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How to be a Gardener Revisited
Alan returns for the third series of How to be a Gardener, where he revisits the gardens from series one and two. Click on the links below for programme information and featured music:
Programme 1 - The family garden
Programme 2 - The annuals garden
Programme 3 - The no space garden
Programme 4 - The pond garden
Programme 5 - The mixed borders garden
Programme 6 - The natural garden
Programme 2
The annuals garden
Back in 2001 Alan transformed this garden into a riot of colour using just a handful of annual seeds. In the new series he returns to create a more contemporary design. To learn more about planting schemes and themes, visit our online topic.
Programme 2 - Notes of interest
When Alan returned to the garden, he added the following plants:
Grasses and annuals:
Other plants:
- Sarcococca ruscifolia
- Stipa gigantea
- Carex hachijoensis, 'Evergold'
- Stipa tenuissima
- Miscanthus sinensis, 'Malepartus'
- Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea, 'Karl Foerster'
- Festuca amethystina
- Carex elata, 'Aurea'
- Calamagrostis x acutiflora, 'Overdam'
- Echinacea purpurea, 'Ruby Giant'
- Eryngium alpinum, 'Blue Star'
- Veronicastrum virginicum f. roseum, 'Pink Glow'
- Monarda, 'Schneewittchen'
- Actaea simplex, (Atropurpurea Group) 'Hillside Black Beauty'
Programme notes of interest from 2001
The colour of the fence that Alan painted was Cuprinol 'Garden Shades' Old English Green.
Variety of annuals planted in 2001:
- Agrostemma githago 'Milas'
- Amaranthus caudatus
- Nigella damascena 'Miss Jekyll'
- Nicotiana (white)
- Tropaeolum majus 'Alaska Mixed'
- Convolvulus tricolor 'Blue Ensign'
- Cosmos 'Seashells Mixed'
- Calendula officinalis 'Pacific Apricot'
- Limnanthus douglasii
Featured music
Artist: Chicane
CD: Far from the maddening crowds
Track: Already there
Artist: James Taylor Quartet
CD: Blow up - a JTQ collection
Track: Blow Up
Artist: Lalo Schifrin
CD: Inflight entertainment
Track: Blues a go go
Artist: Pete Moore
CD: Inflight entertainment
Track: Catwalk
Artist: Air
CD: Moon safari
Track: Ce matin la
Artist: Michel Legrand
CD: Inflight entertainment
Track: Come Ray come Charles
Artist: Zero 7
CD: Renaissance Ibiza beach life - CD3
Track: Give it away
Artist: Dido
CD: No angel
Track: Here with me
Artist: David Lowe
Track: How to be a gardener theme music
Artist: Serge Gainsborough and Jane Birkin
CD: Music to watch girls by - Vol 3
Track: Je t'aime
Artist: Morrissey
CD: Kill uncle
Track: King leer
Artist: St Germain
CD: Tourist
Track: Land of....
Artist: James Taylor Quartet
CD: Blow up - a JTQ collection
Track: Mrs Robinson
Artist: St Germain
CD: Tourist
Track: Rose rouge
Artist: Youssou N'Dour
CD: Into the blue
Track: Seven seconds
Artist: Andy Williams
CD: Music to watch girls by - Vol 3
Track: Spooky
Artist: Chicane
CD: Far from the maddening crowds
Track: Sunstroke
Artist: Roland Shaw
CD: Inflight entertainment
Track: The look of love
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