0:00:12 > 0:00:15Well, hello and welcome to Beechgrove on what is
0:00:15 > 0:00:19an overcast, but a day with a promise of a little bit of sunshine.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Look at the sunshine coming out of that.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24This is one of the later dahlias. This is a thing called Isadora.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26It just looks absolutely splendid.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29That sunshine in the middle - superb.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31We've had a wee bit of frost, just.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33So we'll just have to keep an eye on these.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Now Jim and Carol are away at a community garden this week,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39so I'm in the garden on my own.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Though you're never alone when you're gardening.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45The garden team is here just to keep an eye on me,
0:00:45 > 0:00:47make sure I don't stray.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51We've been growing unusual veg. This is the bed where they are.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- Jane, really some quite unusual ones, wasn't there?- Yeah, George.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Have you tried this shocker down here? The electric daisy.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01I did earlier on. That's just... I don't think I'll go back to it.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05But this is interesting, isn't it? This is a thing called...
0:01:05 > 0:01:11- Chop suey greens.- Chop suey greens. Just Chrysanthemum coronarium.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13It tastes of celery.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Does it really? Right.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16This other purple one, what's that?
0:01:16 > 0:01:20It's a Perilla. It's got a nice aniseedy, minty flavour to it.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Could use it in a salad or a stir fry.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Oh. I've almost got to the stage
0:01:24 > 0:01:26where I'm frightened to taste some of these now.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27THEY LAUGH
0:01:27 > 0:01:30But, anyway, meanwhile, in the rest of the programme.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- What a vista, eh? - Isn't that fantastic?
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Right behind me here is the 15th-century Kilchurn Castle,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47home to the Campbells of Glenorchy,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50sitting on a peninsula into Loch Awe,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53a man-made structure in a natural environment.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Strangely enough, in a much less grand way,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58our new community garden this week, same thing.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Built in a natural environment.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03It's just a couple of miles along the road.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Well, how about this as a spectacular viewpoint?
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Behind me is Loch Awe and the Glen of Dalmally.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Dalmally itself actually means a pebbled valley.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19The village, quite a small population of around about 300,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22but if you take in the whole of the parish of Glenorchy,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26we're speaking about a community of approximately 800.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32The Parish Church of Glenorchy
0:02:32 > 0:02:36and Innishael standing on and island in the River Orchy.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42These ancient burial grounds have the bones of the Clan McGregor.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47McGregor here, Campbell over there - intense rivals in times past.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Funnily enough, the new community garden over the back
0:02:50 > 0:02:54of the church has one main aim, and that's to bring people together.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57At last.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58More of that later.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09I'm off to the foot house to create mayhem with my secateurs, perhaps.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12But look at these apples. Aren't these wonderful?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16These are the potted apples, and this one in particular I love.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18This is a thing called Egremont Russet.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21It's got wonderful big apples on it. It's just doing splendidly.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Well, Maddie. - Bit of dampening down.- Yeah, yeah.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Still need to do it, don't we?- Oh, yes.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- A spider can still come back, can't it? Catch you out...- Yeah.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30..when you're not looking.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Look at these, eh? - Great colour.- Look at that, eh?
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Just starting to colour up in there. So, soon be ready.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43They'll soon be ready. The main thing, maybe, the fig.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- This is...some super crop.- Oh, yes.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- We've had a really good harvest this year.- How many?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Oh, maybe one or two.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53All these little bits of juice at the corners of the mouth.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Just a little bit.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57They're wonderful when they're ready. It's a great crop.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Now is the time when we've got to think about...
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Next year's harvest and what we're going to get.- So...
0:04:02 > 0:04:06You have to speculate to accumulate with figs, don't you?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Yes, which is a wee bit upsetting.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10We'll look at those and think, "Well, we ought to keep those."
0:04:10 > 0:04:13But those, I'm afraid, have to come out because they're too big.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15They'll not mature.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18We don't have the light up here or the warmth,
0:04:18 > 0:04:19so they won't turn to anything.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22So these are the ones that we want to save. Have you got your secateurs?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Yes.- Good girl.- And now over to the wilds of Argyllshire
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- to join Carole and Jim. - Excuse me, that's my line.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30THEY LAUGH
0:04:30 > 0:04:33This beautiful bridge spans over the River Orchy.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37It actually leads us to the community garden.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Now, normally the challenge we face is to create a highly cultivated
0:04:40 > 0:04:45garden, but in this particular case, it is completely different.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48The community want to work with nature, and they're going to create
0:04:48 > 0:04:53something that really blends in with the wonderful surrounding landscape.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Whilst I'm actually here, I must tell you that the community
0:04:56 > 0:04:59refer to this as their local swimming pool.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Oh, it looks like Jim's trying out the local diving board.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Look out, Tom Daley.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08CHEERING
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Well done, Jim, man.- That's better, but it's fairly spoiled the perm.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Janet and Kate, you're two of the leading lights in this project.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Start with you, Janet. How long has it been going?
0:05:25 > 0:05:29We started in 2012. We started with the orchard.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33It grew out of the bicentenary of Glenorchy Kirk.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Orchard means longevity. It's not for today or tomorrow.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Have you got security of tenure?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40This is all glebe ground.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43The general trustees have given us the lease of the grounds here,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45which is fantastic.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Kate, as it's developed, so have your ideas developed.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51What's the purpose, what's the main thrust?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Well, once we'd got the orchard up and running, we thought,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57"Right, what next?" We thought we'd expand the area
0:05:57 > 0:05:58and bring in the schoolchildren.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02They'd get an outdoor classroom. The Guides wanted to get involved.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06They wanted an area. The whole thing has sort of sprung from that.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09We know that it's a fairly large area, so you've got plenty helpers.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- You've got people.- We have.
0:06:12 > 0:06:18The area the community orchard and woodland covers is about 40 miles.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22It goes from Bridge of Orchy in the north to Eridan in the south.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26We've got helpers from each of the villages and communities within that.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27This is not an allotment.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31In fact, it's in a very naturally beautiful area.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33So what are your principle aims here?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35The whole idea is to keep it natural.
0:06:35 > 0:06:41Keep it as natural as we possibly can. Native plants, woodland plants.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Anything that we can try and teach people what we can forage naturally.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46More power to your elbow. Thank you.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Well, I'm right next-door to the orchard here with Lynn,
0:07:03 > 0:07:04our designer.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07I would have thought this was quite a tricky task for you.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08It was, Carole.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12I did the conventional drawing on paper, but, in actual fact,
0:07:12 > 0:07:16when I got to the site, more or less ripped up the paper design.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19We've let the landscape dictate what happens here.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Very often, you start with a blank canvas.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Yes, but there's so much here already.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26For example, the paths,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28we just came along with spray-paint.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Look what we found.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32These two fabulous trees - just the perfect place.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Why wouldn't you put a path through the middle?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- It's an obvious route. - It certainly is.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Carole, here's another perfect example of letting
0:07:45 > 0:07:48the landscape influence the design.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51This area of the garden has always been very wet,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53so what do you think we're going to do here?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- I think I need my wellies. It's definitely bog planting.- It is.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58You're lucky, aren't you?
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Yes, you've got some wet areas, some are dry. Even a rock feature.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04I know. Well, this was uncovered,
0:08:04 > 0:08:08and we decided just to make the most of it - kept it natural and wild.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12It's right at the site of the new entrance to the garden, which
0:08:12 > 0:08:16again was dictated by the contours of the land and the dryness.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19In there, we've got a wee surprise. All will be revealed later.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25As we wander around, it's quite an extensive site.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Yeah, it's almost three acres.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31This area in particular is really wild and open.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35I thought it would make a perfect natural kids' play area.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I'm really not going to do an awful lot of planting here.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I'm going to create three planting roundabouts,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42round about existing shrubs.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44The rest of it, really, is going to be very open
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- for kids to just run about. - I like that idea.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49In fact, I feel like we're on a roundabout within roundabouts.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52But it is a big site, therefore we'd better get cracking, hadn't we?
0:08:52 > 0:08:53I know, let's get the spades.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Jim is back in the community orchard where the garden started,
0:09:03 > 0:09:07and finding that not everything in the orchard is rosy.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Well, Harry, you must be very pleased that you've got some
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- nice apples on the tree. - Yes, we are.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17But this is really the only apple tree with apples on it.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19With fruit on.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23It's a wonderful example, of course, because this is a variety Sunset.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Quite often, people say to us, "We'd like to grow Cox's Orange Pippin."
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Well, that's an apple that should be grown in Kent, Sussex and Essex.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31It's a south of England apple.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35This is a very, very worthy replacement in Scotland, certainly.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37It's Sunset, and it's doing well.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39The other trees haven't got fruit on.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41It might be just because the flowers
0:09:41 > 0:09:44are all quite low in these young trees.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46They might be frosted with the radiation frost in the spring.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49So as the tree grows and develops, the flowers are going to be
0:09:49 > 0:09:52up here, and I think they will be out of the frost zone.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I'm just wondering if there's anything
0:09:54 > 0:09:58we could do on the pruning side.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Yes, well, obviously we wait normally till the pruning
0:10:00 > 0:10:03is done in the winter when the trees are dormant.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05But let me say that in the early stages of a fruit tree,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08you should be trying to create a goblet shape,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10whether apples, pears, plums, cherries, doesn't matter.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14So the pruning takes precedence over fruiting in the early stages.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19This fella, you see, is going to dominate. He's right up there.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21You're looking for a goblet shape, so what I'm suggesting,
0:10:21 > 0:10:25and we'll do it even now, is that we want to take that fella out.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27You'll see the difference as soon as I do it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29I'm going to prune it through there.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Now... Sacrilege, they say.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- What were we talking about? Open centre.- Open centre.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Now, you've got fairly strong branches here.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42They're nicely wide angled. That's good.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45You've got slightly weaker ones here, so you prune these
0:10:45 > 0:10:49lightly in the winter and you prune these a lot more.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Give them more incentive by cutting them harder.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53You finish up next year with a nice bit of balance.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08The new Glenorchy Wild Woodland Garden is all about gaining
0:11:08 > 0:11:10access to the flora of the area, of course.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13But it's also about enjoying and getting up close
0:11:13 > 0:11:15and personal with the fauna.
0:11:15 > 0:11:22We are the Glenorchy Guides, and we are hanging things for the birds.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Seeds and coconuts.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28We're hoping later on to identify and do some bird watching,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31if all the birds come to feed off this station.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42From the Glenorchy Wild Woodland Garden
0:11:42 > 0:11:44back to Beechgrove's own wild wood.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49MOTOR RUNS
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Thanks. This is our wild wood, and at this time of the year,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59it's important to do a little bit of management -
0:11:59 > 0:12:03to strim down the weeds or the wild flowers that are there.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07By doing that, what you do is you distribute all the seed that
0:12:07 > 0:12:11was in the capsules. They're now ripe and they go all over the soil.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Then, rake it.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15You have to give it a good, vigorous raking to disturb the top surface.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18That lets the seeds go into a seed bed.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21They will germinate and grow on next year.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24They're important, cos that's the new generation
0:12:24 > 0:12:25that you want within this area.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28In other years, we've planted bulbs in here.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31I want to augment those bulbs by planting more.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34I love doing this sort of thing. This is Camassia, Quamash.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37We're just going to plant these at random within the site.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39They'll come up as little pinpricks of colour
0:12:39 > 0:12:40right throughout the whole area.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44There we are. There's some Quamash for you.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47What have we got here? We've got Ipheion. Can you spell Ipheion?
0:12:47 > 0:12:48HE LAUGHS
0:12:48 > 0:12:51You can catch it. Then we've got this one here, which is one of these...
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Oh, look at this. Ornithogalum.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Do you want this one, Beth? Do you want this?
0:12:56 > 0:12:57There we go.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00So these things are going to be distributed right across the site.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03They will just be planted where they land.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06They'll come up and they will really give us all these wonderful
0:13:06 > 0:13:09little pinpricks of colour throughout this in the spring.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Well, folks, it's show time!
0:13:15 > 0:13:16Jane, what have we got this year?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Well, we're getting these show beds ready to lift.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- It's an exciting time of year. - Isn't it just?
0:13:23 > 0:13:27The important thing is the length of this blanche, this white part here.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- So what length has that got to be? - I think it's 15cm.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35So from there, from the button, as they talk about, which is
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- the bit where the roots come out. - Yeah.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40So do we need to remove some of these...?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- We'll do that once we take it up.- So there's...- Oh, you've plenty room.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- Aye, that's fine.- So we've got a nice length of white plant on that.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- So they should do well.- You've got to have a matching pair, remember.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Yes.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Look at that. - Look at the size of that madam.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- That is huge. - That would help you out.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- Did I hear something snap, then, George?- Little side root.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- Oh, no!- Look at that. See, that's what happens.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12- Never mind.- Do you think there's a category for funny veg?- There is.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Wait for it, wait for it. Now, don't get excited.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Don't get excited.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Lay it down.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- Look at you getting all excited. - That's a beauty.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Wait, wait, I need to get the end.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Yeah, we've got to make sure we don't break the ends off.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Look at that.- They're beautiful.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Look at that, it's got a bit of a kink in there.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Never mind the kink, dear. Look at the length.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Put those together. - Look at that, Jane.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Like a proud mother, a few days later, Jane took her babies,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01I mean vegetables, to the local flower show.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09The red peppers are OK.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13What about Jane's pot leeks then?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Well, Jane, show us your leeks. What about them, eh?
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Look at these whoppers.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Have you seen my shield?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Have I failed to notice that?
0:15:25 > 0:15:26I haven't stopped grinning since.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30But, look, we've got three, four empty spaces on that.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33That means your name's got to be on them the next three years.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Yeah, a challenge.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36You've done well. Carrots were third.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41- But these, absolutely splendid, aren't they?- King of the North.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44It's bred specifically for low light levels and low temperatures.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Well, that certainly worked. That's very important, isn't it?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Selecting the seed which will do well in your particular area.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Yes, very important.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56We know that carrots will do well anywhere, and the likes of parsnips.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58I lost points here. Look.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Yeah, I was a bit disappointed. But when you see that, you know why.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04We'll just need to do something to combat that next year,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- to make sure that doesn't happen. - Slugs.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Just little slugs, that's it. We'll sort that.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11These dahlias are fabulous.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14They're lovely, but the stems are too short.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Wee short legs, cos she is a lovely lady, but...
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I know what to do about it now.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21I've got lots of hints and tips at the show. It was great for that.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24That's what it's about - the hints and tips.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27I thought that Isadora had longer legs than that.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Well, she will next year.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Good.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Well, the weather's held here, but back at Glenorchy,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35it's raining stair rods.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Their poor souls!
0:16:37 > 0:16:39HE CHUCKLES
0:16:42 > 0:16:44In typical West Coast style,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47the heavens opened on the Glenorchy wild wood garden
0:16:47 > 0:16:51and turned the local swimming pool into a raging torrent.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55In spite of the rain , Janet and the wild wood team are planting up
0:16:55 > 0:16:57the new bog garden, or should we say mud bath?
0:16:58 > 0:17:03This is our bog garden. It is a bit of a mud bath. What happened...
0:17:03 > 0:17:06This is the wettest part of the garden,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08so we thought that it would be a good place to have a bog garden.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11What we had to do was we had to dig out the old earth,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14which we've piled at the back, and we've put new fresh earth in
0:17:14 > 0:17:17to try and get rid of some of the weeds and things that were here.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22When we dug it out, it was left. The next day it rained.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23We then had two swimming pools.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26We had to do a bit of drainage, but, yes, it's wet.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28It's a proper bog garden.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31The plants that we've got in, some of them are marginals
0:17:31 > 0:17:33that don't like their feet too wet,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36and others that like their feet really wet and soggy,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38like the iris and the really wet bits.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54MOTOR RUNS
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Well done, Martin.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I'm so glad that you didn't cut that off flush with the trunk.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- You left a little bit splayed. - That's right, yeah.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11It'll heal up much quicker.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14I know everybody's inclination is to go right hard in,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16but that would be the wrong thing to do.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Tell me, the real reason for coming here is, obviously,
0:18:19 > 0:18:20what's happened here?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Well, this was one of the first jobs we had.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25These branches, they came right down to the floor
0:18:25 > 0:18:28and it was difficult for people to get access to this area.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30As you can see, we've got a lovely view.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32We wanted this to be a picnic area.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35We got a picnic table, and then we had to cut these branches off.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37As you can see, we haven't quite finished yet.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- You're going to be able to take that back in sections.- Yes, that's right.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42They're following the same sort of principle.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44What do you do with the timber, then?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46We're actually using it to delineate the pathways,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48so we're recycling everything that we've got.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51But it will, because there's more people here,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54you want the trees to be looking their best as well, don't you?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Yes, we do.- I think that's a job still to be finished off.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59It is, but we've got people in, which is the main thing.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- Keep up the good work, dear boy. - Thanks, Jim.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05And how about this for a clever, natural use of prunings?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07I think this fencing looks absolutely great.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10June and Anne have been working really hard on this.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13So, June, first of all, is this something you have done before?
0:19:13 > 0:19:18- No.- Never? So, a bit of experimenting?- Very much so.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20What's worked best for you?
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I think this looks better,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26but the double stakes and filling it in was a lot easier
0:19:26 > 0:19:28with the material we had available.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Anne, why have you put this in, in the first place,
0:19:31 > 0:19:33apart from it looking really nice?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Mainly to keep the sheep away, that's the idea.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39I also think it would be really a good wind break as well.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I know you've got a bit of shelter here,
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- but it filters the wind rather than a solid fence.- Yes.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Hazel is best because it's more pliable.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51If you can use it when it's fresh, it's easier to work with.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52And the great thing is, as well,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55you've used all the timber round the paths.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- Yes.- Fantastic.- To edge the paths.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- Can I have a go?- Yes.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02This is what we do.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Just weave it in. Is this one long enough?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07You'll get it. Just tuck it in.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Tuck it in round here?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I hope I don't break it.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13That's you. Well done.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Ta-da!- That's it!- Well done.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Back in the community orchard again,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Jim and the team are planting climbers to cover the deer fence.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Well, now, we're right here where it all started.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34We're in the orchard, which started the project,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38and needless to say, in this wild area of Argyllshire,
0:20:38 > 0:20:40you need to have a deer fence.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42A bit of artificiality
0:20:42 > 0:20:45but it's necessary if all those plants are going to survive,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47but, great idea you've got
0:20:47 > 0:20:51is to cover the deer fence in lovely rampant climbers.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54We've got Clematis montana here going on this side,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56and round the other sunny side, I think,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59you've got some honeysuckles lined up to go in there.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Absolutely stunning, and it will mask the baldness of this fence,
0:21:03 > 0:21:05and the drill for doing it is always the same -
0:21:05 > 0:21:06strip off the turf from the top,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08if you can call that turf,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11that's what it looks like, strip that off and put it to one side,
0:21:11 > 0:21:15dig a hole adequate enough to incorporate some organic material,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18but then I think we do have to ameliorate the soil
0:21:18 > 0:21:21which we've collected here before we actually put the plant in,
0:21:21 > 0:21:24and for that, you would use a pre-planting compost
0:21:24 > 0:21:26which is of organic nature
0:21:26 > 0:21:29and you want to get... sprinkle that in around the hole
0:21:29 > 0:21:32and there is a bit of fertiliser involved here,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34some in that, some in there
0:21:34 > 0:21:35and some in there, and then
0:21:35 > 0:21:38you've got to try and break this up.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Maybe you should move the barrow round there with you. There we go.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50And break it all up. There you go.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Not right up against the post but lean it back against the post,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57and I think we're about ready to start.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Then I think all you guys that are getting wet...
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Get to your posts!
0:22:02 > 0:22:04LAUGHTER
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Thank you.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Well, I'm lucky enough to be with Kate on a bit of a fungal foray,
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- and you have chanterelles in the area.- We do, actually.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23When we finished the orchard,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26we noticed that there were hundreds of chanterelles nearby.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29That got us wondering what else we had around here,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31so we did a bit of a survey.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- Lots of cob nuts.- Wow, wonderful.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37And that's inspired you to want to
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- sort of add to that bit of foraging? - Yes, that's right.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45We've now, we're going to plant some sloes, some hawthorns
0:22:45 > 0:22:47and we've got crab-apple as well.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Elder, we're going to put in. - Yes, elder.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51But back to the chanterelles.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54First of all, how do you know that those are chanterelles?
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Well, the colour, for a start. There aren't many mushrooms that colour,
0:22:58 > 0:23:02but also it has a very distinctive smell, and it smells like peaches.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05So you can be pretty confident that's a chanterelle -
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- well, very confident.- Yes, but it really is important, isn't it,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10that you know what you're doing
0:23:10 > 0:23:13and it's important to you as well that this is education
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- for the children?- Oh, yes, yes, and for the adults as well.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Definitely. I'm learning all the time.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20And I think when you go on a foray, you start to home in
0:23:20 > 0:23:23and you go, "Look, there's more there, there's more there..."
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- That's right.- Wonderful. - No, we're all learning.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34And here's another fine example of getting your eye in.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Just look at this lovely wild flower. It's absolutely everywhere.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40It's called the devil's-bit scabious,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42and when you take a close look,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45I think that looks just like a pincushion,
0:23:45 > 0:23:49and you know, the community want to introduce more native plants,
0:23:49 > 0:23:50just to keep the theme going.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54As with noticing the scabious,
0:23:54 > 0:23:58the community are trying to highlight the natural planting.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02It is a three-acre site, so rather than planting in massive drifts,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04they're just planting in little pockets.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08It's an athyrium. Just a nice wee fern.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12And we're pit-planting so we don't disturb the rest of the flora
0:24:12 > 0:24:15and fauna or local weeds.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18So I'll just get rid of these roots,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20which could be from anything.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30I'm splitting it so it goes around the plant
0:24:30 > 0:24:35and putting it in upside down, I suppose a bit like a mulch.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38And that's it, more or less.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51We're planting Sambucus nigra today, a black elder,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55and we're putting it here because it could grow to six feet high
0:24:55 > 0:24:56and about six feet wide,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59so it's going to provide some shelter in this area
0:24:59 > 0:25:01because we're quite open from the north-east here,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04and so it's got lovely white scented flowers in the spring
0:25:04 > 0:25:07and then they develop into blackberries in the autumn,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10but we're very close to the bug hotel here, so we're hoping
0:25:10 > 0:25:12they can fly out here and get this.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Even though the weather's not so good,
0:25:14 > 0:25:17there'll be something here for them to feed on and pollinate as well.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33The new Glenorchy Wild Wood Garden has started to take shape.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36The community have kept it as a natural enhancement
0:25:36 > 0:25:38of the already-beautiful location
0:25:38 > 0:25:41and the new natural paths provide simple access
0:25:41 > 0:25:42to the floral and fauna.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Cercidiphyllum japonicum, the Japanese katsura tree,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51is a sacred tree in Japan, and I can see why.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55It is wonderful in scent, fantastic in autumn foliage,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59and it smells like strawberry jam, burnt sugar or candyfloss.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Now, the gardeners have also got some favourite plants
0:26:04 > 0:26:05and perhaps some hints for you.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12For big showy blooms on longer stems,
0:26:12 > 0:26:16I'll keep just one flower bud on each of these dahlia shoots
0:26:16 > 0:26:17and remove the rest.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21This is Fuchsia magellanica.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23It's the hardiest of all fuchsias
0:26:23 > 0:26:26and it does well under the shade of a tree here
0:26:26 > 0:26:28but also makes a good hedge in its own right
0:26:28 > 0:26:31and doesn't need pruning until early spring.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34These long-range pruners are great.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Not only do they cut
0:26:36 > 0:26:38but you can bring the branch down
0:26:38 > 0:26:40and you're not left with a branch at the top of your tree
0:26:40 > 0:26:42or the hedge you're pruning.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Viburnum opulus has brilliant white flowers in the spring
0:26:47 > 0:26:50and these fantastic polished red berries in the autumn.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56So what do you think, Jane? A trickle or a torrent?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59I think it's a gentle trickle of gentians.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00Oh, that's difficult to say!
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Well, yes, this was a river of gentians, wasn't it?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05We planted one cultivar at the top and then three others
0:27:05 > 0:27:08and they flower in sequence all the way down to the bottom,
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- and it's strange, you know... - Started as tiny thorns.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16- Absolutely, little thorns like that, planted in...- April this year.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18April this year. And there is the growth,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20and we would hope that by next year
0:27:20 > 0:27:23they will have matted together absolutely completely.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- And it'll form a beautiful torrent. - Absolutely.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27It will be a sea of blue.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31So, from our dry Beechgrove back to a wet Dalmally...
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Bye!
0:27:32 > 0:27:33- ALL:- Bye!
0:27:42 > 0:27:45So this is the surprise I was telling you about earlier,
0:27:45 > 0:27:49a very posh bird hide with a fantastic view of the river,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52great location, they can look at all wildlife and particularly
0:27:52 > 0:27:59the birds, and also, a really good place for the community to gather.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- There they are!- Lots of twitchers there.- Absolutely, yes.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05And you know what I love about this site?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07I mean, we started off by saying it's very natural,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10I think they've kept it really unnatural as well,
0:28:10 > 0:28:12and it is just a beautiful location.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- We've been well fed as well, as always.- We have indeed.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17But the thing that gets me always is the sense of community,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20bringing the people in from quite long distances
0:28:20 > 0:28:23to make this natural setting even more beautiful,
0:28:23 > 0:28:26and very constructive in what they're aiming to do.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Well, then, from the Glenorchy Wild Woodland Garden,
0:28:29 > 0:28:35- from a lot of wild, happy people, bye!- Goodbye!