Beechgrove Garden returns to screens for a new season
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The Beechgrove Garden is back, this year celebrating its 45th anniversary. Carole Baxter, George Anderson and Diana Yates are introducing the first show in the new series from the fabulous Beechgrove Garden just outside Aberdeen.
It’s an anniversary year and the show will be featuring all the best advice, tips and ideas that have made it such a well-loved Scottish institution since it started in 1978.
On the first show the team will be assessing the state of the garden after a long cold winter and launching into the many jobs that need done at this time of year, including tips on seed sowing and planting your own garlic supply.
Across the series the expert gardeners will be testing out windowsill tomato growing, home grown salads and vegetables as well as the traditional Beechgrove Garden Tattie trials.
All summer the show will have advice and instruction for gardeners of all kinds-something for the beginner and the expert.
Responding to viewer interest , this year there will also be a focus on some particular gardening areas-there will be a monthly “Back to Basics” guide where the team give a masterclass on the key skills needed to be a great gardener, useful if you are a total beginner or just want to brush up on your own technique
Kirsty Wilson will be presenting a regular houseplant feature looking at care, selection and some “on trend” planting styles for indoor growers, there’s also a focus on gardening for wildlife: how do you cultivate a garden that looks great but also gives the environment a helping hand.
In the first show Calum Clunie sends the first of his reports from his allotment in Leven and Brian Cunningham is updating us on his own garden at Old Scone.
Later in the series Lizzie Schofield will be working on a typical “New Build” garden to show what can be done with a small undeveloped space
In episode one there’s also a list of top tips to save money in the garden, with household budgets feeling the pinch, how do you plant without spending pounds?
Spring is here and the Beechgrove Garden is back, ready to guide you through a season of great growing.
The first episode airs on Thursday, April 6 on BBC Scotland at 8pm and on Friday 7 on BBC Two at 7.30pm.
