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Flowers and Herbs

Episode 5 of 6

Alys Fowler tries to avoid shop-bought fruit and veg and live off home-grown produce. Alys shows how flowers and herbs bring the garden and kitchen to life.

Alys Fowler attempts to avoid shop-bought fruit and vegetables and live off her own, home-grown produce, all from her tiny terraced back garden. It's no easy task because Alys doesn't want to turn her garden into an allotment, so she's growing her fruit and vegetables among her flowers.

Alys focuses on different foods and shows how anyone can grow, cook and eat from their own garden, even if they live in a city.

In Alys's pretty but productive backyard, she grows flowers and herbs for many reasons: to flavour her food, to decorate her home and to attract wildlife essential for the health and productivity of her garden. From herb omelettes and bread made with rosemary to salads of edible blooms, flowers and herbs are the garden garnishes that bring both the garden and kitchen to life.

28 minutes

Music Played

  • Peter Bjorn and John

    At the seaside

  • Peter Bjorn and John

    Norrlands Riviera

  • Andrew Bird

    Intro

  • Vetiver

    Double

  • Sufjan Stevens

    In the Devil's Territory

  • Frode Haltli

    Jag Haver Ingen K盲rare

  • Psapp

    The Counter

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Jacksonville

  • Steve Reid

    Lions of Judah (Juda)

  • Art Ensemble of Chicago

    Theme De Yoyo

  • Pharoah Sanders

    Astral Travelling

  • Devendra Banhart

    Cristobal

  • Paris Smith

    Pentatonia

  • Psapp

    Calm Down

  • Sigur R贸s

    Me冒 Su冒 铆 Eyrum

  • Peter Bjorn and John

    Norrlands Riviera

  • Vetiver

    Double

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Alys Fowler
Producer Juliet Glaves
Production Manager Jacque Brown
Executive Producer Gill Tierney

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