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Nicola Singleton helps you get the most from your growing space whatever size it is.

Nicola Singleton helps you get the very best from your growing space, whatever shape or size it is, as we celebrate Scottish seasonality in your garden and your kitchen.

Nicola Singleton helps you get the very best from your growing space, whatever shape or size it is, as we celebrate the seasonality through Scottish gardens and kitchens. Coming from a range of gardens across Scotland, Grow It is peppered with seasonal gardening advice and weekly masterclasses from a range of experts, together with antidotes to a variety of growing pains and advice for the city gardener along with the occasional foray into wild flowers, herbs and foods, for those with green and non-green fingers alike. And, to help you make the most of the wonderful home-grown produce that the Scottish growing season offers up, we'll also be dropping in on the kitchen garden with advice for grow-your-own enthusiasts and our team of chefs who have a selection of brilliant recipes as well as advice on what varieties will deliver you the best flavour in the kitchen.

Grow It: Biodiversity, Small Water Features & Strawberries

Biodiversity, Small Water Features & Strawberries

BBC Radio Scotland - Grow It, Biodiversity, Small Water Features & Strawberries

Encouraging biodiversity, creating a mini pond and cooking with strawberries.

Why we should encourage biodiversity, how to create your own mini pond, simple tips on garden design and cooking with seasonal strawberries.

Nicola Singleton and the team help you make the most of your growing space, whatever shape and size it comes in, and inspire you with a weekly seasonal recipe.

This week they’re in Munlochy on the Black Isle, visiting Old Allangrange, a garden that has just about everything – formal, wild, traditional and contemporary.

JayJay Gladwin, garden designer and owner of Old Allangrange, shares her passion for biodiversity, explains why some weeds are actively encouraged and talks about the work they’re doing with local children who come to the garden.

This week’s seasonal ingredient is strawberries but chef Graeme Pallister has his work cut out for him as he demonstrates a strawberry gazpacho to Gillian Russell!

Carole Baxter shows Helen Needham how to create a mini pond in your garden if you’d love a water feature but are short on space.

JayJay shares some simple garden design advice if you’re refreshing the layout of your garden or have moved somewhere new.

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