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00:00The garden rescue team are on a mission to make garden dreams come true Charlie

00:11Dimock Lee Burkill Flo Headlum and Chris Hull are here to answer your gardening

00:27emergencies feels disorganized a bit chaotic it's a bit of a shocker each week two of our designers

00:34will go head-to-head pick me and let them do this the garden we're gonna go with is and whichever

00:47designer loses the race is on helps the winner build the garden good idea did you get that on

00:53camera they said good idea Charlie amazing turning garden dreams open your eyes well into reality

01:03today the team are taking on a garden that's seen better days in Luton I'm Lewis I'm Dorian and this

01:22is Nyla we've lived in this house for about eight months family started to expand or continued to

01:29expand and we just felt we needed more space very much a dream home very much a forever home for us

01:35it's got a lot of things that we can do to it and the garden is huge lots of space for the kids this

01:41is our garden at the moment bits are quite overgrown it's a little bit wild before they moved in Lois

01:49in Dorian's garden had been left unkempt for years it feels quite disorganized a bit chaotic and not

01:57functional they have a half acre plot made of separate areas including a now overgrown formal

02:04lawn and an allotment space with an old greenhouse and established trees the garden no longer reflects

02:11its famous past life it was celebrated on gardeners world along with previous owner Dana Johnson it's

02:19thirsty and hungry like my family this garden has a huge kind of history the previous owner Dana had

02:28won southeast gardener of the year we've seen videos and we've seen pictures of it in its heyday and it

02:32was absolutely meticulous like the grass looked like carpet everything was just picture perfect so it's a

02:39real puzzle and I don't really know where to start with it so I find it daunting I wouldn't call it

02:44daunting I think it's inspirational I think just recognizing what it was so these are our three

02:53apple trees which look like about five or six because they're so massively overgrown and they've

02:58grown up they've grown out they've grown down they're not on this side grown up they've grown out they've

03:04grown down they're not on this side so these used to be so these used to be like a lot of beds they used to be a lot of

03:15fruit and vegetable growing here but as you can see everything's just massively overgrown at the moment

03:21there's these metal bits that are kind of really sharp and sticking out and they're really like unsafe so I worry about the kids

03:27it's kind of coming into this area and playing

03:33it's going through to the next section

03:35so this is our greenhouse and we've repaired the glass but we're still not using it it's still not perfectly functional the gutters a bit broken and inside as you can see there's not much there

03:49there's Lois and Dorian and their little kiddies so that's the garden whoa it's quite big actually

03:55isn't it yeah it's got a lovely layout to it I can't believe it was featured on gardener's world in the 80s I was still at school then I wasn't even born I am going off you

04:13it's not gardeners world ready now is it I mean it's been a long time since it's been touched and I think it could look beautiful so there's some lovely fruit trees

04:23yeah there are some nice trees but look at the rest of it the fence is falling down the greenhouse is smashed I mean it needs a lot of love

04:31a lot of TLC I have to say

04:36right let's see what Lois and Dorian want then

04:39yeah let's find out

04:41so what we'd love from this garden is to restore it to its former glory and just honour what was once here

04:46I'm so pleased that they don't want modern clean cut because I was thinking what do you do with that

04:52yeah there's a lot going on in that garden and a lot of existing trees to work with so that would be difficult

04:56yeah but make it eco-friendly and child friendly family friendly as well I think it's really important

05:02to try and get the sort of allotment area to show the kids you know where food comes from

05:09oh well that's nice all veg and fruit I think it's important that you know the kids learn about ecosystem

05:16and so that the plants attract pollinators to help pollinate the plants and make the fruits grow

05:22exactly and what I really love is that it's all about teaching the kids where their food comes from

05:26yeah fantastic

05:28one other thing that I would really love in this space is a place to relax and something that also fits with the wider garden

05:34so what's the budget

05:36I'm not going to like this Charlie it's really tight

05:39it's only 4k

05:41£4,000 it's a big garden and there's a lot to do

05:44I think it's all about focusing those pennies in the right areas so we can deliver the food to teach the kids where it's come from

05:50a nice seating area and then work with that existing garden

05:53woo wee

06:01to get the most for their £4,000 budget

06:04Charlie and Chris will be focusing their design on the old allotment area in Dorian and Lois's garden

06:11the couple must pick the one they prefer and the losing designer must help the winner build it

06:17along with an expert team of landscapers who provide their labour for free

06:22which leaves the full budget for materials

06:30Back in Luton, Lois and Dorian have received the designers' pitches

06:34Lois, Dorian what a fantastic garden you've got

06:41I can see why you want to renovate it

06:44faded glory but I want to rejuvenate it and give you a space that's great for the family

06:50great for wildlife and also produces lots of yummy things

06:55I like the sound of that

06:57me too

06:58we want to restore this garden to its former glory

07:01but you're also a family you have young children

07:04and you need a space where you can all come together

07:07yes

07:08I want to do this patio area here as well to pick up

07:12some of the paving and mix it up with some

07:15reclaimed slabs and maybe some bricks and some stone

07:19and then we've got this simple pergola that runs up and over the paving

07:24that frames a view down the garden for growing climbers

07:29we've got grapevine where you can use the leaves

07:32you can use the fruit

07:34that's a good idea

07:36Charlie's design encloses the family with a pergola, climbing plants and patio

07:41in the centre of the new allotment space

07:44whilst Chris has created a different central point

07:48now this is going to be the main family social space

07:51and I'm going to do that by reclaiming what was a former bed

07:55but it's now going to become paving with gravel around the edges

07:58and these beautiful round posts with rope swags hanging between them

08:01which will be great for climbers

08:03really nice idea

08:04yeah never seen that before

08:06this is where we go from the social zone into the more productive zone

08:09this part here I think is going to be really fun for the kids

08:13I wanted to give them their very own raised beds

08:16but I wanted to make them a vertical growing archway

08:19where they can have beans and gourds and squashes growing up over this

08:23and what's great about it is that you can actually walk around them

08:27but you can also walk underneath it and see the plants growing overhead

08:31I think it's a really cool design idea

08:33well the kids would love to see that

08:35and I wanted to create an area that's a bit magical for the children

08:39so we've got this raised bed here, sleeper high

08:42and we're going to mound the soil up

08:45and create these two seating areas

08:48with these sections of tree trunks as a pathway through

08:53oh that's quite interesting

08:54yeah I think the kids will love like jumping and leaping on those logs

08:58we're going to have a seat made from recycled materials

09:03bug hotel

09:05and then we've got meadow

09:07so when you're sat on the bench you'll be surrounded by all these meadow plants and flowers

09:13but also a great space for your children to plant some bulbs and get involved with gardening

09:19that'll be very cool

09:21making their new patch a perfect place for the children is important to Lois and Dorian

09:27as is bringing the old greenhouse back to life

09:31further down to the end of the garden

09:34I know it was really important for you to get that greenhouse back up and running

09:38what I'd like to do is get you some new things in there

09:41so you can actually start growing again

09:43get you growing vertically as well

09:45but I've got a few sneaky ideas for that

09:47so leave it with me

09:48I wonder what that's going to be

09:50and what I want to do is revamp that greenhouse

09:53a great space for growing things bringing on seedlings

09:58and also for growing things that might need a little bit more heat and protection

10:02at the beginning of the year

10:04so if you want to grow sweet potatoes and chilli plants and tomatoes

10:09then they'll need that protection to get them going

10:12that would be great

10:13definitely

10:14I think this is going to be a huge transformation for this space

10:17and I think it's going to be something you'll really enjoy together as a family

10:20I'd love to see this one built

10:22wow

10:24lots of things to think about

10:26definitely

10:27yeah really cool design

10:28not what I could have imagined or pictured at all

10:30so I'm hoping you like my design

10:32there's a little bit of everything for everyone

10:35lots of recycling

10:37lots of fruit and veg

10:39but also a nice place to explore and sit out as a family

10:44wow

10:45that's amazing

10:46that's quite a good one

10:47they're so different

10:48yeah it's going to be tough to choose between them

10:55Dorian, Lois and Nyla must now decide on their favourite design

11:00so I really love both of the designs actually

11:02yeah they're both really nice

11:03but I'll start with Charlie's design

11:05I mean what I really love is just the different heights

11:08and how she's played with the landscape

11:10yeah I like the idea of you know

11:12the kid zone

11:13the mixed space

11:14the kid zone

11:15yeah I love the bug hotel

11:16I think the kids will really enjoy that

11:18Chris's design is really great

11:19I love the nice open social space area that he's put in there

11:23and the vertical growing area just outside the greenhouse

11:26I really like this plateau area

11:28so Nyla

11:29can you see all the trees

11:30wow

11:31what do you like here

11:32do you like all the trees

11:33I don't know

11:36they're just both so different

11:37yeah they both smashed the brief

11:38yeah

11:46right

11:47Lois and Dorian have come back to us with a result

11:49shall we see who's on it then

11:50go on

11:51hi Chris

11:53hi Charlie

11:54first of all thank you both so much for such a great design

11:57I'll start with Chris's design

11:59you know I really loved your ideas about the social space

12:02and how you'd make that sort of work for our family

12:05and Charlie what we loved about your design was this idea of using reclaimed materials

12:09to add texture and variation to the flooring

12:11well we had to use reclaimed materials to make the budget go further

12:15we like a bit of that

12:17yeah

12:18we had a really difficult decision

12:19both designs were absolutely fantastic

12:21and they really considered kind of both of what we wanted our needs as a family

12:25but on balance we decided to go with

12:28oh

12:29who is it

12:30Charlie

12:32we really like the openness and the flow and that we can kind of just walk through and

12:40navigate really easily through the garden so overall we're really really happy with this design

12:44Chris

12:45oh my

12:46there we go Charlie

12:47I think we've got a bit of a challenge on here

12:49yeah

12:50I definitely need your help because it's going to be a slog

12:54yeah

12:56with just two days to rescue the forgotten allotment part of Lois and Dorian's garden

13:05project manager Ben and an elite team of landscapers are en route to Luton

13:10we have a bit of a wilderness here we've got to strip it all back and we've got to create this garden for Lois and Dorian

13:21first thing we need to do let's get the digger in hopefully it goes through the archway

13:26we're going to strip back from the greenhouse work backwards get everything in the skip and then we start putting Charlie's plan to action

13:31so let's crack on with it yeah let's get it done

13:38using a micro digger ideal for tight access

13:43bottom track bottom track

13:46how exciting

13:50Andy's first job is to clear a weed ridden top layer of turf in the old allotment area

13:56so Andy's now starting to clear the area

14:00the area we're trying to keep as much as we can so we can reuse it and still keep it in the garden

14:06the soil once we sit through it it will be reused as a soil is beautiful

14:15the team is striving to recycle as much as they can

14:21these paths running through the gardens are all coming up

14:24and I've pulled them up and it's beautiful old gritstone

14:28quite a soft rock quite a porous rock

14:31you can cut it well you can carve it well

14:34and it looks beautiful

14:36so definitely use those

14:39Charlie's design for this space puts reclaimed materials front and centre

14:44from buried paving to disregarded wood

14:46you've got some lovely stuff here Ben where you had all this from

14:50it's beautiful yeah

14:52locally to me I have a saw mills

14:54you get all these beautiful offcuts

14:56they can't sell them but they're perfect for Charlie's garden here

14:59and it comes with its own wildlife

15:01it does yeah bug hotel fitted already

15:04here we go last one

15:07amazing thank you

15:08the offcuts will be used to encourage wildlife to areas of the garden

15:14while Lee's got more woodwork to create

15:17in the form of framing for a raised patio close to the garden entrance

15:25Lee's cutting the sleepers so we create the right angles

15:28we have Andy putting the membrane down

15:30so we can create the base ready for the paving to go in

15:34once the sleepers are placed and fixed

15:36the team put a membrane in

15:38and whack the gravel ready for a new patio

15:44well look at these Lee

15:46you had to the floor alright didn't you?

15:49no it's just easy

15:52it's just amazing

15:53Lee focuses on the woodwork for the raised beds

15:56that'll be positioned in front of the greenhouse

15:59how are you getting off?

16:00well it's coming together now

16:01I lost one of the ones for down the bottom of the garden

16:03so we'll get these in then we can concentrate on this

16:07framework that we've got to build over

16:09the arch yeah we're nearly ready for you in there if that's okay

16:12yeah yeah ten minutes mate and I'll be done

16:14before the framework can be placed

16:16the patio needs putting down

16:18so if you're paving up to timber never pave right up to it so it's touching

16:32because timber can swell in the winter shrink in the summer

16:35so it'll move your slabs so leave a ten mil gap and it allows it to move

16:47using a mix of stones to create texture in this family space

16:51a pergola will sit across the paving to house climbers and planting

16:55right so this is the beginning of the archway we're putting in

17:02so I'm going to get this in place so at least I'm going to hold Andy up when he comes to start cutting around it

17:10bang on eh

17:12just going to screw it to the sleepers

17:15then I'll put some concrete in the hole and get it firmed in properly

17:22with the patio pergola posts and raised beds ready

17:27today has been hot and hard work for the landscapers

17:31hopefully they'll have cooled down by the time Charlie and Chris arrive in the morning

17:37well Chris

17:41this one's going to be a bit different for us

17:44I think it's going to be very different for us Charlie

17:46this garden really really has grown

17:49yes so we're going to be trying to just create a little oasis

17:53a little patio with all these mature plants around it

17:56a little space and then Lois and Dorian can slowly progress with the rest of the garden

18:01well it sounds lovely but sometimes all those mature plants

18:03you say that now there's a challenge love challenge love

18:09I said it was going to be a challenge

18:14wow I mean it must have been an absolutely beautiful garden

18:18but the guys have done an amazing job from what it was it was so forgotten about wasn't it this little corner

18:24yeah and I mean reusing all those materials which is great

18:28we love that

18:29lots of work to do so I'd love you to get on the pergola

18:33yeah I'm going to go and check out the wildlife zone and the veg

18:37yeah okay all right

18:39I'll have a think about the pergola

18:41good luck

18:43now when you move into a new house and it's all overgrown people panic and think

18:48just get a digger in rip everything out

18:50don't do that live with the garden for at least a year and okay maybe prune things back a bit and do a bit of weeding

18:58but you will discover things in the garden

19:01some terrible things

19:03perennial weeds

19:05to get on top of that it's going to be digging out the weeds maybe put carpet over the top to suppress the weeds and leave it for a good year

19:11and that will get rid of those perennial weeds

19:15but on the flip side you're going to discover wonderful things like these lovely mature apple trees

19:21we've got jasmine and the clematis and then we've got Sicilian honey garlic here which is a bulb

19:28so if you've got a digger in just scraped all the soil off

19:31you don't know whether there's bulbs in there or not because they might not be in growth

19:35so live with the garden

19:37mark things and then also living with the garden you discover how you actually use the garden

19:43Charlie's design combines new ideas with old materials and mature plants

19:49Charlie's taking on the apple tree pruning

19:51so when you come to pruning things and cutting things back cut to a joint just above the joint

19:59and it cuts through nice and easily

20:01if you've got bits of wood that are thicker so this sort of thickness

20:06you would use a loppers

20:08so that you can cut them off easily like that

20:12oh sorry

20:15no I'm alright

20:17below the newly pruned apple tree Andy's worked out a design to bring new life to the thick stones unearthed yesterday

20:29this is looking beautiful

20:31we're getting there aren't we?

20:33and this is all from the path still

20:35these are all bits what I pulled out of this old path yeah

20:38beautiful this one next?

20:40yeah I think if you paint him up I'll get some cement in

20:42yeah

20:46Chris is helping Lee with a pergola roof designed to encourage climbers

20:51now Lee has made this beautiful chunky pergola for Charlie to go over the seating area

20:57and what I really like about it is because it's getting nestled into all this mature planting

21:02it looks like something that is meant to be there and has been there for a long time

21:05but now we've got the challenge of lifting this beast up don't we?

21:09yeah

21:11oh watch out here we go

21:12you ready?

21:15the long and chunky roof will also create dappled sunlight across the centre of the patio

21:24I actually can't see from here can you see that Lee?

21:27it's only just about bang on

21:34beautiful

21:35I can do my monkey bars on it

21:39will you turn me off?

21:41I'll turn you off

21:42I'll have a mad dad moment

21:46with the pergola roof in place there is more woodwork that needs installing

21:51the team move on to the frames for raised beds that Charlie wants placed in front of Lois and Dorian's greenhouse

21:57okay and obviously we're going to want to level these up

22:01level these up yeah level this one up

22:03now what I'm thinking now so if that's there so that's going to be the raised bed then we've got the path

22:08yeah then we've got to get the other one in

22:10up there yeah

22:11up there then we're going to have a screen across here to screen that

22:15yeah grow runner beans up it or whatever

22:17lovely

22:18and then depending on height we could put a piece of timber across there and it would be a nice little

22:22bench

22:23it would be perfect

22:24yeah

22:26Charlie's design keeps Lois and Dorian's children in mind with another seating area by the raised patio

22:33so Lee's back at his workbench ready to create two bespoke seats

22:39so what are you thinking then?

22:41I'm thinking making two little seats

22:45so cute

22:47different sizes

22:49and we could set them at different heights

22:51yeah because the kids are at different heights

22:53yeah so a low one and a high one

22:56yeah

23:02Lee is crafting square seats from reclaimed offcuts using long timber planks as backrests

23:13Charlie's unique seating area will create an inspiring space for Lois and Dorian's three children

23:21now this is my turn to get a little bit artistic

23:24I'm going to use these gorgeous bits of gnarly logs to act as a collar around some plants and it will just stop the meadow turf from swamping the plants and it just looks arty and of course it's great for bugs and things because you've got this old rotten wood in the centre

23:44these wood offcuts create a rustic path

23:55does that look sort of levelish Todd

24:02whoo that's posh

24:06lovely

24:07lovely

24:09so that's the one that's the job

24:19now we're at quite a fun bit of this section of the garden

24:22it's time to get the slats on

24:24and the whole idea with these is that it's just going to screen the greenhouse behind

24:28because this is more of a working end of the garden

24:29whereas this is more about ornamentals of fun and a beautiful space for the family to enjoy

24:36and this is something that's really easy for anybody to replicate at home because all it is a couple of posts

24:42some nice plain rounded off button and then we're going to repeat them all the way up the posts and just use a little spacer as we go

24:50so this is something that anybody can do

24:51right come on then Menti let's start getting these in

25:07looking good looking good

25:09so this area is coming together now so this is all about wildlife and insects so we're going to have meadow turf which is going to be great because you get lots of different butterflies and moths and things like that which will then also help with the pollination and bees the pollination of the veg but great for the children so seats over there and putting in this

25:37basically this big bucket which is going to be a big bird bath and then this is going to be a bird table so we found this bit of metal I think it's cast iron it's very heavy but I want it so I get Lee to cut me a hole in there because I want it so that they can lift it off and scrub it down occasionally that way there's less chance of disease spreading between the birds

25:59the birds

26:00right

26:01right

26:02woohoo

26:11to bring the screen and raised bed area together in the growing space Chris needs to create a bench seat

26:18so I'm just measuring up and cutting two short bits of sleeper that I'm going to use to form the bench that goes just under the screen I've just built

26:27and this again is really simple construction to be honest but it's going to give you a really solid chunky bench that's going to last a long time I'll get these cut and I'll get them in

26:40Chris can install them in the growing space that sold Charlie's design to Lois and Dorian

26:46for me the most the thing I'm looking forward to the most is just growing fresh produce and being able to not have to buy certain things from the supermarket and actually peel it wash it cook it and yeah I'm looking forward to that a lot

26:59I'm really looking forward to the section for the kids they can enjoy it and you know have their own little growing space

27:12right I'm going to create a bug hotel underneath the seat that's ideal because the top of the seat keeps the hotel dry

27:19and what you're trying to do is create little gaps and areas for insects to overwinter lay eggs so that they're insulated and protected from birds from eating them

27:31and you can use all sorts of materials so I've got some bits of wood these are shingles so you can just stack those

27:38I've got some coir so I'm going to cut that up into strips and put between so you're just creating layers you can slice up canes into all sorts

27:48you ever wander around the garden like a teddy bear

28:09Chris is laying meadow turf to encourage more insects and wildlife into the garden

28:20and Charlie plans to introduce colourful flowers as well as fruit and veg throughout

28:26wow

28:28I knew you knew where it was

28:30look at that

28:31look at these marigolds

28:33companion planting for the vegetables

28:36exactly

28:37I mean I know it's a veggie garden

28:39but you have taken this to the next level

28:41what forgot us

28:42Ohida snap

28:43sugar snaps

28:44we've got carrots

28:45and you know being a carrot top I've got to have carrots have I

28:49this is and then i thought, I'd plant some strawberries in the wildlife area

28:55because the birds will like them but also the children I like

28:58eating, laava

29:00love this

29:06In a not-too-daunting nod to the former glory of this garden,

29:13Charlie wants to bring vegetables to two raised beds.

29:18Now, veg beds.

29:20So apart from sort of edible plants and that,

29:22we've got fun plants for the children.

29:24So we've got some pumpkins, which, of course, they climb,

29:27so they'll scrabble up over this trellis.

29:30We've got some beans that are dark-coloured,

29:33beans, like, almost black.

29:35So we've got lots of different things

29:37that the kids will like to grow as well.

29:40And that's just really a case of arranging them.

29:43And don't forget, there are some things, like the chives.

29:47Not only can you eat the leaves,

29:49but you can eat the flowers as well, and they taste of chives.

29:52So that's a good one.

29:54And we've got some nasturtiums.

29:55You can eat the leaves, you can eat the flowers,

29:58and you can eat the seeds.

30:00And, of course, they're a really great plant for children to grow

30:03because they're self-seed, they're a hardy annual,

30:06and they'll come up year after year.

30:08You've just got to look out for the very distinctive leaves.

30:13So when you see the leaf come up like that,

30:16you know it's nasturtium.

30:18Tropiolum.

30:20Tropiolum nasturtium?

30:21Tropiolum?

30:22I thought that was a place in Italy.

30:23The name comes from the shield that the gladiators used to hold

30:27because they were round, weren't they?

30:29See, I knew I was on the right path with the Italy reference.

30:33Yummy.

30:34Peppery.

30:35Tastes like peppery watercress.

30:36Chris, meanwhile, is planning the best way to introduce produce

30:47to the forgotten greenhouse

30:48that Lois and Dorian want brought back to life.

30:53The greenhouse, for me, is where all the magic comes together

30:57because this is where you can experiment with your plants

31:00and start to grow stuff that might be a little bit more tender,

31:03a bit more unusual or even a bit risky.

31:07Now, the easy way to get started in a greenhouse,

31:10everybody knows about them, is grow bags.

31:13What's good about them is that you can just buy them from the shop,

31:16chuck them on the floor of the greenhouse

31:17and do exactly what I'm doing here.

31:19Cut a slit in and plant some plants in.

31:23And then something else you can do if you're going to grow tomatoes,

31:27you can either get them quite small, plant them in the grow bag

31:31and let them grow up from there.

31:33But sometimes what you can do is grow your tomato in a bigger pot,

31:38cut the bottom off like this and then plant that into your grow bag

31:43so it's going to get that extra root space,

31:45all the nutrients from the grow bag

31:47and then you'll have loads of delicious tomatoes.

31:50And the other good thing about tomatoes

31:52is when you walk into a greenhouse

31:53and you've got all these tall tomato plants,

31:55you get that amazing smell

31:57and a very hot, ripe tomato is the best kind of tomato.

32:01I promised Dorian and Lois a grapevine.

32:18In actual fact, I've given them three grapevines.

32:22So you can now buy at garden centres a pot of grapevines.

32:26There's three different ones in there.

32:28There's a green grape, a red grape and a black grape.

32:33Now, I'm just tying it in, but I have to say,

32:35once they get going, you don't need to

32:38because they have these tendrils that self-twine.

32:41So you might need to sort of tie the odd branch in,

32:44but needless to say, grapevines,

32:47they like a nice sunny spot,

32:49which is absolutely ideal here,

32:51but it'll just give some dappled shade over the patio.

32:55And it sort of just says that,

32:58oh, look at that.

32:59I feel like I'm on holiday because of the grapevine.

33:11One of my favourite things to grow in a greenhouse is chillies.

33:15But what's great is they need this warmer climate.

33:18And in this greenhouse, it's in the perfect location

33:20because it gets the morning sun there,

33:23there's a tree casting a bit of shade at midday,

33:24and then you get the evening sun.

33:26So they are going to love it in here.

33:28And the kids can also grow other fun plants,

33:31like big squashes that will grow up and hang over,

33:33and even melons.

33:35And because we're a little bit further south down here

33:37and we're getting some really good sun,

33:39you might just get a nice big ripe melon in this greenhouse.

33:43But further up north might be a little more difficult.

33:54Oh, we've just made a very simple, straightforward arch

34:00out of some hazel branches.

34:03Good thing about hazel branches is they won't root down.

34:06If you use willow, you've then got a very big willow tree

34:10because it will root down.

34:11But hazels are often used for growing beans, up runner beans.

34:15But I'm going to be planting this honeysuckle.

34:18This one's Lannistera henry.

34:22Of course, it will scrabble up these hazel poles,

34:26but also up into the tree.

34:28And you'll have that gorgeous scent that will waft over.

34:30So it flowers from about June time through until August.

34:35Great for the insects.

34:38And I'm just planting it in this.

34:39It just makes it look very mature.

34:40The other thing I'm going to plant in this area

34:43is a few fruit bushes.

34:45So when the children are sat here in the sunshine,

34:47they can just pluck a few berries off

34:50while they're sat.

34:51Watching time go by.

35:05It does look nice, doesn't it?

35:06Ah!

35:07That could be nice in that gap by the pergola.

35:27Legs to the pergola.

35:28Spilling out.

35:29And it will start to spill out.

35:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.

35:32Great idea.

35:33Now this is Hydrangea paniculata pink lady.

35:48And I love paniculata hydrangeas

35:51because you get these big panicle-shaped flowers.

35:54That's when they're in this big cone.

35:56And the best thing about hydrangeas

35:58is that you can get a hydrangea

36:02for every spot in the garden.

36:04So just because you've got one type,

36:06don't think,

36:06oh, no, I shouldn't have any more hydrangeas.

36:08I think you should get more

36:09because you can have hydrangeas for shade,

36:12hydrangeas for a sunnier spot,

36:14hydrangeas that are big-leaved and furry.

36:17You can get hydrangeas for everywhere.

36:19With plants and fresh produce in place,

36:30the raised patio, beds and pergola are settled.

36:35And Charlie has created a birdbath

36:37to encourage more wildlife.

36:41The team have worked hard

36:43to bring this forgotten garden back to life

36:45in just two days.

36:47Just testing out your seat.

36:52You look very comfy there.

36:53It's lovely, nice back to it.

36:55I know, it's good, isn't it?

36:57You know, we were a bit daunted

36:58by all this maturity, weren't we?

37:00But actually, I think that now

37:01is what makes the garden as well.

37:03Yeah, yeah, it just finishes it off.

37:05And they're going to have so many vegetables.

37:07Hello, look at this.

37:08Slightly over-planted, but hey-ho.

37:11It's fun, it's experimenting, you know.

37:13And then they'll be in there with the kids,

37:16plants growing, cucumbers and mallows.

37:19Chilis, melons.

37:20Melons, oh, yeah.

37:21Got melons.

37:22Lots of different things.

37:24Yeah.

37:25Well, do you think it's time to go and get them?

37:26I think so.

37:27Come on.

37:28Come on.

37:28Oh!

37:32When the team arrived,

37:34this once award-winning allotment

37:36hosted nothing but bare grass,

37:39weeds and mature trees

37:40that were well past their prime.

37:47But with a £4,000 budget,

37:50it's been transformed

37:51into a modern, family-friendly space

37:54with new features

37:55and nods to its former glory.

37:57I'm just going to get you here.

38:02What will Lois and Dorian

38:03think of their new garden?

38:08Lois, Dorian,

38:09you inherited a beautiful garden

38:11with lots and lots of mature plants.

38:14You want your children

38:15to learn about wildlife,

38:17grow vegetables

38:18and have a space

38:20that you can use as a family.

38:22Do you want to open your eyes?

38:24Oh, my gosh!

38:28Wow!

38:29This is amazing!

38:30Yeah?

38:31I love this!

38:32I've done a fantastic job.

38:34I like this little sun...

38:35Sunflower.

38:36What?

38:37We actually dug that up

38:39in your garden.

38:40So it's an old, circular patio.

38:43Oh, this is beautiful!

38:45I'm so glad they noticed

38:46all the bits of paving

38:47because it's tying the new garden

38:49in with the history of the old.

38:51So we've added a bit more height

38:52to the garden with this pergola.

38:54So, yeah,

38:55so that would give you

38:56a little bit of interest in shade.

38:57We've got grapevine.

38:59It's because the kids love grapes.

39:00Oh, well, that's good then, so...

39:02It's crazy!

39:04Yeah?

39:05Shall we wander down

39:06to the produce here?

39:07Yes, please!

39:08I just love this.

39:10Yeah?

39:10Can you see yourself

39:11sat out here as a family?

39:12I'm still excited.

39:13What a bit of instruction!

39:15Okay, okay.

39:17Where Lois and Dorian's greenhouse

39:19was once rubble-strewn

39:21and barren?

39:25It's now ready

39:26for growing produce

39:27for the entire family.

39:30So, Chris has been busy

39:32on the greenhouse.

39:36Wow.

39:37That's so cool.

39:38It's a transformation.

39:39Yeah, so it's tidy.

39:40We've got some tomatoes in there,

39:42we've got a chilli plant,

39:43we've got some cucumbers,

39:46and there's a watermelon as well.

39:48Oh, my goodness.

39:50So, are you going to be using that?

39:52100%.

39:52I need that watermelon.

39:53You need the watermelon.

39:54I need that watermelon

39:55and the chillies, and, yeah.

39:57Chillies.

39:57I am very much looking forward

39:58to all the produce

39:59I'm going to have.

40:00Yeah.

40:01Right, so wander up

40:02to the next bit of produce.

40:05Even this looks amazing.

40:07The area in front of the greenhouse

40:11was a waste of land,

40:13overrun by invasive weeds

40:15and grass.

40:18It's now a screen seating area

40:20with various produce

40:21planted in two raised beds

40:23surrounding a bench

40:24built from sleepers.

40:26giving you a nice little bench seat

40:28to sit on,

40:30screened off the greenhouse,

40:31which will also shade it.

40:33But we've got peas,

40:34we've got pumpkins,

40:36courgettes,

40:37lettuce,

40:38parsley.

40:39All of that.

40:40All of that.

40:41But each year you can change

40:42and you can grow from seed

40:44so you can grow what you want.

40:46Absolutely.

40:47It's just incredible.

40:48This is going to give them

40:49such an opportunity

40:50to grow together

40:51as a family.

40:52And then we get

40:53to the children's area.

40:55Come and have a look.

40:56I don't know if it's going to be

40:57the kids' area anymore.

40:58I did wonder about that.

41:01The area at the entrance

41:03to the old garden

41:04that was an uneven

41:05and bare patch of grass

41:07is now a child-friendly

41:10wildlife zone

41:11with a gnarly wood path,

41:13bespoke seats

41:13with bug hotels underneath

41:15and wild meadow turf

41:17to attract pollinators

41:18and fascinate the children.

41:21So much character.

41:22When you've got vegetables

41:23and that,

41:24having wildlife

41:24and you attract butterflies

41:26and bees

41:27and everything like that,

41:28it helps with the pollination.

41:29This is very magical.

41:32I just...

41:32I can't believe you've done this.

41:34It's just incredible

41:35that you can create this

41:36with just your hands.

41:37It's just incredible, isn't it?

41:39Yes.

41:39So Lee has been really busy

41:41making these bespoke seats

41:43for the children.

41:44She loved them.

41:45Kids, us, I don't know.

41:46And I was saying

41:47I think mum and dad

41:49are going to be bagsying those

41:51and send the children

41:52down there to play.

41:53Get them some little plastic chairs

41:54to put them on the side.

41:57And the bug hotel

41:58underneath the seat.

42:00Do you know what's incredible?

42:01I just love,

42:02especially those strawberries

42:03that they almost seem

42:04to be growing out of the crack.

42:05Do you think it was worth it?

42:06A hundred percent.

42:07Okay, yes.

42:07I have, like...

42:09It's just...

42:10It's just incredible

42:11what you've managed to achieve

42:12in such a short period of time.

42:14I have to say

42:14it wasn't just me

42:16it's the landscapers

42:17and Chris

42:17I've got to clap for you

42:20and the team

42:21this is a team clap.

42:22I don't usually give them this.

42:23It's just phenomenal.

42:25Thank you both so, so much.

42:26The kids are just going

42:27to be so excited

42:28I cannot wait

42:29to see their reactions.

42:30So shall we get them out then?

42:32Here they come.

42:34Mummy, I'd like monkey bars.

42:37The team have worked hard

42:39to create a creative

42:40and productive family space

42:42in Luton.

42:44What can you see over there?

42:45Lois, Dorian and the children

42:47now have the perfect spot

42:49to grow, play

42:50and be inspired by.

42:52When I opened my eyes

42:53I just couldn't believe

42:54the transformation.

42:56Like, it's really incredible

42:57how they, you know,

42:59just kept, you know,

43:01a lot of the original character

43:02of the garden

43:03and kind of blended

43:04new elements

43:05and weaved it into it.

43:07Seeing it in real life

43:08and kind of walking around

43:09and breathing it

43:10and living it

43:10it's just absolutely amazing.

43:12So for me

43:12it wins all the awards.

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