0:00:06 > 0:00:09Well, from time to time in the past, I've been able to say
0:00:09 > 0:00:14no expense has been spared to bring you the moment and the story of the moment.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Well, I can tell you, I'm in Venice. Yes.
0:00:17 > 0:00:22Well, think about it - canals and glassworks. Venice.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25But we're in the Venice of the North,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27to tell you the latest regeneration story.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Aye - we're in Maryhill.
0:00:32 > 0:00:38That's the Glasgow Maryhill, of course, and the whole area owes its existence
0:00:38 > 0:00:40to the building of two mighty canals in the late 17th century,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44and they in turn made it the pulse point of this city.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52You'll hear the word "regeneration" a great deal in this programme, starting with the canal itself.
0:00:52 > 0:00:58Being able to navigate through here now is a result of the largest canal regeneration in the world.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03It's an impressive 35 miles long with 39 locks.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10And just above the canal is a community garden that we have come to help out with
0:01:10 > 0:01:16and it's a regeneration project in the midst of a whole area of regeneration.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Right in the midst of Maryhill is this impressive piece of engineering
0:01:31 > 0:01:34which is, of course, the Kelvin Aqueduct.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38It carries the Forth and Clyde canals on four graceful arches
0:01:38 > 0:01:42over the River Kelvin, which is just over there, 75ft down.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46When built, this miracle of 18th-century engineering and architecture
0:01:46 > 0:01:48was regarded as a wonder of the world.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Today you can still walk or sail along it.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55- Hello!- This beats Shanks's pony!
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- You get the good jobs! - The next one's not for two days.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59SHE SIGHS
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Maryhill itself is a large, previously highly industrial area of Glasgow.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10It's some seven miles long and it's home to around 50,000 people.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16The area is undergoing a programme of massive regeneration
0:02:16 > 0:02:19and where old tumbledown buildings have been demolished,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22new state-of-the-art buildings have been going up.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25This is Branston Court.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30First opened its doors in 1988 and recently fully refurbished by Ypeople,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34to provide accommodation and support for up to 50 vulnerable people
0:02:34 > 0:02:38whose lives have been affected by homelessness.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42As well as providing residents with safe and stable accommodation,
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Ypeople staff also support them in learning the life skills which will allow them to move on
0:02:46 > 0:02:50and integrate back into the wider community.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Working alongside Ypeople and the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers,
0:02:56 > 0:03:00the residents drew up plans and secured funding to create a small barbecue area
0:03:00 > 0:03:01and a vegetable patch.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04And from those initial thoughts, the plans grew,
0:03:04 > 0:03:10and grew, until they took over the entire site at the back of Branston Court.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16This very ambitious project is being supported by the Garden For Life forum,
0:03:16 > 0:03:22through Scottish Natural Heritage, an initiative that invites you to go closer to nature.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27There is much to be done but first George is talking to Debbie Fraser,
0:03:27 > 0:03:29whose role is fundraiser for Ypeople.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33And she's also the driving force behind this whole community garden.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36So where did you get the idea from for this?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40When I joined as fundraiser in 2009,
0:03:40 > 0:03:45one of my tasks was to visit all the services that we have and to see what type of funding they wanted.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49And I happened to be Edinburgh one day at one of our services there
0:03:49 > 0:03:55and I met a gentleman called Michael who had been in a cycle of homelessness
0:03:55 > 0:04:01and within that service they had got some funding to do up a very small garden,
0:04:01 > 0:04:05and Michael was sitting in the garden on a bench and he was listening to music,
0:04:05 > 0:04:09and the lovely plants and flowers all around him,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12and you could see he was calm and he was enjoying that experience,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16and I wondered, where would he have been if the garden wasn't there?
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Then I came to see Branston Court and saw this vast area
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- and thought, "We have to do something with it." - So what do you want this to achieve?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Well, it's not about myself. It is more about the residents
0:04:28 > 0:04:31and they've been involved, really, from the beginning,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35and it's their ideas of what they would like to get out of the garden.
0:04:35 > 0:04:41And we try to help them, through this difficult period of their lives when they come to us,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43to learn life skills,
0:04:43 > 0:04:49and within the garden, they'll be able to learn how to plant and grow,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52they'll cook on the barbecue, and the healthy side of things,
0:04:52 > 0:04:56but also, we're now multicultural in this particular project
0:04:56 > 0:04:57and we want to build a community,
0:04:57 > 0:05:01and rather than people being isolated in their own accommodation,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04this would give them a great area to come together.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Tracey and Alan, you've been residents here for a while. How long have you been here?
0:05:10 > 0:05:15- I've been here for 20 weeks. - Right.- Aye, so just over three and a half months.- And Alan?
0:05:15 > 0:05:21- I've been here from the start. I've been, like, the main man, Tracey, eh?- Aye.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Just making sure the residents are out, volunteering,
0:05:25 > 0:05:29and just having fun and making the garden look good.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Now, what do you want the garden to do for you?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Bring us all close together.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Get everybody to know each other a bit better as well.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- And you, Alan?- Just looking forward to it - a nice summer's day,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46the residents getting to know each other, chill out in the chill-out area,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49work out in the gym, stuff like that. So it's going to be good fun.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Well, Lynn Harris is the garden designer on this project.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56You're a seasoned Beechgrove community garden designer.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00I'm always impressed how you come up with all sorts of requirements for people and fulfil those.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05- What were the special challenges here?- Well, this is quite a different garden for me
0:06:05 > 0:06:08because of the age group of the people involved in the community.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13The residents here are between 17 and 25 and I've never done a community garden
0:06:13 > 0:06:14for that age group before
0:06:14 > 0:06:16and, boy, did they have a wish list!
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- Big long shopping list.- Yes. - So how did you fulfil that?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Well, in order to get everything that they wanted into the garden,
0:06:23 > 0:06:27I've divided it into lots of different zones, and I've called it the Zone Garden.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- OK.- So we've got lots of different areas to relax in -
0:06:32 > 0:06:37a patio garden, and right next to that we've got an area where they can grow herbs and things
0:06:37 > 0:06:38that they can use on the barbecue.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40We've got a deck zone.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43We've got a chill-out zone where they can perhaps have parties.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48And then we've got the sweat zone, which is an outdoor gym.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- Which is a new one for me. - Lovely. Yeah.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54And finally, we've got the jump zone, which is a basketball court.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Do you know, I didn't know Jim and George were quite so fit!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Bam bam bam bam bam...
0:07:09 > 0:07:11bam bam bam bam bam...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13bam bam!
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Hey!
0:07:15 > 0:07:18RECORDED WHISTLING AND APPLAUSE
0:07:18 > 0:07:20RECORDING STOPS ABRUPTLY
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- George, what are you up to? - This is the jump zone.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Where you come to throw a few hoops.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Oh, I thought it was netball.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Well, these zones are all joined by this path here
0:07:31 > 0:07:35and you can see it's a little bit of a work in progress at the moment.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Lovely healthy plants.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38They've still got to be planted
0:07:38 > 0:07:41but with this rain they don't need to be watered at the moment!
0:07:41 > 0:07:44And then here are the girls.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Lynn, what are you up to?
0:07:46 > 0:07:47This is the sweat zone. What do you think?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- Are you sweating in this weather? - Er, no.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Can you go backwards?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Er, maybe.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54And what are you doing?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I'm doing the twist!
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Oh, good for the waistline!
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Lesley, I'm not sure about this.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Oh, I feel a little bit like a deranged string puppet.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05I'm going to be so fit.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09It reminds me of Spotty Dog but I think I am showing my age there.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I think that was the Woodentops.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Anyway, a bit of a work in progress with the woodchips. And Jim?
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Calm down. You're in the important garden zone.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21More of that later.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22OK.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25And Carolyn again, are you having a little bit of a rest now?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I'm in the chill-out zone.
0:08:27 > 0:08:27It's great.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28A nice place to relax.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31This rubber surface is going to get covered with Astroturf,
0:08:31 > 0:08:35big oversized beanbags, a lovely little willow arbour that will grow up at the back.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37A nice place to cosy in.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38It sounds wonderful.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41But now it's a big team outing because George tells us
0:08:41 > 0:08:45that he's found an inspirational gardening project
0:08:45 > 0:08:48and it's not far from here, so we're all going,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51with some of the residents, to find out a little bit more about that.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54OK, so I have brought you all down to the middle of Possilpark,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56where you might think there is absolutely nothing,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59and I've brought you to the Concrete Garden, which sounds a bit strange.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Sounds as though it's full of concrete.- Well, it's not.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Now, what you'll see here is something which
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I guarantee will blow your socks off.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08It's a fantastic idea, so come on.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Oh, these tomatoes look good.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16What is that?
0:09:16 > 0:09:17- A cucumber? - It's like a cucumber.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20It's the same family, but it's a courgette.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Yes, a courgette.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27- So you could grow them, maybe, back in your garden, couldn't you? - Aye.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30It just shows how easy it is.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Have you seen the birdfeeders?
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Just recycled cartons.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35It's really good, isn't it?
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Mo, as the community development worker here, what's the project all about?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Basically, it's sow and grow everywhere.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49It's an opportunity to use an urban space to allow the local community to grow their own fruit
0:09:49 > 0:09:53and vegetables to feed their family and to get in the great outdoors.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57So what we're looking at here, is this just one person growing this?
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Yes, this is... All the beds on the entire row here are taken up by
0:10:01 > 0:10:04members of the community who want to come along and grow their own food.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05- Tomato...- Yes.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- Chives... - You obviously like the chives. Do you go at the chives a lot?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Aye, I eat them all the time.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Paula, I can tell straight away looking at your hands
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- that you must be the gardener. - Yes, I am.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20I come along and give people advice and help them out
0:10:20 > 0:10:25if they have any questions on what they want to grow in their plots,
0:10:25 > 0:10:29when to eat things, when to plant them, things like that.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31The aim is that everything is free for anyone,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34so we'll provide a starter kit, so to speak,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36and they can add on to it as they wish.
0:10:37 > 0:10:43There's peas, there's spinach, there's cabbage, there's radish...
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- Try that.- This is the first time I've eaten this.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Because I thought these were just flowers to make the place beautiful.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53But you can eat them, you can eat flowers,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56and this is pot marigold.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59You could do this at Branston Street, no problem at all.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05This is a fantastic system, Katharine. How did it start?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08It's a new project that was put together by NVA,
0:11:08 > 0:11:12and we're working with some great partners to make it happen.
0:11:12 > 0:11:18We have been lucky enough to have the beds designed as a modular system,
0:11:18 > 0:11:22which means the gardens can kind of pop up as an instant garden.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25So is this how it arrives on site?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28That's right, it comes with soil so it's ready to grow instantly
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- and people can just get growing. - And the fence at the back?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Yeah, it's made from recycled timber by Glasgow Wood Recycling,
0:11:35 > 0:11:39so it's a great use of local materials that would otherwise go to landfill.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42And it's really important that we help people sustain
0:11:42 > 0:11:43the quality of the soil,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47so lots of work around composting and using worms.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51So you give all this advice for free?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Just have a little bit, cos it's quite strong.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Wouldn't imagine you'd get a taste like that off a plant.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58It's really nice.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00What, you don't like it?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Becks, I noticed, obviously, your compost bins,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09that's something dear to my heart.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Do you have a sort of teaching process to tell new people
0:12:12 > 0:12:14that this is where the rubbish goes?
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Every time somebody comes in, they get given a tour
0:12:17 > 0:12:20of the entire garden, and one of the things we do pop in
0:12:20 > 0:12:23is this - we only built it this year, and we basically say,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26if it's uncooked, chuck it in, if you're unsure, ask us.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28There's always somebody in the office,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31and we just try and get people knowing.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32A real good recycling story.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35But listen, while I'm talking to you and listening,
0:12:35 > 0:12:38I'm seeing these boxes on that back wall over there.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39What's the story?
0:12:39 > 0:12:43I made a new logo for the concrete garden and made up a poster,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47and I went down to the Lush store and asked to put up the poster,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50and they said, "by the way, we have all these window-boxes,
0:12:50 > 0:12:51"would you like them?"
0:12:51 > 0:12:54So, of course, yes, that'll be fantastic!
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Do you find that sort of attitude pervades the community,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00if you ask in the right way you'll get help?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Yeah, more often than not people really want to help,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05especially when they find out it's for free.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07There's a good feel about that, isn't it?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Because it widens it out through the community,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12and you can deliver this free for the folk who most need it.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Do you like this one, are you spitting the other one out?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20No, I love this one. I love the rocket.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22It's just different, isn't it?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- It's actually quite strong. - It is, isn't it?
0:13:25 > 0:13:30I think that would actually complement a nice salad, that strong taste bursting through.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32How long do you spend here in a week?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Me? Probably four, five days.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Really? Just to keep this wee bit?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38No, everything, watering!
0:13:38 > 0:13:41In other words, it's really co-operative?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Yeah, everybody helps with everybody else.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- What about children? - We've got lots of children.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51A lot of the people who have the plots have young children,
0:13:51 > 0:13:55and they love to get to the watering barrels and water everything.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59I bet they must love going to those barrels, that's really super.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02they just sit underneath with their buckets, it's great fun for them.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Well, recycling is the name of the game,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08water is harvested from the roof of the little building here,
0:14:08 > 0:14:12and it drops down into these barrels.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13What a good idea.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17That's what is used for watering all the tubs and the greenhouse and so on.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20You've got to check if these are full...
0:14:20 > 0:14:21SNIFFS
0:14:21 > 0:14:23The smell lingers on.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28That sometimes we have wee picnics and we get together
0:14:28 > 0:14:30and make up a wee salad or something.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32We get the barbecue out.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34So we'll be doing a wee bit more of that.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38It's a real community feel, I think it's absolutely brilliant.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40It's accessible to everybody,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42because of the actual layout of the garden.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Anyone can come in, they don't get a sore back,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46wheelchair access is perfect,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49so there isn't anyone who can't enjoy this space.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Meanwhile, back here at Branston Court,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58I'm getting these raised beds ready for planting.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01When we first saw them at the concrete garden,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04we were so impressed we decided we had to have them
0:15:04 > 0:15:07for the community garden here, and what we're doing - boys -
0:15:07 > 0:15:12is we're filling this with a mix of topsoil and compost,
0:15:12 > 0:15:16and it's recycled compost, and what we've got is a 3-1 mix.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20We've got three parts screen topsoil and one part of this lovely
0:15:20 > 0:15:25recycled compost, which is very high in nutrients, from GP Green.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27That's great, boys, thank you very much.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31And what we're going to fill them with is some herbs
0:15:31 > 0:15:33and vegetables and things like that.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35We've sent some of the residents off to the Botanics
0:15:35 > 0:15:39to get some advice as to the sort of herbs that we can plant in here.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Assistant curator Louise Bustard took residents
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Tracey, Alan and Marianne to have a look round
0:15:48 > 0:15:55the Botanics' herb beds and is full of stories about their uses and origins.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58This is another old British plant, called tansy.
0:15:58 > 0:16:05Again, our ancestors in the past would add flour, milk and butter to that...
0:16:06 > 0:16:12..with the leaves, and that would help with stomach ulcers or an upset stomach.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17This one St John's Wort, this yellow flower here.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Let me take one of those leaves.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Now, hold it up, if you can look, can you see up there?
0:16:25 > 0:16:29in that leaf it looks like it's got and lots of little pinpricks.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34Inside those pinpricks there's resin, goo.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37The resin in this plant is now used to treat people
0:16:37 > 0:16:39who suffer from depression.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41This is a very interesting one,
0:16:41 > 0:16:46another wild plant found throughout Europe, not just Britain -
0:16:46 > 0:16:50the Latin Artemisia, and this has an incredibly bitter taste.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Believe me, you don't even want to put a tiny bit on your tongue.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57But, interestingly, it has a chemical in it that, today,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00is now being used to treat malaria.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- Malaria is very common in Gambia, where I'm from.- Absolutely.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07And then yarrow, another native plant here,
0:17:07 > 0:17:14was a very useful one for heart disease that they used in the past.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19I should emphasise, these are things that have been used in the past -
0:17:19 > 0:17:22never use a herb without asking a proper doctor first,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25you do have to be very careful.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29What sort of herbs could we take back to Branston?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I would always recommend culinary ones,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35because most people will know about the culinary herbs.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39For example this is garlic.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Everyone knows about the garlic.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43It depends how much space you've got,
0:17:43 > 0:17:47but this big construction is covered with hops.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51I'm sure you're aware of what hops go into,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53that's what makes the bitterness in beer.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Right.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56That's very interesting...
0:17:56 > 0:17:58LAUGHS: Absolutely!
0:17:58 > 0:18:00We'll take them back to Branston.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Well, we can certainly take some cuttings,
0:18:02 > 0:18:06and you can start making and brewing your own beer!
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Meanwhile, back at Branston Court,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15what we're doing here is filling these large SAGE beds,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19and in particular we're putting in some culinary herbs.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21You were at the Botanic Gardens with Louise
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- and she was suggesting that, wasn't she, Alan?- She was, yeah.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29What we've done, we've got chives here, which is oniony, thyme, sage and rosemary,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32and we've put them in rows like this so we've made
0:18:32 > 0:18:34a little mini potager or a pretty garden,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37then we've got these nice planting spaces between.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40And in the middle we're putting in a plum tree,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43so you will eventually get fruit from that, but I think
0:18:43 > 0:18:45you'll have to wait a year or two before that happens.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49What we're going to do here, we're going to sow some seeds and these
0:18:49 > 0:18:53are a nice wildflower mix, really good for bringing wildlife in.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- Have you ever sown seeds before?- No.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57The seeds don't know.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Put your hand out.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04It's not just one variety, there's corn marigold, facelia...
0:19:04 > 0:19:05If we sow these now,
0:19:05 > 0:19:09they'll come up as little plants, but won't flower till next year.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13I just want you to sprinkle it like that so you spread them out.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17And the great thing is, they're going to attract the bees
0:19:17 > 0:19:20and butterflies, and they'll be good pollinators for the plum.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- You've sown seeds before, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- What about planting plants? - Yeah, I'll try.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Well, if you want to put the strawberry in there.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30These strawberries have come from Beechgrove Garden.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- They're a lovely variety called sonata... - I like strawberries, very sweet.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- You tasted them, didn't you, at the concrete garden?- Yes.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43I'm afraid you're going to have to wait till next year before you get the fruit.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44These are lovely, actually,
0:19:44 > 0:19:48the ones we thought were the sweetest and produced the most.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Now, the other thing is about propagating plants,
0:19:51 > 0:19:53and that's a little runner with some roots on it.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55And if you push that into the soil like that
0:19:55 > 0:19:58you'll eventually get another plant.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02- That's good. - I think you're a real gardener.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Very enthusiastic.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Yes, it's very interesting.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08He's done this before!
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Anna, since I came on site, I've seen nothing
0:20:24 > 0:20:28but these green T-shirts with the BTCV on it. What is it?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30We're a group that go out, with volunteers.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32We do conservation work in and around Glasgow.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Where do you get the volunteers? Are they sitting at home?
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Some of them are, yes.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40It's a better opportunity to do something with us and learn new things.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43We have all ages, all types of backgrounds.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47I'm told you've been here since the start, really getting tore in here.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Yes, right from the start, in all weathers, it's been.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54We've done the lot. We've lifted turf, we've rotavated.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57This thing here, did you create this?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Yes, we did. It's a living willow seat.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03The idea is that obviously the bits that grow,
0:21:03 > 0:21:07we weave back in but it's living and there's a grass top to it.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- It's going to come right up over the top?- Eventually, yes.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14We'll bring in more on the top and there's going to be a nice sculpture here
0:21:14 > 0:21:17and we're hopefully going to frame that nicely.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19I know for a fact you guys do so much.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- A lot of projects would never happen without volunteers. - Definitely, yes.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- I couldn't do it without my guys. Without a doubt, yes. - Thanks.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32Lynn, at the back of the garden, at the top of the garden is this woodland bed.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36What I've done is try to borrow from the existing trees here
0:21:36 > 0:21:39and complement on this side with trees and shrubs,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42very much a woodland border and very wildlife-friendly.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45We've got hawthorn over there, hawthorn here, rowan.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49We've got loads of wildlife-friendly plants,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51things for butterflies, for bees,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54loads of berries for the birds.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59And very, quite big shrubs, things that don't need a lot of maintenance
0:21:59 > 0:22:01and loads of ground cover as well.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05When this knits together, you'll be able to borrow some of the bigger trees.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08You won't see where the end of the garden is. I like the herbaceous,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12you've picked it up, you've got a rhythm going, repeating it.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16And at the end of that woodland bed, there is a lovely patio.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Yes.- And this has got a stone sofa on it.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24And then you look out on the most spectacular view over Glasgow. It's terrific.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- Carolyn is down at another area. - Yes, this is the flower zone down here.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34I'm back in my comfort zone, which of course is the flower zone.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38There's nothing nicer than having planting where you're going to be walking.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Taller things at the back like rhododendrons for spring colour,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45followed by hebes and these beautiful pink hydrangeas.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49And lovely silver coloured brachyglottis which has got a great foliage.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53This along the front to give us a little bit of ground cover.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Little pink geraniums. Alchemilla mollis, that kind of thing.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00This is the very nearly finished chill-out zone,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02and there's nothing more relaxing than the smell
0:23:02 > 0:23:06of rosemary and if that doesn't chill them out, nothing will.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Now from a brand new and emerging garden to a more mature
0:23:09 > 0:23:13and certainly quieter garden, George has been off to visit Roddy Mungall,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16who's Ypeople's learning and development manager.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27- So this is the deal? - It's a nice, peaceful place.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31- And the water and the sound of the water just makes it, doesn't it? - It does.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33A mature garden. Yes?
0:23:33 > 0:23:38And what's lovely are the hydrangea at the top there at the door,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41there's this rock rose round at the bottom. That's looking splendid.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47Bamboo. Just see the way the leaves on that contrast with the yew tree.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51It's just wonderful, the colours just merge.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- And this?- Montbretia, my favourite.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- Really good at this time of year, isn't it?- Beautiful colour.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Now, that's all very well and good
0:24:00 > 0:24:03but apparently we've got one or two wee problems.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08- Yes, a few things wee we could have some advice on, please.- OK.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Ah, now this is Picea albertiana Conica.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15That's the ornamental form with this fine foliage,
0:24:15 > 0:24:20but this here is the original form and that's growing out.
0:24:20 > 0:24:26See how different it is. So we'll prune that back like that.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- It's not going to leave a big hole, is it? - No. I'll cut it back gradually
0:24:30 > 0:24:33so it doesn't leave a great gaping hole in it.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37What will happen then is the form you want,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- will eventually cover that up. - Ah, right.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43You've got something else that's a problem?
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- Aye, a wee apple. - A wee apple. Oh my goodness.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50- I'm intrigued by this term, "wee".- Well, you'll see,
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- right at the back there. - Crivvens, aye, look.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- It is wee, isn't it? Which one is this?- It's a Braeburn.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59It's awfully peely-wally.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04This foliage is very yellow and it's maybe got a magnesium shortage.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08So what we'll do with that is we'll make it move,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11we'll give it some Epsom salts because that's got magnesium in it.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15That will sort that out and then we'll put some sulphate of potash on it,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18which will ripen up the wood and get some fruit buds
0:25:18 > 0:25:21for next year and hopefully we'll get more next year.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Then next year, give it a feed with, what, fish blood and bone?
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- And that will really push it on. - Excellent. Smashing.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- Something else?- There's a walkway that we have round here.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37- You've lost a walkway? - We've lost a walkway. - Let's go and see if we can find it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44This is a wonderful little suntrap, isn't it?
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Immediately you lean back on your seat, this is coming over the top.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- This is supposed to be a dwarf though.- It's gone a bit giant, isn't it?
0:25:52 > 0:25:56We could prune that back and we'll give it a bit of a shock.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00It'll grow away again, I'm quite sure. Now, you've lost a path?
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Well, it's along here. A secret path.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05You sound a bit anxious about it.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10I think all we need to do there is cut some of the overhanging vegetation
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- and reveal it again. - OK.- And that'll be job done.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- You didn't know you had that, did you?- No, no. - That's a viburnum.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Here we are.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Five minutes with the loppers and there's what we've done.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- Fabulous, isn't it? - Amazing.- Isn't it?
0:26:35 > 0:26:39We've actually found a viburnum that you thought you'd lost in there.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42So, that's it. Your path is found.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Excellent. Thank you very much.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45LAUGHTER
0:26:48 > 0:26:52This fabulous sculpture by Rob Mulholland) is obviously a leaf
0:26:52 > 0:26:54but it's a newly emerging leaf, as you can see.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59It gives beautiful, organic sort of concave and convex shapes here.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03And all these little pieces, there's 1,000 of them.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07They represent cells that make up a plant. You can see it shines wonderfully in the sunshine.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Soon it's going to be framed behind me by Anna's willow arch,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13and Rob's made another sculpture to sit in the garden,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16which is his take on the Ypeople logo.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Finally, I have to mention this great little gazebo.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39It sheltered us from the rain all yesterday, the sun today.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Underneath that, an extensive area of decking made out of plastic and rice husks.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46It goes down very easily because I laid a lot of it myself.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49I've been more impressed by these tables and benches
0:27:49 > 0:27:53made by Glasgow Wood Recycling. That tells you a story.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Absolutely brilliant work.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58And this artificial grass in the chill-out zone is superb.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03A wonderful example of a brilliant Scottish product and it's bouncy, hey?!
0:28:03 > 0:28:05There's lots of brilliant planting here.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08I particularly like all around this area,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10it's blocks of really bold single colours.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12It makes an exciting party space.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15And this truly has been a great community garden project,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18with so many helpers, including the residents.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21And if you'd like more information about this garden
0:28:21 > 0:28:24??or indeed be concrete garden, it's all in the fact sheet
0:28:24 > 0:28:27and the easiest way to access that is online.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28Next week, we're back in the garden.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Carole and Lesley are revamping alpine containers.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- You're off to Glenbervie House Garden.- I am indeed.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37I'm tackling a problem in Burntisland, a tricky wee slope.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40But until then, from all of us here, the new Ypeople garden in Maryhill!
0:28:40 > 0:28:44ALL: BYE!
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