eat the tubers, can't you?
0:49:36 > 0:49:38- Yeah, eat the tuberous roots of those.- And down here?
0:49:38 > 0:49:41This is oca. so for me, this is a plant that really summarises
0:49:41 > 0:49:42everything we're trying to do.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44It's slightly unusual,
0:49:44 > 0:49:45people won't have heard of it,
0:49:45 > 0:49:48but it's something that could have a good stab
0:49:48 > 0:49:49at growing at home.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51Yeah, it's a tiny little, sort of like a tuber, isn't it?
0:49:51 > 0:49:54Yeah, sort of a stem tuber,
0:49:54 > 0:49:57forms sort of big swollen roots,
0:49:57 > 0:49:59kind of pinky reds, creamy colours.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02A really versatile crop, as well, in the kitchen.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04In South America, where they come from,
0:50:04 > 0:50:08these rival potato in terms of importance as a staple crop,
0:50:08 > 0:50:10and they can do here as well,
0:50:10 > 0:50:11with a little bit of breeding work on them.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14Yeah, I've eaten them and they were an awful lot better
0:50:14 > 0:50:16once I put a bit of garlic butter on them, you know?
0:50:16 > 0:50:17But actually...
0:50:17 > 0:50:19front of a border, inter-planted,
0:50:19 > 0:50:21- they're a lovely little plant, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24Propagation wise, how are you going to do these for next year?
0:50:24 > 0:50:27So, these you just save back a few tubers when you dig them up.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Store them somewhere sort of cool, frost free,
0:50:30 > 0:50:33and then just pot them up and start them into growth again
0:50:33 > 0:50:35next March time, something like that.
0:50:35 > 0:50:36So you start them inside and then bring them out,
0:50:36 > 0:50:39- and plant them out? - Yeah, they're a tender plant,
0:50:39 > 0:50:41so need protecting from the frost early in the season.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52The Asian continent is incredible, isn't it?
0:50:52 > 0:50:55It's definitely, in terms of range of plants, the most diverse area.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57I've just gone and bought this plant,
0:50:57 > 0:50:59and these I find absolutely fascinating.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01It's an Egyptian onion.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Yes, or otherwise known as a walking onion.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06One of the more unusual plants in the garden.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08It forms these sort of tiny bulbils
0:51:08 > 0:51:09on the top of the stems,
0:51:09 > 0:51:11that then fall over, touch the ground,
0:51:11 > 0:51:14take root and then begin to march their way across the garden.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16That, for me, is just absolutely fantastic.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25This is one part of the garden where we're really pushing our luck
0:51:25 > 0:51:28with what we can do, it's highly experimental.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31In theory, we shouldn't be able to grow these things in Essex.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33So you've actually got soya beans in here, yeah?
0:51:33 > 0:51:35There are a few in there, where they've flowered,
0:51:35 > 0:51:37and just the beans starting to form.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39So, hopefully, if we have a decent summer,
0:51:39 > 0:51:41these might make it through to harvest, I'd be well chuffed.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Do you know what, we shouldn't forget you're growing this
0:51:44 > 0:51:47on a hillside in the driest part of the country.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50So if you can have a go, people at home should have half a chance,
0:51:50 > 0:51:53- shouldn't they?- Definitely, that's what we're trying to do,
0:51:53 > 0:51:55is inspire people to go away and do a bit of grow your own.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57Well, I tell you what, you are definitely doing that.
0:51:57 > 0:51:58Thank you.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08I've had a really wonderful day,
0:52:08 > 0:52:11and this garden is absolutely packed full of ideas...
0:52:12 > 0:52:15..but it makes you realise that ultimately what we eat
0:52:15 > 0:52:18and what we put on our tables is driven by our supermarkets,
0:52:18 > 0:52:21and that there proves that there is so much out there
0:52:21 > 0:52:23that we can grow that's edible -
0:52:23 > 0:52:25and if you grow your own,
0:52:25 > 0:52:27why not just push it a little bit more?
0:52:40 > 0:52:44It could be that it's something exotic
0:52:44 > 0:52:45that inspires you to grow vegetables,
0:52:45 > 0:52:47it could be, as largely is the case with myself,
0:52:47 > 0:52:51that you just try and grow really good ordinary veg
0:52:51 > 0:52:54that are as delicious as possible, it doesn't matter.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57What matters is that you give it a go.
0:52:57 > 0:53:02Try and grow something you could take into the kitchen and enjoy,
0:53:02 > 0:53:04whatever that might be...
0:53:08 > 0:53:11..and if you think you haven't got any room for vegetables,
0:53:11 > 0:53:12you can grow them in containers.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15I sowed three containers here about five weeks ago.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18One of carrots, another of a mixture called mesclun,
0:53:18 > 0:53:23and the other of a combination of red and green salad bowl.
0:53:23 > 0:53:24The carrots need thinning,
0:53:24 > 0:53:27the mesclun has got a little bit of flea beetle action,
0:53:27 > 0:53:28those round holes you get,
0:53:28 > 0:53:30but perfectly edible -
0:53:30 > 0:53:34and the germination on the lettuce is a little bit thin,
0:53:34 > 0:53:36but that's the reality of growing vegetables.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38It's never perfect.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40But it's ALWAYS a good thing to do.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44Now, these need thinning, simply by pulling them out.
0:53:44 > 0:53:45When you thin carrots,
0:53:45 > 0:53:49there is always a danger of attracting carrot fly,
0:53:49 > 0:53:51because they can smell from up to half a mile away -
0:53:51 > 0:53:52but at this time of year,
0:53:52 > 0:53:56the cycle of the fly means that it's not too much of a problem.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00So, we're just at random gently pulling out the roots,
0:54:00 > 0:54:03so that those that remain will grow bigger.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07Well, this is a small job,
0:54:07 > 0:54:08but a good one -
0:54:08 > 0:54:10and here are some more for this weekend.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25If you grow rhododendrons, azaleas or camellias in pots,
0:54:25 > 0:54:29it's not uncommon for the buds to fall off before they open in spring,
0:54:29 > 0:54:32and that is because the plants are too dry now.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36So, give them a good soak using rainwater...
0:54:37 > 0:54:41..now, and every week for the next six to eight weeks,
0:54:41 > 0:54:44and this will ensure good flowering next spring.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51As summer fruiting raspberries are coming to an end,
0:54:51 > 0:54:54autumn fruiting ones are really coming into their own...
0:54:54 > 0:54:57but the plants can sprawl all over the place.
0:54:58 > 0:55:02So support them temporarily, using canes and string,
0:55:02 > 0:55:05and this will tidy them up and make them much easier to pick.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12If you sow spinach seed now,
0:55:12 > 0:55:14it will germinate very quickly,
0:55:14 > 0:55:16and give you a harvest from late autumn,
0:55:16 > 0:55:18right through the winter,
0:55:18 > 0:55:19into next spring.
0:55:20 > 0:55:21I sow my seed in drills,
0:55:21 > 0:55:25and just cover them lightly over with a rake.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28If it's very dry, I will, of course, water them.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42I planted this banana,
0:55:42 > 0:55:44this is the Ensete ventricosum,
0:55:44 > 0:55:48in a slightly odd place this year.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51It can't be properly enjoyed from the main drag in the Jewel garden,
0:55:51 > 0:55:54but you come round the corner and here it is, it's very resplendent,
0:55:54 > 0:55:59and all you have to do is just prune off any of the more ragged branches.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Get a knife, it cuts very easily...
0:56:01 > 0:56:03and it tidies it up -
0:56:03 > 0:56:06and it's enjoyed our summer weather.
0:56:06 > 0:56:10It's had enough sun, it's had enough water, I haven't watered it once -
0:56:10 > 0:56:12and even if for us humans
0:56:12 > 0:56:15it hasn't felt like the most brilliant of summers,
0:56:15 > 0:56:16obviously, in banana terms,
0:56:16 > 0:56:18it hasn't done badly at all -
0:56:18 > 0:56:21and until we get frost, this will be absolutely fine.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24However, let's see what we've got in store for us
0:56:24 > 0:56:27with the weather in our gardens this weekend.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Come along. Come on, now.
0:57:09 > 0:57:10Come on.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14Come along, dogs.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17Come on, there's a good girl, do you want to come up? No?
0:57:18 > 0:57:20Well, that's it for today.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23Don't forget, it is bank holiday weekend,
0:57:23 > 0:57:25our last break before Christmas,
0:57:25 > 0:57:27and it's still summer!
0:57:27 > 0:57:31So get outside and enjoy yourself in the garden,
0:57:31 > 0:57:34whatever that means for you -
0:57:34 > 0:57:36and I'll see you back here at Longmeadow
0:57:36 > 0:57:37at the same time next week.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Till then, bye-bye.