The Beechgrove Garden

It’s time to measure and enjoy the fruits of Beechgrove’s efforts as George Anderson and Carole Baxter weigh up the season’s successes.

George and Calum help cut down on those unwanted plant pests - weeds. The pair select varieties that provide great ground cover as they grow, helping to limit the spread of weeds in future seasons.

Carole Baxter assesses how the dahlias have delivered this year. They are great for cut flower collections, but has the weather affected the results?

With autumn fast approaching, Lizzie Schofield and Ruth Vichos pick the garden’s carrot crop, and Calum has the latest from his allotment in Leven.

It’s time to check on this year’s work and look ahead to autumn and the 2025 season.

Carole checks on how this year’s crop of tomatoes and cucumbers have measured up, and Brian looks at some newly planted apple trees.

Kirsty Wilson and Calum Clunie get their waders on to suggest some great plants that can be added to ponds or introduced if creating a new water feature.

Lizzie Schofield and Ruth Vichos take a look at the different varieties of bamboo, how to plant it and how to stop it taking over.

Carole Baxter and Brian Cunningham dig into the first crop of potatoes that were planted in containers earlier in the year.

George and Lizzie start cherry-picking the best of the summer produce from the plot.

The secateurs are out as Kirsty Wilson and Calum Clunie set about trimming, pruning and cutting to encourage new growth for the rest of the season and beyond.

It's the taste of summer, so Beechgrove Garden’s own strawberry crop will gets come attention - and maybe some picking - from George Anderson and Carole Baxter.

How to have the scents and flavours of a herb garden when space is limited. Lizzie Schofield discusses and sows the herbs that are ideal for container and window box cultivation.

George Anderson and Calum Clunie are tending Beechgrove's vines, fig plants and fruit bushes.

It’s all about alpines as Brian Cunningham and Carole Baxter offer tips on these plants, which, although found on mountain tops, also look great at Beechgrove Garden.

Kirsty Wilson discusses what to sow and plant in order to attract birds to the area, and Lizzie Schofieid continues her work refreshing the perennials in the zig-zag garden.

The flurry of planting and sowing in spring is over, and it’s time to check in and enjoy the results of all that hard work at Beechgrove Garden.

There’s more spring colour to enjoy in the garden, and Carole Baxter is looking at bedding plants, safe to plant out now that, hopefully, the risk of frost has gone.

Kirsty and Lizzie are in Beechgrove’s own bog-garden looking at plants that are specifically suited to extremely wet conditions.

George and Calum discuss small space gardening, and there is a visit to a thriving community garden.

Gardening to give nature in your garden a helping hand is the focus in this episode. Carole is joined by wildlife expert James Silvey to answer questions on what to plant in order to attract wildlife.

With the start of a new month, George and Lizzie turn their attention to the calendar border.

Kirsty Wilson and Calum Clunie are busy tackling spring jobs, including a revamp of the roses in the picket fence garden.

Calum Clunie and Lizzie Schofield provide some hot tips on the best things to do in gardens, balconies and window boxes right now.