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Great British Garden Revival

Factual: Homes & Gardens

Factual: Homes & Gardens: Gardens

Britain's top television gardeners try to save the nation's rich gardening heritage.

A selection of top television gardeners attempt to inspire the nation to save Britain's rich gardening heritage

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Great British Garden Revival: Series 1

Toby Buckland

Christine Walkden

Gary Broadhurst

Bridget Boseley

Great British Garden Revival: Series 1: Episode 9: Fruit Trees and Ornamental Bedding

Fruit Trees and Ornamental Bedding

Episode 9

Episode 9: Fruit Trees and Ornamental Bedding

Series 1

BBC Two - Great British Garden Revival, Series 1, Fruit Trees and Ornamental Bedding

Toby Buckland celebrates homegrown fruit and Christine Walkden praises ornamental bedding.

Gardeners try to save Britain's horticultural heritage. Toby Buckland celebrates homegrown fruit and Christine Walkden praises ornamental bedding.

Toby Buckland wants to put homegrown fruit back into Britain's gardens. On his revival he meets a fruit tree conservationist who rescues species that are close to extinction, as well as a family in Kent whose passion for fruit has resulted in the creation of the largest collection of different fruit trees in the country. Toby gives his tips and advice on how easy it can be to plant and care for fruit trees. He shows how to cordon a pear tree, prune espaliered apple trees and the best ways to store the results of the autumn harvest. 

Christine Walkden gets behind the Victorian craze for ornamental bedding. On her campaign she meets the passionate people working hard to keep this gardening heritage alive. She discovers the innovations in plant breeding which are breathing new life into bedding, and in Bournemouth she finds out how the council are encouraging the local people and visitors alike to develop a taste for ornamental bedding, with their edible displays. Throughout the show Christine shares her tips and advice - she shows how to create a portable carpet bed and how to grow one of the most popular bedding plants, the geranium, from cuttings.

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