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Episode 14

Monty Don adds a touch of the exotic to the damp garden by planting a tree fern and protects his new soft fruit garden from feathered predators with netting.

Monty Don adds a touch of the exotic to the damp garden by planting a tree fern and protects his new soft fruit garden from feathered predators with netting.

Carol Klein selects hardy geraniums as her June Plant of the Month, Flo Headlam visits a church garden in Lewisham that feeds both the mind and body, while Nick Bailey gets a fascinating insight into parasitoid wasps and their positive impact on our gardens.

Adam Frost continues to explore the intricacies of innovative garden design by looking at a small town garden in London, and we meet the husband-and-wife team behind the glorious, 25-year-long restoration of West Dean Gardens in Sussex.

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Fri 7 Jul 2017 08:00

West Dean Gardens

West Dean Gardens

Laid out in the 1890s and 1900s, West Dean has now been extensively restored. Harold Peto's 100m pergola and the sunken garden have both been completely rebuilt and replanted to restoring the garden to its original聽 Edwardian glory. The spectacular glasshouses in the walled garden have been repaired and the garden itself planted as a working kitchen garden that is now the jewel in the crown of West Dean.
A huge variety of plants - from peaches to peppers, cucumbers to coleus, aubergines to orchids - grows in the numerous glasshouses and frames. Out of doors are orderly rows of cabbage, carrots, lettuce and beetroot, alongside herbaceous borders in rich reds, oranges and yellows. No space is wasted: the kitchen garden has over one mile of walls covered in more than 200 different trained apples, pears and plums.

West Dean
Chichester
West Sussex
PO18 0QZ

Tel. 01243 818210

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St Mary鈥檚 Therapeutic Garden

St Mary鈥檚 Therapeutic Garden

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin in Lewisham has, for many years, had a vision for reaching out and supporting people with poor mental health in their recovery. The therapeutic value of green spaces and gardens is well established, as they are places of calm and beauty. Over the last three years this vision has begun to be implemented through growing links with the Ladywell Mental Health Unit. Gardening is known to be excellent therapy, and a small group already garden regularly together in the churchyard, and have formed close ties and friendships.

St Mary the Virgin
High Street
Lewisham
Greater London
SE13 6LE

Tel. 020 8690 3298

(www.lewishamparish.com/garden.html)

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Monty Don
Presenter Carol Klein
Presenter Flo Headlam
Presenter Nick Bailey
Presenter Adam Frost
Production Manager Mandy Knight
Series Producer Sharon Fisher
Executive Producer Paolo Proto

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