The Beechgrove Garden

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Episode 1

The Beechgrove Garden has only just emerged from the December snow, and the team take stock of the damage done over the

Episode 2

Celebrating Scottish gardens. The team mount Project Plant Rescue, Jim and Carole investigate the alternatives to peat,

Episode 3

Celebrating Scottish gardens. The team decide to start planting potatoes, Lesley and Carole mount their tatties-in-conta

Episode 4

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Jim and George show how to pollinate plants by hand to maximise fruit yields. And Carole a

Episode 5

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Carole and Lesley revamp the Beechgrove alpine garden, George demonstrates how to grow lar

Episode 6

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Carole and Lesley plant new collections of baby fuchsias, Carole and George tackle leek ru

Episode 7

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Carole starts a gourd trial, Jim seeds celtuce, chicory, claytonia and Chinese kale while

Episode 8

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Carole attempts to rekindle interest in carnations, Jim has another go at growing sweetcor

Episode 9

The team is on a break from the garden to be at Gardening Scotland. Sometimes called the Chelsea of the north, it is the

Episode 10

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Jim indulges his passion for dahlias and provides solutions for a steep, sloping garden in

Episode 11

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Carole and Lesley plant annuals in the greenhouse, Carole seeds her geranium family trial,

Episode 12

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Jim reviews developments in the orchard, Carole plants a range of micro leaves and George

Episode 13

Celebrating Scottish gardens. The team puts waders on and heads for the pond, Jim tries out a new lawn moss product, and

Episode 14

Celebrating Scottish gardens. The team discuss the state of the oak which is now hampering the growth of other plants, a

Episode 15

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Jim checks on the success of the yields in the fruit house, and Carole and George give the

Episode 16

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Carole and Lesley make arrangements of hardy annuals and check their potato yields, while

Episode 17

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Carole visits Janis Louden in Lumphanan to help create a herb garden before tracking down

Episode 18

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Jim, Carole and Lesley each take a favourite area of the garden to showcase as well as com

Episode 19

Celebrating Scottish gardens. The team is on the road to help complete the development of a new community garden used by

Episode 20

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Jim reviews varieties of dahlias and garvineas, and visits Glenbervie House's garden, whil

Episode 21

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Carole harvests her trial broad beans, Lesley discovers how her hardy and half-hardy annua

Episode 22

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Jim reviews the vegetables he has been growing in the potager and Carole demonstrates how

Episode 23

Celebrating Scottish gardens. Jim works on the main lawn to help it cope with erratic weather conditions, while Carole h

Episode 24

Landscape gardening show. The Beechgrove team are on the road to Spey Bay to help build a garden full of wildlife themes

Episode 25

Celebrating Scottish gardens. George Anderson enters his produce at the Dalkeith show, and Jim McColl visits the Newburg

Episode 26

Gardening programme celebrating Scottish gardens, with horticultural tips. The team enjoys the colour of autumn while ba

Episode 1

For most of the country it’s waders rather than wellies that are essential kit to get gardening this spring. Beechgrov

Episode 2

Carole explains how to deal with explosive weeds, Jim is splitting snowdrops and George advises us where to plant a flow

Episode 3

In the Beechgrove Garden Jim, Carole and George are pruning their way around the garden, through fruit pruning to Carole

Episode 4

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim continues to deal with the aftermath of the extreme wet weather that we experienced over w

Episode 5

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is spring cleaning in the conservatory. He takes note of the progress and care of the came

Episode 6

George is revamping the very tired 'old riverbed' in Beechgrove. He is creating a new flowing stream of those spring and

Episode 7

It's tomato planting time for Jim in the Beechgrove Garden this week, and Chris tries out a range of climbers for any wa

Episode 8

Jim McColl is sowing hardy annuals direct and comparing it to planting plugs. Carole also visits a garden restoration in

Episode 9

The Beechgrove team will be taking a break from the garden to be at Gardening Scotland, sometimes called the Chelsea of

Episode 10

May is out and June is here and in the Beechgrove Garden that means that we can finally have our bedding plants outside

Episode 11

Jim McColl and George Anderson are planning for tomorrow's jam as Jim is taking care of the fruit cage and George is sor

Episode 12

Beechgrove and Gardener's Question Time combine to answer gardening questions.

Episode 13

Carole and Chris are checking on the progress of produce in pots and containers, showing that you can be productive no m

Episode 14

It looks like it may finally be time to harvest those tatties. Jim is in the veg plot answering the age-old question, ho

Episode 15

In the Beechgrove Garden, with her fingers crossed, Carole is introducing some agapanthus, those South African blue beau

Episode 16

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is as cool as a cucumber in the 'cold frames' while Chris is all hot and bothered in his '

Episode 17

In the Beechgrove Garden, Carole and Jim dally with our extensive dahlia collection, which is now flowering. Jim visits

Episode 18

Carole and Jim are propagating again. They're trialling a professional grade compost that is available to amateurs and s

Episode 19

In the Beechgrove Garden, it's time for the great unveiling of George's show veg. There is certainly nothing parsimoniou

Episode 20

In the Beechgrove Garden, we are always looking at what's fresh in gardening but this week we are working out ways to ke

Episode 21

In the Beechgrove Garden, George and head gardener, Jane, carefully unveil the show veg before Jane takes them to compet

Episode 22

In the Beechgrove Garden, Carole is right in the midst of autumn as she reviews her pumpkins but will there be enough to

Episode 23

All four seasons in one colourful day at Beechgrove, as Jim and Carole take a look at what's colouring up in the Equinox

Episode 24

There is lots of late summer harvesting to do at Beechgrove. Jim McColl is back in the main vegetable plot harvesting fe

Episode 25

In the Beechgrove Garden, this is the perfect time for fruit pruning but for most people it is a complicated subject. Ji

Episode 26

In the last in the present series, Jim, Carole, Chris and George are in the Beechgrove Garden packing in as many hints,

Episode 1

Beechgrove is back! Spring-loaded and raring to grow. The sun always shines in Beechgrove, but how has the sunniest wint

Episode 2

In the Beechgrove Garden Chris dons his safety gear and whips off 50 shades of green (conifers) in a chainsaw-pruning fr

Episode 3

You will certainly have your five a day with Beechgrove this week. Jim is testing temperatures and hoping to sow early b

Episode 4

In the Beechgrove Garden Jim is plants 'heirloom vegetables' to compare performance with contemporary interlopers. In th

Episode 5

It's daffolicious in the Beechgrove garden as Jim takes a look at his trial of new versus old daffodils to see if tradit

Episode 6

Seed scattered and sown, and lawns grown and mown. Carole shows us an easy way to sow flower seeds while Jim toils away

Episode 7

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is in the conservatory showing how to prune camellias, while Carole puts together hanging

Episode 8

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim hopes to catch up with the veg planting that he wasn't able to do last week in the torrent

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Jim and Carole are preparing for the seasons to come as they show how to overwinter a whole range of vegetables so that

Episode 24

Jim and Carole walk around the garden pointing out plant combinations showing colour at this time of year. Jim prepares

Episode 25

The team enjoy the autumn colour in the Beechgrove garden. Carole and George plant various combinations of bulbs and spr

Episode 26

Although this is the last in the present series, gardening is a year round activity and so Jim, Carole, George and Chris

Episode 1

Beechgrove is back despite winter storms, Jim McColl, Carole Baxter, George Anderson and Chris Beardshaw and the Beechgr

Episode 2

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim admires the colourful camellias which are conservatory confined to prolong flowering and f

Episode 3

In this edition of the gardening magazine, Jim investigates digging. He grows two sets of vegetables side by side to com

Episode 4

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is attempting to turn yellow into green as he tackles the lawn, which has turned a washed-

Episode 5

In the Beechgrove garden, Jim is hoping that the soil is now warm enough to plant tatties in the main veggie plot, while

Episode 6

Carole continues with her windowsill gardening and sows herbs and salad leaves, which can be used to produce tasty, food

Episode 7

Carole creates a chef's windowsill as she grows a range of micro salads, while Chris takes on the job of revamping the o

Episode 8

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is starting off new varieties of tomatoes and he's going to try them in a range of new tom

Episode 9

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is dealing with hardy veg in the veg plot, while Carole is starting off some tender veg in

Episode 10

The Beechgrove team take a break from the garden to be at Gardening Scotland, the biggest gardening show north of the bo

Episode 11

The Beechgrove Garden - 2016: Episode 11 In this edition of the gardening magazine, Carole is in the Keder, starting the

Episode 12

In this edition of the gardening magazine, Jim and George are planning for jam tomorrow as Jim sorts out the raspberries

Episode 13

Jim, Carole and George investigate some neglected mature shrubs. Jim looks at the flowering quince, while Carole and Geo

Episode 14

The Beechgrove Garden - 2016: Episode 14 The whole Beechgrove team are taking the road to the ancient Highland fishing p

Episode 15

Chris has been left to his own devices in the Beechgrove garden and he is planting up an exotic border with plants that

Episode 16

Jim brings us up to date on how the crops in the veg plot are doing, whilst Carole checks up on the progress of more ten

Episode 17

In the Beechgrove garden, Carole takes a look at and tastes both peas that are sweet and sweet peas. Carole has been run

Episode 18

Jim McColl, Carole Baxter, George Anderson and Chris Beardshaw are on the road to Gairloch to find out what grows and po

Episode 19

A sparkling summer bedding display dazzles the eye this week in the Beechgrove Garden. More colour comes from Calla lili

Episode 20

Jim, Carole and George begin a series of bulb plantings by naturalising some unusual bulbs in the new lawn. Chris, with

Episode 21

Jim is thinking ahead and planting overwintering veg that will be ready to crop in the spring. 2016 is the 50th annivers

Episode 22

In the Beechgrove Garden Jim is in the veggie plot still managing to crop late veg and it's also hedge cutting time of y

Episode 23

There's a wee chill in the air in the Beechgrove Garden and Jim decides to take the Camellias inside after their summer

Episode 24

im, Carole and George are on the road again as they visit Strathkinness, the Best Kept Small Village in Fife, for the fi

Episode 25

Leaves are falling in the Beechgrove Garden but that's not necessarily a bad thing as Jim uses them to make lovely leaf

Episode 26

It's the final programme of the series and Jim, Carole, George and Chris are battening down the hatches, preparing the g

Episode 1

The best sign of spring is when the Beechgrove Garden returns and Jim McColl, Carole Baxter, George Anderson, Chris Bear

Episode 2

Winter hasn't been too cruel this year, but Carole is still hoping to find out how hardy the plants are that she deliber

Episode 3

To dig or not to dig, that is the question on Jim and George's lips in the Beechgrove Garden. Two side-by-side veg plots

Episode 4

Carole and Jim are also both planting potatoes; Jim is planting new blight-resistant varieties in the main veg plot, whe

Episode 5

Jim is planting a selection of swedes and turnips for later in the year. Meanwhile, Chris is attempting to create a rose

Episode 6

Gardening magazine. Jim has set up a replica of his own greenhouse at home and this week he is adding some half-hardy pl

Episode 7

Gardening magazine. Jim and Carole begin their tomato trials, while Brian Cunningham is back in Beechgrove continuing wi

Episode 8

Gardening magazine. In this week's programme, Carole gives advice on how to properly care for houseplants. Meanwhile, Ji

Episode 9

Gardening magazine. In this week's programme, Jim, Carole and George are planting bedding in the Beechgrove Garden. Scot

Episode 10

Gardening magazine. This week the Beechgrove team are at Gardening Scotland, Scotland's biggest gardening show. The show

Episode 11

Gardening magazine. Carole and George don waders and climb into the Beechgrove pond to clear the blanketweed, while Jim

Episode 12

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is growing tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers side by side in his domestic-sized greenhouse.

Episode 13

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim takes a look at progress of his favourite cutting flowers and adds an easy staking system

Episode 14

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is investigating the mysterious death of a hedge. He suspects foul play, and has a water d

Episode 15

Life is a way more than a bowl of cherries at Beechgrove this week as Jim and Carole harvest bucketfuls of ripe cherries

Episode 16

The whole Beechgrove team are on the ferry to the Orkney Isles this week. Famously a place of only two seasons, 18 hours

Episode 17

In the Beechgrove garden, Jim and Carole enjoy a red cabbage success story. Chris plants a range of hostas in the Beechg

Episode 18

In the Beechgrove Garden, Carole and George have a tough job of taste testing the new super-sweet tomatoes and thin-skin

Episode 19

The whole team travel deep into Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song country, to the Howe of the Mearns village of Arbuthn

Episode 20

They say that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Well, this week in the Beechgrove Garden, Jim and Carole munch

Episode 21

Jim takes a final tally and taste-test of tomatoes in the greenhouse. Carole is in Ardersier for Vegetable Garden on a B

Episode 22

The whole Beechgrove team are on the road again, this time to the Fife county town of Cupar. Renowned for its award-winn

Episode 23

It is hedge-clipping time at Beechgrove and Jim, Carole and George trim their way around the garden. Chris finishes the

Episode 24

The Beechgrove Garden is a blaze of early autumn colour and Jim and Carole show off some of the very best for this time

Episode 25

This week, the whole Beechgrove team head to what has been Jim McColl's adopted home for the last 40 years, the Aberdeen

Episode 26

It's the final programme of the Beechgrove series, and Jim, Carole, George, Chris and Brian are all battening down the h

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2018 marks the Beechgrove Garden's ruby anniversary. This week there are sweet signs of spring as Jim, Carole, George an

Episode 2

Jim and Carole celebrate Beechgrove's ruby anniversary in true Beechgrove style as it's tattie time. Both Jim and Carole

Episode 3

Jim is planting with Beechgrove's ruby anniversary in mind, sowing red veg from beetroot 'Bulls Blood', courgette 'Midni

Episode 4

In the Beechgrove Garden, after the success of the no-dig observation of last year, Jim is extending the trial into the

Episode 5

In the Beechgrove Garden, it's tomato time as Jim is growing a range of viewers' recommended favourite tomato varieties,

Episode 6

Carole and the garden team are in their waders while Jim supervises annual work on ponds of all sizes at Beechgrove. Sal

Episode 7

It's time to get all the bedding plants in this week, and to celebrate Beechgrove's 40th anniversary the summer bedding

Episode 8

t is a Beechgrove rhododendron special, with Jim and George answering some classic questions about rhododendrons and rev

Episode 9

The whole Beechgrove team are on the road to the Fair City of Perth.Invited by the 'Beautiful Perth' volunteers, Jim, Ca

Episode 10

After being awarded both the coveted Chelsea 'Best in Show' and gold medal, Chris is back to Beechgrove to tend to the r

Episode 11

Jim and Carole have butter and cream on standby in the hopes that there might be some early potatoes and strawberries re

Episode 12

Jim, Carole and George take stock of what has happened in the Beechgrove Garden. The sweet peas have scrambled up the ne

Episode 13

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim and Carole take the fortieth anniversary celebrations to a whole new level as they unearth

Episode 14

Tomatoes are Scotland's favourite fruit to grow at home, and this week in the Beechgrove Garden, George and Carole taste

Episode 15

The Beechgrove team is on the road to Dumfries, where Jim, George and Chris discover the origins of horticultural therap

Episode 16

The ideal for all gardeners is to have year-round colour in the garden. Carole talks to Martin Barker from Aberdeen Univ

Episode 17

Jim is dreaming of jam tomorrow as he harvests plums and blueberries, while Brian assesses the success, or otherwise, of

Episode 18

Lawns have taken a bit of a hammering this summer between drought and deluges and Beechgrove's lawns are no exception, s

Episode 19

The UK Centre for Economics and Business Research recently reported that the price of fresh produce is set to increase d

Episode 20

The Beechgrove team are on the road to Callander, the scenic gateway to the Trossachs. George and Carole visit Greener C

Episode 21

Expert grower and shower of flowering bulbs George demonstrates the steps to creating a spring display of potted hyacint

Episode 22

Beechgrove Garden looks ahead to spring, with Carole planting a bedding scheme based on the spokes of a colour wheel. Ji

Episode 23

In the penultimate programme of the series, Jim is cropping kale and looking forward to red brussels sprouts for Christm

Episode 24

In the final programme of the Beechgrove 40th anniversary series, Jim and George batten down the hatches and prepare pla