As part of the BBC's Big British Asian Summer, the Gardeners' World team set out on a horticultural adventure to celebrate the south Asian influences on British gardens. Monty Don visits a Hindu temple in Neasden, London, to learn more about the melding of two cultures - the traditional Hindu mandir and its suburban London location. Frances Tophill and Nick Bailey pick up growing advice from allotmenteers in Bradford and Birmingham. Joe Swift meets passionate gardeners in Middlesex who have created a garden celebrating their Indian roots. We meet Bala Kompalli, a botanical horticulturist who runs the orchid unit at Kew Gardens. Carol visits Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to discover the Asian plants and trees that have become commonplace in our gardens, and Arit Anderson visits the Aga Khan building in London to get a first look at a collection of newly designed Islamic gardens.
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Winter Specials 2024/25: Episode 4
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Winter Specials 2024/25: Episode 3
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Winter Specials 2024/25: Episode 1
Monty Don and the team celebrate the changing seasons and the beauty of the gardening year in all its glory. \n\nColour and fragrance are even more valuable in winter, when the ...
21-11-2024
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2024: Episode 32
Monty plants a hawthorn hedge in the orchard, prunes a climbing rose and starts to plant tulips for next spring. He puts his dahlia tubers into storage and offers some timely ad ...
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2024: Episode 31
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2024: Episode 30
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2024: Episode 29
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2024: Episode 28
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2024: Episode 27
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Winter Specials 2024/25: Episode 4
There’s a distinctly festive feel at Longmeadow as Monty creates a Christmas container and pots up some wintersweet, one of the best scented shrubs for the colder months.\ ...
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Compilations 2023: Episode 3
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2018: Episode 19
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2018: Episode 28
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2023: Episode 14
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14-07-2023
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2024: Episode 22
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2024: Episode 3
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