Beechgrove Garden
Beechgrove Garden
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Beechgrove Garden

Celebrating the great Scottish garden. Tips and advice to get the most out of your garden, with inspirational ideas from Scotland's most beautiful green spaces.

9 seasons
177 episodes
Documentary

Beechgrove (formerly known as The Beechgrove Garden) is a television programme broadcast since 1978 on BBC Scotland. Over the years it has been broadcast on BBC Scotland, BBC One Scotland, BBC Two Scotland and Britbox.

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Gardening show that celebrates Scottish horticulture and growing conditions.

  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    18-04-201928m

    Beechgrove is back, re-potted, with a new look in a new home on the new BBC Scotland channel. Springing back onto our screens just in time for the Easter holiday gardening weekend,...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    02-05-201928m

    Brian Cunningham and Carole Baxter set up neighbouring luxury greenhouse versus cheap and cheerful polytunnel to see what undercover growing they can achieve. There are over 500 m...

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    09-05-201928m

    This week on Beechgrove, Carole shows how to create easy, instant mass flower colour in just a few weeks by sowing the right seeds now. Meanwhile if space is at a premium, then the...

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    16-05-201928m

    Beechgrove is looking forward to exceeding our “five a day” this week. Carole is tending to the fig, cherry and grapevine meanwhile, Brian and Rosa are planting brassicas and beans...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    23-05-201928m

    From the large pond to a tiny puddle, having a pond in your garden is a source of pleasure for humans and is a haven for wildlife. The wellies and waders are firmly on this week i...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    30-05-201928m

    This week on Beechgrove, George is in the fruit cage rescuing the raspberries, while Carole plants brassicas and beans in the veg plot. A garden that needs little attention while...

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    06-06-201928m

    At Beechgrove, competition is hotting up between what’s being grown in Carole’s immaculate 6x8 greenhouse compared to the Heath Robinson atmosphere of Brian’s polytunnel. Carole r...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    25-07-201928m

    Life really is a bowl of cherries at Beechgrove. George reviews progress in the fruit house, while Carole properly appreciates the crop of ‘sweetheart' cherries. Brian reviews his...

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    01-08-201928m

    This episode sees George gardening in tiny places and huge spaces. He revisits his tiny, but hugely productive, 'small space’ garden to see what’s ready for harvest. In 2017, he v...

  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    08-08-201928m

    Kirsty shows how to make a miniature patio pond, proving that no matter how small your space, anyone can have a water feature. Meanwhile, Carole, George, and Kirsty get creative wi...

  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 11

    15-08-201928m

    Potatoes taste best when you grow your own and straight from the ground. Carole harvests three varieties of tiny potatoes from the container garden and Brian and George form an ord...

  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    22-08-201928m

    It is buzzing in Beechgrove as Brian and ‘butterfly man’ Anthony McCluskey attempt to count the butterflies in Brian’s no-mow meadow. George takes a look at the summer bedding flo...

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    29-08-201928m

    From huge hornbeam to bijoux box, it's hedge-clipping time in Beechgrove. It is also the final analysis of Carole's greenhouse v Brian's polytunnel, with Judge George adjudicating....

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    05-09-201928m

    'To mow or not to mow' - that is the question as Carole looks at traditional lawn care, while Brian continues maintenance of his no-mow meadow. Kirsty shows some on-trend indoor p...

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