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Seeds: our future food, with Adam Alexander Sep 25, 2025

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With a passion for growing vegetables and fruit, in particular rare and endangered vegetables from around the world, seed saver, filmmaker and writer Adam Alexander, discusses the social and cultural relationship we have with what we grow and eat. Known as the Seed Detective, Adam Alexander uncovers little known stories of people who've helped to preserve the world's edible diversity. With a library of over 500 rare, endangered and heirloom vegetable varieties, he emphasises the importance of saving seeds for biodiversity and food security.

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Raymond Blanc's kitchen garden Sep 22, 2025

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Connecting the bounty of the vegetable patch with the delights created in the kitchen, Raymont Blanc has embraced the plot to plate principle for over 40 years, growing and cooking at his two-Michelin-starred Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxfordshire. The grounds cover 27 acres, including a Japanese tea garden, the incredible potager and an orchard. Join Raymond for a walk around the gardens where he enthuses about his passion for organic growing and cooking with the seasons and shares some recipes too.

RB photo credit: Chris Terry and Imogen Cander

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What To Do Now - Enjoy the Harvest Sep 19, 2025

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September is a wonderful month to enjoy your homegrown vegetables, fruit, herbs, and flowers, whether from your garden, vegetable plot or allotment. There’s something special about picking, preparing and eating produce you’ve grown and nurtured over the summer months, plus, home-grown tastes so much better.

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Daffodils for spring displays, with Caroline Thomson Sep 18, 2025

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With over 89 cultivars of daffodil, the Backhouse Rossie Estate in Fife, Scotland, holds the only scientific collection of Narcissus in the world. The family’s work revolutionised daffodil breeding in the 19th and early 20th century and inspired the Backhouse Heritage Daffodil Collection. Continuing to preserve and celebrate daffodils at the estate, including a registered collection of spring flowering Narcissus with Plant Heritage, direct descendent of the Backhouse family, Caroline Thomson brings to light the history of the Backhouse daffodils.

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Downton Abbey exclusive tour, with Lady Carnarvon and Alan Titchmarsh Sep 16, 2025

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Explore the gardens at Highclere Castle with Alan Titchmarsh and Lady Fiona Carnarvon as they take you on an exclusive garden tour. The castle and gardens, known for where the filming of Downton Abbey was undertaken for both the TV series and the feature films, were originally landscaped by Capability Brown and include the Secret Garden, the Monks Garden, the celebrated white border, and much more.

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What To Do Now - Plant Spring-flowering bulbs Sep 12, 2025

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Although spring feels a long way away as we head into autumn and winter, by planting spring flowering bulbs now, you’ll bring a lovely pop of colour and scent to your garden in the early months of next year, as well as provide a source of much-needed nectar and pollen for pollinators too.

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Inside Prom's queen and Radio 3 presenter Katie Derham's garden Sep 11, 2025

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Known for presenting BBC Radio Three's flagship programme In Tune, for being the face of BBC Proms and winning the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special in 2017, Katie Derham spends a lot of time as a broadcast journalist, but her passion for classical music spills into the gardening space too. Discover Katie's gorgeous garden and how music informs the spaces within it. Katie presents the Last Night of the Proms live on BBC Two from 6.55pm, and then on BBC One from 8.30pm on Saturday 13 September.

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Create a gorgeous garden that’s easy to care for, with Nick Bailey Sep 09, 2025

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Chelsea garden designer and BBC Gardeners' World TV presenter Nick Bailey shares expert advice for creating a garden that's easy to care for. From resilient plants to plants that require minimal input, to plants that can cope with extremes in temperature and don't succumb to pests and diseases. Get ready to make a list of fabulous plant suggestions for your garden.

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What To Do Now - Sow Winter Greens Sep 06, 2025

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To keep your vegetable plot productive in the colder months - and if you’re keen to extend the sowing and growing season – why not grow winter greens for a supply of fresh and nutritious food. Winter greens are just that – green vegetables that can grow and thrive in cooler conditions. Plus, you’ll reap the benefit of the added vitamins which can be welcome in the bleaker, colder months.

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Frances Tophill on maximising your harvests Sep 04, 2025

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Make sure none of your homegrow harvests goes to waste, and that you can enjoy them for longer. Frances Tophill shares top tips for dealing with gluts and ways to preserve your bounty. She also reveals how she makes her produce go further. After months of growing and nurturing, and saving from all manner of pests and diseases, join Frances as she shares how she enjoys her home-grown crops.

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