The Beechgrove Garden

Gardening magazine. The team return to Beechgrove’s home turf and after a year away from the garden.

Gardening magazine. Kirsty joins Carole and Mairi in the garden as they continue to get growing. Meanwhile, George and Brian have easy-to-grow veg on the mind.

Mairi and Carole give Beechgrove a spring clean, George is down at his allotment, and Kirsty takes a day out at the beach to go searching for seaweed.

Gardening magazine. Carole shows how to grow potatoes in recycled containers, while Brian is growing heritage potatoes in the veg plot.

Gardening magazine. Carole and Mairi set about fixing, feeding and repairing the Beechgrove lawns, while Kirsty creates a new living lawn.

Gardening magazine. Carole and Mairi are in Beechgrove to show how to create a bluebell wood. They also lay ready-sown turf to create a near-instant carpet of colour.

Gardening magazine. Brian reviews the success of Beechgrove’s box-hedging alternatives, while he and Mairi also share some topiary tips.

Gardening magazine. Beechgrove explores sustainable hanging basket options, including an upcycled bird cage.

Gardening magazine. In this episode, Kirsty gives us a tour of spring’s finest in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, showcasing riveting rhododendrons and majestic meconopsis.

Gardening magazine. Carole and Mairi create a new bargain border which will require just a little work.

Focus on people gardening in smaller spaces. Kirsty plants up a range of trendy containers with plants to attract pollinators while George is growing quick crops in small spaces.

Gardening magazine. Kirsty is at Inverleith Park allotment setting up a wormery and is looking forward to a pretty and productive harvest.

Brian and Carole are at Beechgrove swapping stories over the fence between Brian’s alpine garden and Carole’s seaside garden.

Gardening magazine. Kirsty, Carole and Mairi enjoy a masterclass on the Japanese art of Kokedama.

Gardening magazine. Carole and Mairi take a look at the wildflower bank that Chris cleared, weeded and sowed in 2019, while Kirsty is in her pretty and productive allotment.

Gardening magazine. The competition between Brian’s heritage veg and Carole’s contemporary veg heats up as Carole is happily harvesting, while Brian seems to have deliberately gone to seed.

Gardening magazine. It’s cherry harvest and cherry-tasting time in both Beechgrove and in sunny Joppa. And Kirsty creates a piece of living wall art.

Gardening magazine. In this episode, Kirsty visits the Scottish lavender growers on the banks of Loch Leven.

From the very tall to the very small, Brian and Carole prove that there is a tree fit for everyone’s garden, and this week they branch out into trees for a small garden.

Carole and Mairi attempt to tame a large clump of exuberant bamboo at Beechgrove while Kirsty creates a fairy garden out of broken terracotta pots, pebbles, moss and a bit of magic.

Carole and Mairi are particularly delighted to welcome gardener and cook Dina Watt this week, as Dina has promised to cook using Beechgrove’s own produce but adding an Indonesian twist.

Gardening magazine. It’s show day for Calum as we attend Beechgrove’s very own private veg show, set up in homegrown style in his grandparents’ back garden in Leven.

Gardening magazine. The Beechgrove team review some of the successes and failures of 2021’s growing season.

Gardening magazine. The Beechgrove team look ahead to Christmas and spring. Carole and Mairi show how to force hyacinths for Christmas, while George naturalises fritillaria bulbs in his lawn.

Gardening magazine. The whole team head to Beechgrove to help head gardener Mairi prepare for winter and review the progress of the garden’s recovery through 2021.