Until she gets that spatial awareness right, 0:07:47 0:07:51 I think the details of the planting are irrelevant. Why haven't you done it before? Patios like this behind us 0:16:34 0:16:37 is a really good example of a way to make all of the effort to bed it out 0:16:37 0:16:40 and then over the season 0:16:40 0:16:42 you give it a bit of weeding and titivating and deadheading, 0:16:42 0:16:45 it rewards you over and over and over. But it's not an easy task and there have been times when it all seemed nothing more than a pipe dream. She wants it ready for summer, which doesn't give them a great deal of time - but she does have an army of friends willing to get involved. . Monty Don helps them learn about different sensory plants - only for rain to jeopardise the project. Monty Don, one of Britain's favourite gardeners, has spent the last year working with enthusiasts up and down the country to help them create the garden of their dreams.
Meanwhile, in Billericay, Monty offers advice to Karensa, who wants to turn an unkempt strip of back garden into a fantasy for her daughter, inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. So, that's all right, isn't it? At least, a lot of it has. The wood it came from is a broken-down table. Is that, I can't quite see, a heart-shaped raised bed behind it? I got five tomatoes off it. Thanks, everyone, for coming 0:55:12 0:55:14 and this is to Jilly and Monty for making it happen. And then we plant into that compost through the mesh and 0:24:07 0:24:11 eventually the plants fill out and away it goes. Will Monty be able to guide the sisters to a Mediterranean-style success? He's absolutely on my wavelength with gardens.
Will Monty be able to guide the sisters to a Mediterranean style success? We've come here for inspiration. There's another one, 0:02:15 0:02:17 a middle sister who lives in America. We vaguely talked about it. You've got a path in. Others are building tiny huts or incredible treehouses in the middle of the woods.
For many the dream of having a bolt hole or a place to escape from their hectic lives can seem unobtainable. George delves into the extraordinary world of small builds to meet the highly creative people who are taking tiny, unpromising spaces and creating the most incredible places to live and work and play. In Hitchin, Aletheia is determined to create a neighbourhood vegetable patch and a trip to Cranbrook Community Garden in London proves it is possible - but can she persuade the other locals to join in? There are homes made out of shipping containers, horseboxes, and old buses. But with tons of soil to move and their budget running out, it seems they have bitten off more than they can chew. In Barnet, he gets to work on an overgrown allotment that owner Nighat wants to use as a site for keeping bees, as well for growing fruit and vegetables. However, they will need to use all their creative flair - not to mention Monty's expert advice - to avoid overcrowding this very small space.
Line From To Do you dream of having your own special outdoor space? He also travels to Pewsey, where former Army officer Sally is converting a tarmac and rubble-covered area into a cosy, wildlife-friendly haven for her daughters. And garden office at the end. Well, we'd like to offer you a drink, first of all. Let's just take this one. Can Monty bring her closer to her fantasy? With a tiny budget but plenty of enthusiasm, she wants to create a chessboard patio, a heart-shaped lawn and a teapot water feature. However, growing citrus trees, olive trees and vines in a leafy London suburb is easier said than done.
The other question is grass and grass management. I've always had a bit of a. Monty has the ideas and plenty of enthusiasm, but can they get the planting done in time for the wedding? Meanwhile, in Hereford, daughter Frankie is trying to renovate her cottage garden in memory of her sister, with the help of her mother Pat, but her ambitious plans clash with Monty's more practical approach. We'll get there in the end. And then this will all be planted up, in the middle? So I really, really hope he likes it, of course, 0:53:02 0:53:07 but also it exceeds his expectations.
It's about your father, it's about your mother, 0:57:06 0:57:09 it's about your home, it's about your sisters. Architect George Clarke shows how such big dreams can be achieved in small and affordable places. Big Dreams Small Spaces Series 2 Episode 6 In Teddington, Jennifer enlists the help of her sisters to create an Italian themed garden in memory of their parents. Is this in its perfect position? He has listened to their plans, he has given them advice and he has rolled up his sleeves to help make their dreams come true. They look all right, don't they? I don't even know what a trowel is. I don't even know what a trowel is. The gardening enthusiasts have some big ideas - but can they work together to achieve one goal? However, their timing is not perfect, as they are aiming to add a special dahlia collection, a fern wall and lots of modern gardening gadgets at the same time as refurbishing their home.
Lift it gently up like that. Like everything in my life, it just happens. And that's evolved as we've been doing it more and more. She never listens to anybody. You've just got to keep an eye on deadheading 0:22:45 0:22:49 because you've got to deadhead plants regularly.