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Gardeners' World Season 59 Episode 15
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00:12Once it lasts harder Mackenzie
00:13All you need to do is walkPut
00:18and take the woodokay
00:19To
00:19be quella the
00:29Hello. Welcome to Gardener's World.
00:34I'm doing a bit of a clearing job.
00:36I'm cutting back mainly the hardy geranium, geranium phyum,
00:40which has got this wonderful, really rich, deep, dark purple, almost black flowers,
00:46which are fantastic in spring.
00:49The days, whether we like it or not, are getting shorter,
00:52and plants are very sensitive to that.
00:54And things like this geranium, which grows so well in spring,
00:59are now sensing the light falling, setting seed, and dying back.
01:04So by cutting them back, we shortcut that circuit
01:07and make space for these glorious plants, a whole raft of them,
01:11that will flower strongly until the first frost.
01:15When you cut back, it's important to cut back hard.
01:19If you leave half of it, half will die back,
01:23and then you might get some new growth growing amongst it,
01:25and it doesn't look any good. So cut hard.
01:55This process of clearing is something that's happening all over the garden,
01:58and here in the writing garden, it tends to look really good in spring.
02:04And the last few years, we've had trouble with it sort of fading away,
02:09just looking a bit drab and tired in high summer.
02:11So making a real effort to add plants, to give it extra impetus and zoome.
02:17And that's not difficult.
02:17Remember, the writing garden is based upon the idea of cow parsley.
02:23And by the way, this is cow parsley.
02:25This is self-sewn cow parsley in here.
02:27Now, but more importantly, this is borage.
02:31It's white borage, and white is the colour theme here.
02:35And because it's a hardy annual, that's it. It's over.
02:38I'm not going to pull them up as such.
02:40I'm going to start cutting, because there are other things in here I want to keep.
02:44I hate gloves, and I hardly ever wear them.
02:47But I do for borage, because borage has tiny little hairs all over it
02:54that are really quite abrasive.
02:58Right, I'm going to just clear a little bit more in here.
03:06Now, this is Angelica, which is coming through.
03:10Angelica, of course, has great big umbels, and will grow really tall,
03:13so we'll leave that.
03:20This is a strand here, which is lovely.
03:22And you can see it flows along the edge of the path.
03:26And that's beautiful, and we want to keep that going as long as possible.
03:44And while I've cleared the decks, I'm just going to give this little privet pom-pom a slight trim.
03:50You can see it's flowering.
03:52I don't often see privet flowering.
03:54Quite pretty white flowers, which, of course, would work here in the writing garden.
03:57But I'm just going to trim it off, because the whole point of topiary like this
04:03is the contrast between the clipped topiary and the looseness of the planting.
04:18This is a cosmos, cosmos purity.
04:22And it has two great virtues, which make it really suitable here for the writing garden.
04:28The first is that it's white, and the second is it's quite tall.
04:33These will go on flowering into November.
04:41Now, while I'm doing this, we're going off to Bishop's Cleve in Ploucestershire
04:45to join Richard Marshall and his national collection of penstermans in all their glory.
04:51And not just to share them, but to share the evident, deep delight
04:55that he gets from growing each and every one of them.
05:04Can I point to that?
05:06I mean, you know, what a pensterman.
05:10It's just mad, isn't it?
05:11What a plant.
05:13I know people have said it's a bit in your face, but actually I'd rather like it.
05:18I'll go for that.
05:20I'm Richard, and I've been gardening most of my life.
05:25About 40 years ago, before we came here, that's when I really discovered penstermans.
05:33We brought home the first one.
05:36The following year, we went to some more gardens,
05:38and there was a guy there selling loads and loads of penstermans,
05:41so a couple more came home.
05:43Then we got to about 10, then we got to 15.
05:46Anyway, to cut a long story short, we got to about 50,
05:49and it became clear that most of them were really, really rare.
05:53So that's the point at which the national collection came along.
05:58So we now have 107 different varieties in the national collection.
06:04There's about 130 penstermans in total here.
06:08It's only when you start collecting them, you start to see the differences,
06:13and you start to appreciate them even more.
06:17One of the things I really love about penstermans is the huge variety there is.
06:21You've got everything from this tiny little thing here.
06:24This is Pinifolius Wisley Flame.
06:27And look at the size of the leaves.
06:28They're absolutely tiny, and that's because it comes from southwest America
06:32and from down into Mexico.
06:35Flowers are so delicate, but they still have exactly the same structure
06:38as any other pensterman, with the five lobes around the mouth,
06:41three at the bottom and two at the top.
06:43But unmistakably a pensterman.
06:45This one, which is breeding,
06:48and look at the difference in size of leaves.
06:50Very different growing conditions.
06:52This is a garden hybrid, as are all these here.
06:56These are all garden hybrids, apart from this one.
06:59And this is Heterophyllus, so it's a species cultivar.
07:02And this is Heavenly Blue.
07:04So really, there's a pensterman for everyone.
07:13They don't take a huge amount of looking after.
07:15When planting them at the right time of year,
07:17you can get them growing on quite strongly during the summer
07:19so that they're robust enough for the winter.
07:22What you don't really want to do is to go planting them late in the season
07:25because they haven't got a time to get established.
07:28Just leave them over the winter.
07:30Once the danger of heavy frost is past,
07:33I will cut them back to the ground and let the new shoots take over.
07:38Penstermans don't mind full sun.
07:39They quite like full sun.
07:40They like a pre-draining soil.
07:42They do not like having their feet wet.
07:46And you can look at penstermans.
07:47They are pretty robust.
07:49There's one thing that will kill a pensterman.
07:51It's a little grub, and it's about that long.
07:53And it's a chafer grub.
07:55And if you see a pensterman suddenly keel over
07:58and just sort of turn its toes up in the air,
08:00there's a fairly good bet that that was responsible.
08:06This is another of my favourite penstermans.
08:08This is pensterman blackbird.
08:10Waves around in the breeze.
08:11Looks absolutely delightful.
08:12Lovely burgundy colour.
08:13If you deadhead it regularly,
08:15it'll produce a succession of flower spikes
08:17right the way through the summer until the first frosts.
08:20If you want a white, this is probably a good one to go for.
08:22This is hickcoat white.
08:23It's not readily available,
08:26but it is out there if you search for it.
08:28Well worth finding,
08:29and to my mind, the best of the whites.
08:33This is quite different.
08:34This is linette.
08:35It's got very delicate foliage.
08:37Small but lovely little flowers.
08:39Lovely colour on the outside.
08:41And very delicate markings on the inside.
08:44And it looks like it's going to be a really good garden plant.
08:46I've not had this for very long,
08:47but it's bulking up nicely
08:49and seems nice and robust.
08:51What more could you want?
08:56The very first Penstemon we bought
08:58was when we came across on a garden visit.
09:00I still have the descendant of that plant.
09:03Its proper name is Penstemon Andenken and Friedrich Hahn,
09:06but you'll know it by its English selling name,
09:08which is Penstemon garnet.
09:10And that's what almost everyone calls it,
09:12including me,
09:13when I don't want to have to say Andenken and Friedrich Hahn.
09:17It's a cracking plant.
09:19It's got just the right size leaves.
09:22It keeps on flowering for a really long period.
09:24It was one of the first to start with deadheading.
09:26It'll come back again and it'll keep going until the frosts.
09:31This shoot has just about come to the end of its useful life.
09:35The way to keep the show going for the rest of the season
09:38is to keep deadheading,
09:39and I do this on a regular basis.
09:41Once a day I come round and deadhead.
09:43Cut just above a pair of leaves.
09:44You want to go low down.
09:46If you go too high,
09:48you risk all that new growth,
09:51making the stem top heavy and it breaking.
09:54In a few weeks' time,
09:55you'll have new shoots
09:57and there will be flowers on them.
09:58I deadhead for three reasons.
10:00Firstly, that.
10:01Secondly, I really don't want seedlings.
10:04And thirdly, by the autumn,
10:06you'll have a nice little pool of small shoots
10:09that are ideal for cutting material.
10:18Propagation.
10:18Well, this is my way of doing it.
10:20I use these trays
10:21so when the time comes to separate them,
10:24when they've rooted in 8 to 12 weeks' time,
10:26there's no problem with damaging the roots,
10:29getting them out of their little modules.
10:31Here's cutting material.
10:34So we'll snip just above a leaf pair there.
10:39And we want enough material.
10:42So I'll probably go there for the second cut,
10:46just below a node.
10:48And that's important
10:49because that's where the hormones are most concentrated.
10:53Now, that's a bit too big for this little tray.
10:56You don't need that amount of material.
10:57So I'm just going to snip off.
11:02Then I'll pop it into a bit of water
11:04just to wet it very slightly,
11:06shake the excess off.
11:07Hormone rooting compound or not?
11:09Well, I've had success with a couple of penstemons
11:11that I've found really difficult to root.
11:13So I've started using it.
11:17Now, this is important.
11:19Never try and push the cutting in
11:20because the chances are you'll damage the stem.
11:23So, little dibber, hole.
11:26Just drop it gently into the hole.
11:29Firm it down gently with your fingers.
11:32A little screechy of water.
11:35And that's one cutting taken.
11:38Don't forget the label.
11:41A lot of us take cuttings in the autumn
11:43and then you grow them on over the winter,
11:45ready to pot on in the spring.
11:46Others do it in the spring
11:48using material left over from last year.
11:53I just love them.
11:59Why do I like penstemons?
12:02Well, to some extent, I have to say,
12:04there's a bit of sentimental value
12:05associated with them.
12:07We've had them for 40 years.
12:09They're old friends.
12:10They're great value plants.
12:12They go well in any mixed herbaceous border.
12:14Huge variety of colours, leaf forms,
12:17you name it.
12:18But, to be honest,
12:20I just wouldn't be without them.
12:33I've tried growing penstemons in this garden for years
12:35and they just don't like it at all.
12:38It's the wet soil all winter
12:41and they never survive more than about two years.
12:44And, to be honest, I've given up,
12:46which is a shame because, obviously,
12:48they are very beautiful.
12:50Now, there are two trees here in the Jewel Garden
12:52which are both interesting in their own way
12:56and in completely different ways
12:57but really doing good things.
13:00The first is this one.
13:01This is the Chinese goat horn.
13:04Carrieria.
13:05And it's quite rare.
13:07It can be a bit shy to flower.
13:08I looked it up and it meant it can take 50 years
13:11before it produces flowers.
13:13Well, it's flowering beautifully now.
13:15This is the second time it's done so for us.
13:18Now, over on this side of the Jewel Garden,
13:20we have a polonia,
13:21the foxglove tree.
13:23Now, this is an enormous tree.
13:24This is as big as a beech.
13:26You know, it can grow 80 foot tall,
13:29festooned with wonderful lavender, foxglove-like flowers.
13:33But if you prune it hard,
13:35it won't produce flowers,
13:37but its foliage will be extra big.
13:39And earlier this spring,
13:41I cut it back to a stick.
13:43And look,
13:44it's produced these enormous leaves
13:47which make a really dramatic foil
13:49for the plants around them.
13:51It won't flower,
13:51or at least not for a long time.
13:54But if you grow it in a border
13:55and keep coppicing it
13:57or pollarding it,
13:59you will get a repetition
14:01of these vast leaves
14:03which are both exotic
14:05and a really good foil.
14:07So both trees doing a job
14:09in a very different way
14:10for the rest of the plants
14:12here in the Jewel Garden.
14:14But so much for the good
14:15because now I have a problem to deal with.
14:22Come on.
14:24Come, good boy.
14:29Come on.
14:30Come on.
14:30Come on.
14:30Come on.
14:31Come on.
14:31Come on.
14:33Come on.
14:33Come on.
14:33Now, I brought you to the corner
14:36of the grass borders
14:37because I have a problem.
14:39This is Rosa moisei,
14:41and I planted it, oh, 29 years ago.
14:47However, in the last year,
14:49this has developed problems.
14:51You can see it's died back.
14:53And I believe that this is fire blight.
14:57It's a bacterial disease
14:59that affects members of the rose family.
15:02So that's not just roses,
15:03but includes apples, pears,
15:06hawthorn, meddlers, plums.
15:10And what it looks like,
15:11the reason why it's called fire blight,
15:12because it looks like it's been torched.
15:14You can see that looks like it's been burnt.
15:16That is not going to recover.
15:17So at very least,
15:18if you've just got one stem,
15:20you should cut it right back
15:22and cut it out.
15:23This is quite badly affected.
15:25It's a species rose.
15:27So what I'm going to do
15:28is cut it completely to the ground,
15:30burn everything,
15:32and then hopefully the new growth
15:34will be healthy.
15:36So right down at the base,
15:38right down at the ground, cut.
15:41Now, don't be too alarmed by this.
15:43Fire blight is apparently quite rare.
15:49There are a whole series of factors
15:51that will increase the chances of fire blight.
15:55Poor ventilation is one.
15:57The second thing is warm, wet winters.
15:59It's worth pointing out
16:01that you do need to disinfect
16:04any tools you use
16:05before cutting anything else.
16:07Right.
16:08Let's continue.
16:16When you have cut it back,
16:18do not shred it,
16:19do not add it to your compost heap.
16:22Burn it if you can.
16:25Much more glamorous
16:26and much more beautiful
16:27than me trying to dispose of this
16:29is a garden in Erith
16:31in South London
16:32which Arit went to visit
16:34and it's a garden
16:36that has been transformed
16:37by the local community.
16:42From the outside,
16:44you'd never imagine
16:45what lies beyond these walls.
16:47but step inside
16:49and you discover a garden
16:52that stands apart
16:53in an urban landscape.
16:55A place where ingenuity
16:57and community
16:58have turned an overlooked space
17:01into something thriving,
17:03resilient
17:03and unexpectedly beautiful.
17:08The contrast is incredible.
17:10I mean,
17:11I can still hear
17:12the sounds of the city
17:13behind me,
17:14but in here
17:15it's completely different.
17:17It's green,
17:18it's lush
17:19and it feels
17:21really special.
17:27Erith's former library
17:28dates back
17:29more than a century.
17:31After falling into disrepair
17:33it stood derelict
17:34for years
17:35along with the garden
17:36that surrounded it.
17:38But in 2019
17:39it was brought back to life
17:41with the garden
17:42at the heart
17:42of its transformation.
17:47Selena Ozan
17:48is the head gardener
17:49at The Exchange.
17:52Selena.
17:53Hi, Erith.
17:54The small part
17:55I've seen of this garden
17:56walking through
17:57is fantastic.
17:58Tell me
17:58how it's laid out.
18:00So the garden
18:01wraps around the building
18:01this gorgeous old
18:02Edwardian building
18:03and that in itself
18:04creates a lot of
18:05different sort of niches.
18:07There's almost
18:07five gardens in one.
18:08Where we are at the minute
18:09this is sort of
18:10woodland edge
18:11in the back garden.
18:13The front garden
18:13is sand bed
18:15so everything's planted
18:16in around 30 centimetres
18:17of sand.
18:18It's super exposed,
18:19really sunny.
18:20We also have
18:21a kind of
18:21fern yard
18:22we call it
18:23which is deep shade
18:24gets almost no sun.
18:25So it's really cool
18:26that it was such a small space.
18:28There are so many
18:28different areas
18:29and kind of microclimates.
18:31A lot to keep you
18:32on your toes.
18:33And such a vast
18:34array of plants
18:35as well.
18:35I'm sort of
18:35eyes darting everywhere.
18:37So how do you garden here?
18:39So we have
18:40a zero irrigation approach
18:41which means different things
18:43for different parts
18:43of the garden.
18:44So in the front
18:45in full sand
18:46there's no watering
18:47whatsoever
18:47unless I'm establishing
18:48a new plant.
18:49But in the rest
18:50of the garden
18:51it's sort of
18:51spot watering
18:52when something looks
18:53like it's struggling.
18:54but generally
18:55the rules are
18:56I mulch once a year
18:57in spring
18:57a really thick layer
18:58of organic matter
18:59and that locks in the moisture.
19:01But also I would say
19:02a really important
19:03part of no irrigation
19:04is just covering the soil
19:05with as many plants
19:06as you possibly can
19:07to really trap in
19:08that moisture.
19:09Well it looks fantastic.
19:14The garden was planted
19:15in 2021
19:16by around 70 local
19:18volunteers
19:18of all ages
19:19where in total
19:213,500 plants
19:22were planted
19:23in two days
19:24with many
19:25making their way
19:26into the dry garden
19:27which sits at the entrance
19:29and embodies
19:30the climate first approach.
19:34This dry garden
19:35has demonstrated
19:37how it's tolerated
19:38everything that's
19:39being thrown at it.
19:40No water
19:41you know
19:41high winds
19:42coming up
19:43from the Thames
19:44and also the fact
19:45that it's south facing
19:46so it's having to
19:47cope with a lot.
19:48But take a look
19:49at this
19:50Pinus halipensis
19:51for example
19:52a drought tolerant tree
19:54but in this situation
19:55it really adds
19:56something unusual.
19:58It has a very
19:58light airy habit.
20:00I know that
20:00Selina has done
20:01some pruning with it.
20:03I think that's really
20:03added into
20:05the vibe of this space.
20:06So again
20:07if we're at home
20:08and we're thinking
20:08about our
20:09planting borders
20:10and how to design
20:11into them
20:12we have to take
20:13into consideration
20:14the soil conditions
20:15and the aspects
20:16but the overall
20:18look and feel
20:18that's where the magic
20:19starts
20:20and I think
20:20that's really
20:21happened here.
20:32this section of the garden
20:34is clearly dominated
20:35by this really
20:37large sycamore.
20:39The plants in this area
20:41are true
20:41botanical survivors
20:43not only coping
20:44with lower light levels
20:45in the shade
20:46but also competing
20:48with the roots
20:48of the sycamore
20:49above.
20:51And of course
20:52we need to be able
20:53to bring my eye
20:54down into a more
20:55human scale
20:56and the design
20:57has been done
20:57by using these
20:59Ali Agnes
20:59Quicksilver
21:00to do that.
21:02Now what's really
21:03lovely about the
21:04design here
21:04is that there's a
21:05topography in the
21:07garden that's been
21:07worked with.
21:08All of the pathways
21:09are very curved
21:10and very gentle
21:11following the slopes
21:12and that gives a real
21:14ease with the space
21:15but also
21:16it's about bringing
21:17the planting up
21:18close and personal
21:20to me as I'm walking
21:21through the garden.
21:22So there's height
21:23so there's the use
21:24of the cardoons
21:25for example
21:25and then the vertical
21:27accents of the
21:27Digitalis lutea
21:29which really they're
21:30acting like sentinels
21:31throughout the space.
21:33And this palette
21:33of greens
21:34and the sort of
21:35silvers here
21:36are really calm
21:37and restful
21:38and add
21:39to the ambience.
21:45The garden demonstrates
21:47the power
21:48of right plant
21:49right place
21:50showing how
21:51carefully chosen
21:52plants can thrive
21:53even as our climate
21:54becomes more
21:55unpredictable.
21:56The same thoughtful
21:58approach runs
21:59through the site
22:00where reclaimed
22:01materials have been
22:02used throughout.
22:05Everywhere you look
22:07in this garden
22:08it's telling a story
22:09of reuse
22:10so whether it's
22:11the fences
22:12or the pathways
22:13even the pavers
22:15have come
22:16from this garden.
22:18Aggregates
22:18and clay
22:19were collected
22:20and taken
22:21to a local
22:21community workshop
22:22where they were made
22:23using local materials
22:25and reimagining it
22:26in this way
22:27it really does
22:28give a sense
22:29of place.
22:30It just adds
22:31into the layers
22:32and textures
22:33that are creating
22:34the most wonderful
22:35atmosphere.
22:39what's incredible
22:40is how many
22:41different experiences
22:42are created
22:43in such a compact
22:44space.
22:45Through matching
22:46the right plants
22:47to the right conditions
22:48each space
22:49has developed
22:50its own character
22:51and atmosphere
22:52creating a garden
22:53that's just asking
22:54to be explored
22:55and somewhere
22:56the local community
22:57can feel part of
22:59and enjoy.
23:00It's been a place
23:02that seems to be
23:03like a heart
23:04for the community.
23:05I just love
23:05being in the garden
23:07because there's
23:07nothing like this
23:08in the area.
23:09You just look at it
23:10it's amazing
23:11you can hear the birds
23:12it's our sanctuary.
23:13It's nice to see
23:14people coming in
23:15and families
23:15enjoying the space.
23:17Every week
23:18we come down
23:19it's different
23:20and it's brilliant
23:21it really is lovely.
23:22I'm just so pleased
23:23that the building
23:24has been taken over
23:25and has been used
23:26for a community project
23:27and turned into
23:28this fantastic garden
23:30that's a lovely space
23:31for the community
23:33to come and visit.
23:34Although this garden
23:35is very much
23:36looking to the future
23:37the past
23:38hasn't been left behind.
23:41The greenhouse
23:41epitomises this.
23:43The design was inspired
23:45by the first ever
23:46mobile library
23:47in the UK
23:48commissioned here
23:49in Erith.
23:50This is amazing
23:51what a greenhouse!
23:53It's really cool
23:53isn't it?
23:54We do a lot of
23:55propagation in the garden
23:56I've really ramped it up
23:57since I started.
23:58Roll my sleeves up
23:58so what have we got here?
24:00So we're sewing
24:01some biennials today
24:02Digitalis ferriginia
24:03and Delphinium requienii.
24:05They're biennial
24:05all sort of
24:06short-lived perennial
24:07and biennials
24:08are normally sewn
24:09June, July
24:09and then you get
24:10your flowers
24:11next spring, summer.
24:12This is quite
24:13a special place
24:14isn't it?
24:14I mean what does it
24:15feel like to have
24:16your very own
24:17living laboratory?
24:18I know
24:19it's really cool
24:19I feel really lucky
24:20especially to have
24:21a space like this
24:21to work in
24:22and add in
24:23the plants
24:23that I really love
24:24yeah having that
24:25creative outlet
24:26is fantastic.
24:32This garden
24:33has been restored
24:34by a community
24:35for a community
24:37and they have
24:38poured on
24:39resource
24:39and creativity
24:40and real care
24:42and you can see
24:43that through
24:43every aspect
24:44of the garden
24:46and what's really
24:47powerful to take
24:48from this
24:48is that in our cities
24:50you know
24:50with climate change
24:51and all of the
24:52tough challenges
24:53that are ahead of us
24:54that it's so important
24:55that spaces like this
24:57are there
24:58that are resilient
24:59and are full
25:00of beauty
25:01and joy.
25:22I think what was
25:23really interesting
25:24about that garden
25:26was the way
25:27that it combined
25:27two elements
25:28that don't often
25:29get combined together
25:30because on the one hand
25:31you have community gardens
25:33that do incredible work
25:35and involve people
25:36and they create places
25:37of dynamism
25:38and love
25:39but not necessarily
25:41of sort of
25:42great horticultural
25:43or at least design merit
25:45and then you have
25:46private or corporate gardens
25:47that can afford
25:48to hire a designer
25:49and they look
25:49really wonderful
25:50but they don't involve
25:52the community at all
25:52and this seems
25:53to do both.
25:54You have a really
25:55beautiful garden
25:56and yet it is
25:57completely integrated
25:58with the local community
25:59so that's incredible.
26:02I'm combining
26:05I'm combining
26:06raspberries
26:07and squashes
26:08which is not
26:08a natural marriage
26:10and therein lies
26:11a tale
26:11because
26:13back in March
26:14I decided to move
26:15raspberries
26:16and make this
26:17a fruit bed
26:18and so I put up
26:19the structure
26:20planted raspberry canes
26:22and waited
26:22for them to grow
26:24and waited
26:26and waited
26:28and by and large
26:29they haven't grown
26:30at all
26:30but I have got
26:31the structure
26:32and as the raspberries
26:33aren't using it
26:34I thought I would
26:35plant my pumpkins
26:36and squashes
26:37in the pathways
26:39that I had hoped
26:41to use to collect
26:41raspberries
26:42so that then I can
26:43train them up
26:44the structure
26:45and
26:46I've got a mixture
26:48between pumpkins
26:48and squashes
26:49don't get too
26:50het up about
26:51the difference
26:51between the two
26:53essentially
26:54a pumpkin
26:55has a harder skin
26:57and keeps longer
26:58and a squash
27:00a little bit
27:01of a softer skin
27:02and keeps less long
27:03but they both keep
27:04and
27:05you know
27:06if you ripen them
27:07properly
27:08they'll keep
27:09for months
27:10and months
27:10and months
27:11sometimes up to a year
27:13this is one called
27:15Lekor
27:15a squash
27:16which I've never
27:17grown before
27:17but it looks good
27:19and importantly
27:20has very good
27:21taste
27:22and I grow
27:23these to eat
27:27the secret of success
27:29with squashes
27:31is
27:33really rich soil
27:34plenty of water
27:35and plenty of heat
27:37it's not so much
27:38extreme heat
27:39it's just they don't
27:40like cold
27:40at all
27:42this one
27:43is called
27:43blue kiri
27:46and they have
27:46this sort of
27:47grey blue skin
27:48which is very handsome
27:49it's not a big squash
27:51but it's another one
27:52that is really good
27:53to eat
27:55pop that in there
28:03now what's good
28:04about this spot
28:06is I've got a big
28:07water butt
28:08so easy to water
28:09with rainwater
28:10I've got a tap
28:11nearby
28:11so washing them
28:12is easy
28:14and you never want
28:14to let them dry out
28:15I've got supports
28:17so when they grow
28:18they can be supported
28:19and the weight of the fruit
28:21will be taken
28:22and because I come to the greenhouse
28:23every day
28:24I'll keep an eye on them
28:25they won't be just stashed away somewhere
28:26so hopefully
28:28so hopefully
28:28we'll get a good crop
28:38so much for the squashes
28:40and pumpkins
28:40which are of course
28:42members of the cucurbit family
28:44and that includes squashes
28:46pumpkins
28:47courgettes
28:48cucumbers
28:50gourds
28:51and melons
28:52and they all have slightly different growing
28:55demands and needs
28:57although they share
28:58the same need
28:59for water
29:00rich soil
29:02and heat
29:03but the extent of which
29:04is critical
29:05so for example
29:06courgettes
29:06are by far the easiest cucurbit to grow
29:09they will tolerate lower temperatures
29:11they're pretty unfussy
29:12and a lot of us grow them outside
29:15without any problems at all
29:16cucumbers
29:17I've already planted some outside
29:19I've got some growing in here in a pot
29:21they again
29:22if you choose your variety right
29:24are not difficult to grow
29:26particularly if you've got a greenhouse
29:27the last of them
29:28melons though
29:29are much more particular
29:31yes they need lots of water
29:33yes they need rich soil
29:34but they need heat
29:35and the only way you can really grow them
29:38in this country
29:39is in a greenhouse
29:40and I grow my melons in pots
29:43it is important
29:44to make sure they have good drainage
29:47drill extra drainage holes
29:48and make them nice and big
29:50I've got some here
29:53and I'm going to put three
29:54in a pot that size
29:55I've made up a compost mix
29:58which is partly a peat free bark based compost
30:02but also plenty of garden compost
30:04and you can see the bits in there
30:07and that means that they have the richness
30:09and also the water retention
30:12I've got a variety here called green nutmeg
30:14I confess I've not grown this before
30:16I looked it up and people raved about it
30:20we'll pop them in on the edge
30:23like that
30:25we'll pop that in there like that
30:29now they will need support
30:30and we'll put them in next to each one
30:34right down to the bottom
30:36the way to get the fruits at their best
30:40is to be ruthless about thinning them
30:43you don't want more than two fruits per plant
30:45and then for a week or so before you harvest them
30:49you want to starve them of water and feed
30:52this condenses the sugars
30:54and makes them taste so much better
30:56and feeding once a week
30:58as I say a tomato feed will do the job fine
31:00but we use liquid seaweed
31:02and that also is very good indeed
31:07now we're off to Wednesdaydale
31:09to visit the garden of Jenny Radborn
31:12now Jenny is a florist
31:13but she found that her approach to her own garden
31:17was transformed dramatically overnight
31:25when we got the house
31:27it was ramshackled and needed a lot of work
31:30the garden was my blank canvas
31:32it was where I was going to get to be
31:35completely and utterly in charge and creative
31:38where I could let my floristry skills
31:41and my love of plants absolutely bloom
31:47I'd been flowering a big wedding
31:48the day before I got sick
31:50and got up to get ready for work
31:53and realised that my legs felt strange
31:57we called an ambulance
31:58I knew there was something really seriously wrong
32:01I'd never felt a pain like it
32:02and that was when
32:05yeah I became immediately paralysed
32:07below the waist
32:08couldn't feel anything
32:10transverse myelitis
32:12it's where the body attacks itself
32:14an autoimmune disease
32:16and I had the acute form
32:18and it is like an explosion in the spinal cord
32:22after several weeks in hospital
32:24making very little progress
32:26I came home
32:28the garden was absolutely calling to me
32:32and my incredible husband
32:36moved my body for me
32:38he physically got me doing things
32:43got me into the garden
32:44I don't think I ever lost hope
32:46I think I always just thought
32:47I could get some feeling back
32:50and get my legs moving
32:54and me in this garden
32:55you know what
32:56we're going to do this
32:58and we have
33:02yeah we have
33:07I wanted a central pathway
33:09just because I love symmetry
33:11I'm a bit wobbly
33:12and it's gravel
33:13and actually it's quite thick gravel
33:15so if I fall over
33:17I fall onto gravel
33:19I've got bark chippings in other areas
33:21it's a nice easy landing
33:23it also grips my feet
33:24which sounds ridiculous
33:25but when I'm walking on it
33:27it's like my feet sink into it
33:29and I get a really good connection
33:30between my brain and my feet
33:33which I don't always get
33:35we planted things like the salix
33:37they don't do amazingly
33:38but probably the wrong choice
33:40gardening you're just experimenting
33:41all of the time
33:42and you think something will work
33:45and you think
33:45oh it's a wet garden in winter
33:47so they're going to be fine
33:48but actually because this is raised
33:50it's probably too free draining
33:51yeah I love the experimental phase of it too
33:56interspersing with foxgloves
33:58some alums
34:00alchemillomolus again
34:01really easy to divide
34:03we had a lot of lupins
34:05from when we bought the cottage
34:07and then lavender and cosmos
34:09and when something dies off
34:11I tend to get something
34:12from the cutting patch
34:13that I've brought on
34:14and fill in the gaps basically
34:17the physiotherapy you get
34:19planting a garden
34:20from moving things around
34:21there's nothing more determined
34:23than a woman
34:24that needs to get a bag of compost
34:25down a garden
34:26quite frankly
34:33it was garden rooms
34:35it was all divided up
34:36and we levelled it
34:37to get me access
34:39in order to have enough plants
34:41to fill the borders
34:42I made the decision
34:44to use division
34:45and also to take cuttings
34:48and I like the repeat planting
34:50so I like to follow
34:51a theme through the garden
34:53to give a level of cohesion
34:56it is quite windswept
34:58so normally
34:59at this time of year
35:00the delphiniums come out
35:01and then
35:02we have
35:0350 mile an hour winds
35:04and they're snapped
35:05but Dutchwood
35:06at the minute
35:07it's all good
35:09down here
35:10is the perfect place
35:12for a shady border
35:12there's not a lot of shade
35:13in my garden
35:14so we've been able
35:15to plant up
35:16lovely fat sears
35:18and some gorgeous ferns
35:25just in this area here
35:27we've let this be
35:32it's one of my favourite bits
35:34it is pretty wild
35:35but it's
35:36it's pretty lovely too
35:39and the poppies
35:40because my husband's military
35:41they have a real significance
35:43for us
35:46it's a really lovely space
35:49for a little bit of reflection
35:53as human beings
35:54we're on this sort of
35:57this hamster wheel
35:58of functioning
35:59at a million miles an hour
36:00trying to do all things
36:01be all things
36:02to all people
36:04and I had to learn
36:05to live in the slow lane
36:06and if I'm completely honest
36:08the slow lane
36:09has brought me
36:10so much joy
36:12and so much pleasure
36:15and it isn't a bad place to be
36:22this started with my absolute desperate need
36:25to grow flowers
36:26as a florist
36:27who couldn't work as a florist
36:28I just wanted to produce flowers
36:31it's quite productive
36:32the soil is a mix
36:34of lovely garden compost
36:36and then some manure
36:38some peat-free compost on the top
36:39and it's just
36:41it's worked really well
36:42so here we are
36:44with some nigella popping out
36:46they're coming to say hello
36:47we've got lark spa
36:48calendula
36:50got lots of little seedling babies
36:52to go in
36:53it's my little
36:54little bit of heaven really
37:06this is where I grow my seedling
37:09so this would be covered in shelving
37:11in spring
37:12and it's where I can stay warm in winter
37:16it's the most heavenly place to be
37:18it's also where I create some art
37:21I press flowers into clay
37:22and create botanical time capsules
37:27it's certainly a rejuvenating space
37:30it ticks every box
37:32this little greenhouse
37:33and the scent of the geraniums
37:35and the scent of the tomatoes
37:36and it's just
37:37it's like being a child again
37:38on the allotment with my dad
37:40and the smell just takes you back
37:45there are going to be blips
37:47there are going to be times
37:48where it doesn't feel possible
37:49and there are times
37:51where you think
37:51I cannot do this
37:53and it's okay to have those times
37:55but it's also really really important
37:58that you remember
37:59that you can achieve so much
38:02by just saying yes mentally
38:06and forging forward
38:11I was meant to come here
38:13and I was meant to nurture this garden back to life
38:16and in doing so
38:17this garden has nurtured me back to life
38:28I think Jenny's story
38:31reinforces the truth
38:34that gardens always have a personal story
38:38is you can have a generalised idea
38:40of what's a good plant
38:41or a beautiful garden
38:43or certain ways
38:44that you should do things
38:45but in the end
38:46they're intensely personal
38:48and what they mean to you
38:50and what you put into them
38:51and what you get back from them
38:54is always where the magic happens
38:56it's that relationship
38:57between gardener and garden
38:59that makes them so special
39:03now I am having
39:04an intense relationship
39:06at the moment
39:06with this wonderful lily
39:08it's called Claude Freid
39:10I chose it for the paradise garden
39:11because it's voluptuous
39:13and the paradise garden
39:14should be about richness
39:15the sound of the water
39:17this sense of just being surrounded
39:20by riches of all kinds
39:23and this does the trick
39:24it's essentially a woodland plant
39:27so it grows quite happily
39:28underneath the crab apples here
39:30and it's tall and it's proud
39:33and it's loud
39:34but with style and elegance
39:37and while it's flowering
39:39it is one of the stars of the garden
39:47good boy
39:48going this way
39:49come on
39:50come on
39:54normally when I come in the potting shed
39:57it's to sow seeds
39:59that are going to perform
40:00this year
40:01however
40:02once you get to
40:04high summer
40:05the returns on that
40:07gets less and less
40:09but it's not too late
40:11in fact it's a good time
40:12to be thinking about
40:13next year for perennials
40:15so for example
40:16this is Lysimachia Beaujolais
40:19it's got lovely
40:20sort of burgundy
40:22coloured spikes of flower
40:23that were really trendy
40:25about five years ago
40:26at Chelsea
40:26but they're a good garden plant
40:29I've sown these this spring
40:31now there are six plants here
40:32if you had to go to a garden centre
40:34and buy those
40:35it might cost you
40:36sort of around 50 quid
40:37whereas the seed
40:38definitely didn't cost more than the fiver
40:40I've got a tray here of Echinaceae
40:43they'll flower next year
40:44not this year
40:45but that's part of the slow process
40:47likewise these Aquilegia
40:48which will flower next spring
40:50definitely
40:50now there are a number of different ways
40:52you can do it
40:53with small seed
40:54you need a seed tray
40:55and sprinkle them
40:57a larger seed
40:58it's worth growing into modules
41:00I'm going to start
41:02with a perennial foxglove
41:04this is Digitalis Pala de Flora
41:06which is going to be perfect
41:08for the woodland garden
41:09now these are very small seeds
41:11so I'm going to sow them
41:12into a small seed tray
41:14just
41:17fill it with
41:18a very basic
41:19coir based compost
41:23and the answer is
41:24to sprinkle them
41:25very lightly
41:26over the surface
41:28of the compost
41:29protect them
41:30but you don't have to heat them
41:32now this is a geom
41:34blazing sunset
41:35which is destined for the jewel garden
41:37geoms love long meadow
41:39they grow really easily
41:40they really like
41:42our heavy rather damp soil
41:44and if you've got heavier soil
41:46and it's reasonably wet
41:48where you are
41:49geoms are a good plant to grow
41:51these are going to be pricked out
41:53so it's not the end of the world
41:55so it's not the end of the world
41:55if you get a little clump growing
41:58now geoms are best covered lightly
42:02and I need to do that with some vermiculite
42:05finally
42:06I've got modules
42:11now I've got a lupine
42:12and this is chandelier
42:14which is a good yellow
42:16I'm putting one
42:18per module
42:20and actually growing perennials
42:22is all about
42:23a little bit of patience
42:25connecting to a slower rhythm of life
42:28what I'm going to do
42:30is move them over
42:34and simply pile
42:37more compost on top
42:39spread it thinly
42:41and then wipe it all off
42:43so what remains
42:45is just enough to cover the seeds
42:48and of course all these
42:50will be carefully nurtured
42:52pricked out if need be
42:54potted on if need be
42:56placed out in the garden
42:58exactly where I want them
43:00with the intention of them
43:02being part of a very carefully
43:04thought through performance
43:06next summer
43:07but actually
43:09a lot of our very best garden flowers
43:12happen by accident
43:13as Rachel discovered
43:15when she visited Hannum Court
43:17in Gloucestershire
43:20There's something wonderfully alive
43:23about a garden
43:24where plants are free to roam
43:26plants that readily seed themselves around
43:29shouldn't be shied away from
43:31they are an incredibly useful tool
43:34to the gardener
43:35and can be used to great effect
43:38here at Hannum Court
43:39they create an atmosphere of romance
43:42softening edges
43:43filling gaps
43:44and bringing a little wildness
43:47into the design
43:49what we gardeners call self-seeders
43:52are simply plants that drop as seeds
43:54and are now growing away happily
43:56without any help from us
43:58whatsoever
43:59and I love them
44:01because they're opportunistic
44:03they're easy
44:05and they're free
44:11self-seeders come in many different forms
44:15and fennel
44:15is a really good example
44:17of a perennial
44:18that also self-seeds
44:19so this plant itself
44:21the main plant
44:22will last
44:22for several years
44:24you'll find little baby fennels
44:26coming up all over the place
44:28so if you don't want
44:29this sort of plant
44:30then take them out
44:31while they're young
44:32before they've really
44:33got in there
44:34and then a bit later on
44:36in the summer
44:36you get flowers
44:37which are umbelliferous
44:39so you've got lots and lots
44:40and lots of tiny yellow flowers
44:41and those are actually edible
44:43and they've got that
44:44sort of aniseed flavour
44:45I grow it in semi-shade
44:48and in full sun
44:49and it's happy in both
44:50but as I said
44:51those seedlings
44:52will go everywhere
44:58for any seed
44:59to germinate successfully
45:00it needs exactly
45:02the right combination
45:02of moisture
45:03temperature
45:04light
45:05and contact
45:06with the soil
45:07thousands of seeds
45:08may be produced
45:10but only a small number
45:11find the perfect conditions
45:13to establish
45:14so the plants
45:16we see here
45:16are the survivors
45:18and because they've germinated
45:20where they'll spend
45:20their entire lives
45:22their roots develop naturally
45:24as a result
45:25they're generally tougher
45:27more resilient
45:28and more self-sufficient
45:30this is nigella
45:32which is an annual
45:33and that means that
45:34either you the gardener
45:36have to sow it
45:36or you have plants
45:38from last year
45:39and they have self-sown
45:40spread their seed
45:41all over the place
45:42and then popped up
45:44again this year
45:44and they like somewhere
45:46hot, dry, sunny
45:48they don't like to be
45:49sitting in some wet clay
45:51beautiful azure blue flowers
45:53although it does also
45:54come in various shades
45:56of pink
45:57and purple
45:58and white
45:59nigella have a fairly
46:01brief flowering period
46:02so if you want to extend that
46:04then you've got
46:04your self-sown plants
46:06in here
46:07and then you would add
46:08some that you've sown
46:09yourself a little bit later
46:10so they're smaller
46:11when they go in
46:12and that would just
46:13extend it for a little bit
46:14but
46:14they also have
46:16really beautiful seed heads
46:17so something interesting
46:18to see
46:19right the way
46:20through the summer
46:28there's something so evocative
46:30about foxgloves
46:31they're very romantic plants
46:33and they're also
46:34brilliant self-seeders
46:36now they're biennials
46:38which means that
46:39they take two years
46:40to complete their life cycle
46:41after they've flowered
46:43they drop the seed
46:44and make a small plant
46:45and then that overwinters
46:46flowers again the next year
46:48and then the same process continues
46:51so to really establish
46:53a patch of digitalis
46:55it's a good idea
46:56to sow seeds
46:57in two consecutive years
46:58and then you've really got them
47:00but they also love to self-seed
47:03if they haven't gone into the place
47:05that you think they should be
47:06you can orchestrate a little bit
47:08you can dig up that young plant
47:10and move it
47:11so that the following year
47:12it'll flower exactly where you want it
47:14a bit of cooperation
47:16between nature
47:17and the gardener
47:19but I think they're absolutely beautiful
47:22all brought together like this
47:32well here's a perfect spot
47:34to enjoy the sunshine
47:36this lovely bench
47:38and then very cleverly
47:40it's been planted up around it
47:42in a way that just makes it feel
47:44as if it's been here for hundreds of years
47:47and in fact if you look around
47:49most of these plants
47:50are repeated
47:51not because they've been planted
47:53but because they've seeded themselves
47:54into the gravel
47:55and that's because
47:56they're absolute sun lovers
47:57they like a really thin soil
47:59and not to be over water
48:01they can withstand drought very well
48:03so this dianthus is echoed
48:06in another couple that are over there
48:08and then the stachysp
48:10which has these lovely soft felted leaves
48:13often called lambs ears
48:14and that loves to sort of run around
48:17and put itself through the gravel
48:19and then the essence of this planting
48:22just continues all the way down
48:23through the gravel path
48:25so you've got things like
48:26the Campanula and the Valerian
48:28just softening
48:29not only these monolithic hues
48:31but also the edge of the path
48:33so it sort of sweeps in and out
48:35some of those will be planted
48:36and others will have self-seeded
48:38into the gravel
48:39and the effect is beautiful
48:43if you want to encourage this at home
48:46you don't need to buy lots of plants
48:48introduce one or two good self-seeders
48:51and let nature do some of the work for you
48:57usually self-seeders find the perfect spot
49:00but here this syringium
49:02which likes well-drained conditions
49:04has leapt frog the gravel
49:06and gone straight into the grass
49:10paving and steps offer something different
49:13the cracks and joints between stones
49:16create tiny micro-habitats
49:18little pockets where seeds can lodge
49:21and moisture can collect
49:23and organic matter gradually builds up
49:25rather than being a completely hostile place for plants
49:29paving can actually become a series
49:32of small planting opportunities
49:36where the paving is more shaded
49:38and you've got that sort of coolness
49:41and better moisture retention
49:43in those gaps between the slabs
49:45it's a perfect spot
49:47for one of my favourite self-seeders
49:49alcamilla mollis
49:50and it's such an amazing plant
49:53you get those beautiful acid green flowers
49:56towards the end of spring
49:57and in early summer
49:58and they're accompanied by lovely
50:00rather palmate shaped leaves
50:02which cling on to any moisture
50:04so you get these lovely raindrops
50:06just settling on the leaf surface
50:08which are very beautiful
50:10this is another favourite self-seeder
50:13erigaron carvenskienus
50:15it's Mexican fleabane
50:17and actually in many ways
50:18the individual flowers look a lot like
50:20our own native daisy
50:21that we get in the lawn
50:23but this one has this lovely effect
50:25of sort of white tinged with rosy pink
50:27which is so beautiful
50:29and to keep those flowers coming
50:31well I don't deadhead
50:33it's one of those instances
50:34where the plant just seems to do it itself
50:36it'll go into every single available crack
50:39once it's found a place that it's happy with
50:41in between the paving stones
50:43up the walls
50:44across the top of the stone
50:46really long flowering period as well
50:49so you get masses of flowers
50:51it's the perfect example
50:52of a plant finding its own perfect spot
50:58there we are
50:59two self-seeders
51:01nigella and erigaron
51:02flowering together
51:04and that is such a beautiful effect
51:06nature paints a picture
51:14self-seeders
51:15are invaluable
51:17in the garden
51:18they bring that little touch
51:21of the unexpected
51:21that bit of romance
51:25and yes we can edit
51:27we can tweak
51:28we can move
51:29but I think also as gardeners
51:31perhaps we need to sometimes just step back
51:33and allow those plants
51:35to show us exactly where they want to grow
51:38because that's when the magic happens
51:55the thing about self-seed plants
51:58is they find the place they want to be
52:00so for example here
52:02there are these incredible mullets
52:04that are really difficult to grow in this garden
52:08but they're very happy
52:10and magnificent
52:11and even monstrous
52:13growing between the cracks of the paving
52:15and we do get self-seed plants
52:18popping up all over the garden
52:19false clubs
52:20have a habit of appearing
52:22where you least expect them often
52:24poppies of course
52:25and we've even got a rambling rose
52:29and you'd scarcely believe you could grow it from seed
52:32but it's there
52:33and it's found its own way there
52:35and like all these self-seed plants
52:37it's very happy
52:44good boy
52:45going this way
52:46come on
52:47come on
52:52right
52:53I am now going to tell you
52:55a tale of disaster
52:57because I have a bed of garlic here
52:59that I put in the ground last autumn
53:01and until about a month ago
53:03it looked really good
53:04but over the last few weeks
53:07they have declined noticeably
53:08and the green has just turned brown
53:10and there's clearly not something right
53:12and I had a look the other day
53:13and what I have
53:15is allium white rot
53:17and that is not good news
53:20because when you harvest your bulb
53:23you'll notice
53:24there's a lot of rot
53:25at the base
53:27of the stem
53:28and you might well see
53:30white dots
53:32all over the bulb
53:33and this is a fungus
53:34and the fungus
53:36attacks the bulb
53:37and in some cases
53:38can reduce it to complete mush
53:40and in almost every case
53:42the bulb will rot
53:45very quickly
53:45they won't store
53:46it also means
53:49much more importantly
53:50that it will spread
53:52to all members
53:53of the allium family
53:54so in this particular piece of ground
53:57I can't grow any alliums
53:59and in the vegetable garden
54:00that really amounts to onions
54:02shallots
54:04garlic
54:05elephant garlic
54:06and leeks
54:07for at least five years
54:10and could be as long as 15 years
54:12now I will pick these up
54:15and collect them all
54:16and they mustn't go
54:18on the compost heap
54:20they should be burnt
54:22over here
54:23I've got
54:24elephant garlic
54:25I am going to harvest these now
54:28just in case it spreads
54:29you shouldn't use
54:31the same fork
54:33on a clean piece of ground
54:35you should disinfect it
54:36in between
54:37but I know
54:38I'm not going to grow any alliums here
54:39for the foreseeable future
54:41right
54:41I'm going to finish
54:42harvesting my elephant garlic
54:44which I think is fine
54:46and while I'm doing that
54:47here are your jobs
54:49for the weekend
54:59delphiniums have been
55:00very good for me this year
55:01but all good things
55:02come to an end
55:03and when the flowering is over
55:05rather than letting them set seed
55:07it's a good idea
55:08to cut them back
55:10don't just snip off the seed heads
55:12but go right down
55:13to the base of the stem
55:15remove this
55:16and this will encourage the plant
55:18to grow again
55:20throw up a new flower stem
55:21which should flower
55:23before the end of summer
55:32any seedlings
55:33sown in rows
55:35will need thinning
55:36I've got wallflowers here
55:38but it applies
55:38to any seeds you might sow
55:40and at this time of year
55:41particularly vegetables
55:45thinning the rows themselves
55:46from the edges
55:47just removing
55:49any clumps and groups
55:50so you're down
55:51down to one single line
55:55then in a week or so
55:56as the seedlings grow bigger
55:57you can start to thin them
55:59to the required spacing
56:08everybody who grows broad beans
56:10will find that sooner or later
56:12they get affected
56:13by blackfly
56:15these look terrible
56:16but the broad bean aphid
56:18only feeds on the freshest
56:21juiciest growth
56:24and the easiest way
56:26to deal with them
56:26is simply
56:27snap off
56:29the top few inches
56:30of the plant
56:31thus reducing
56:32their food supply
56:56the sad truth
56:58is that we are coming
57:00to the end
57:01of the main rose season
57:03I say main rose season
57:05but of course
57:06most modern roses
57:08go on flowering
57:09all summer
57:10or die back a bit
57:12and then come back
57:13and have another flush
57:14or flower slightly less
57:16intensely
57:16but they keep going
57:17it's the old roses
57:19the Gallicas
57:20like this one
57:21which once they've done
57:22their stuff
57:23that's it
57:24however
57:25there's no question
57:26that if you can
57:28deadhead assiduously
57:29you can extend
57:30the rose season
57:33use secateurs
57:34and go right back
57:35down the stem
57:36to something
57:37now in this case
57:38it's another couple
57:39of shoots
57:40and cut it off there
57:41it could be a leaf
57:42it could be another bud
57:43and that stimulates
57:45side shoots
57:45which then stimulates
57:46more flowers
57:47and as well as being
57:48good for the roses
57:50it's good for you too
57:52certainly good for me
57:53I love doing this
57:54and if you just come out
57:55ten minutes every day
57:57maybe early in the morning
57:59or when you get back
58:00in the evening
58:00and just have a quiet
58:02calm time
58:03focusing on the roses
58:05letting the rest
58:06of this crazy world
58:08just wash away
58:09for a few moments
58:11that is very restorative
58:14however
58:15that is also
58:16all we've got time for today
58:19I will see you
58:20back here at Longmeadow
58:21next time
58:22so until then
58:23bye bye
58:53I'll see you
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