Episode 9
An exclusive look at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival with Monty Don. Carol Klein seeks out the fabulously scented floral marquee while Joe Swift checks out the show garden designs.
The programme comes from the renowned RHS Malvern Spring Festival, otherwise known affectionately as the plants and people show.
Monty Don gets an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the impressive displays, plants and show gardens on offer.
Meanwhile, Carol Klein seeks out this year's show stoppers in the fabulously scented floral marquee and Joe Swift gets an inside track on the motivation and inspiration behind some of the stunning show garden designs.
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New plants at Malvern
Duration: 02:27
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Malvern show gardens
Duration: 01:45
Bluebell garden featured
David & Angela Judge
Shuttifield Cottage
Birchwood
Storridge
Worcestershire
WR13 5HA
The wonderful bluebells in David and Angela鈥檚 garden are at their peak right now. If you鈥檙e in the area and fancy paying them a visit, they鈥檙e open this weekend for the National Gardens Scheme.聽Please click on the link below for more information about opening times.
(www.ngs.org.uk)
Jobs for the weekend: Weed your borders
Now is the perfect time to do some handweeding in your borders. This means getting down on your hands and knees and pulling out what you don鈥檛 want. If you鈥檙e not sure what is a weed and what isn鈥檛, leave the seedlings to grow on a bit longer and deal with them then.
(www.rhs.org.uk)
Jobs for the weekend: Support peas
It鈥檚 important to stake peas before they get all tangled. Brushwood is the traditional thing to use, but any twiggy prunings will do the job or even netting. 聽As long as you have plenty of material for the growing tendrils to entwine, they鈥檒l happily support themselves.
(www.rhs.org.uk)
Jobs for the weekend: Deadhead daffodils & tulips
Although daffodils and tulips are fading fast now, it鈥檚 important to allow the foliage and stems to die back naturally over the next few weeks. It鈥檚 tempting to cut them back as they look so ugly, but resist the urge if you can! It鈥檚 a good idea to cut off the old flower heads, however, to avoid energy being wasted in the production of seed.
(www.rhs.org.uk)
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Monty Don |
Presenter | Carol Klein |
Presenter | Joe Swift |
Series Producer | Christina Nutter |
Series Editor | Liz Rumbold |
Broadcasts
- Fri 9 May 2014 20:30
- Sun 11 May 2014 09:00
- Thu 15 May 2014 10:05
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