Gardening magazine. Planting gets under way for the bedding plants and Carole is in Kirriemuir visiting Ian Christie as he prepares to exhibit alpines at Gardening Scotland. Show more
Gardening magazine. Jim McColl and Carole Baxter take care of the late summer harvesting at Beechgrove, before taking a look at some of the autumn colour around the garden. Show more
Gardening magazine. Jim investigates the mysterious death of a hedge, while Carole makes a second visit to Ardersier in Vegetable Gardening on a Budget. Show more
The Beechgrove Garden
The Beechgrove Garden Story
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland
Elaine C Smith introduces and narrates a special programme of the gardening magazine, which celebrates its 40th anniversary. Show more
Carole has her thigh waders on and is up to her middle in our big pond at Beechgrove. She discovers a new way of draining the pond and attacks the blanketweed. Show more
The Beechgrove team is at Gardening Scotland, the biggest gardening show north of the border, which bursts into bloom at the Royal Highland Showground, Ingliston, near Edinburgh. Show more
Gardening programme celebrating Scottish gardens, with horticultural tips. The team enjoys the colour of autumn while battening down the hatches ahead of the winter. Show more
Celebrating Scottish gardens. Jim reviews the vegetables he has been growing in the potager and Carole demonstrates how to take semi-ripe cuttings for easy propogation. Show more
The Beechgrove team are starting to put the garden to bed for the winter. Jim, Carole and Lesley demonstrate how to lift, pot up and store half-hardy perennials. Show more
The Beechgrove Garden has only just emerged from the December snow. Jim, Carole and Lesley find out exactly how the weather has affected the plants. Show more
In the Beechgrove Garden this week it's a tale of beans and bulbs. Carole takes a look at her runner bean trial, comparing yield and of course the taste of the beautiful beans. Show more
Jim is in the greenhouse assessing how the grafted vegetables are doing. Lesley revisits her Year in Containers in her Tuscan garden, and Carol demonstrates how to get rid of weeds. Show more
Carole is joined by Deborah Long of Plantlife Scotland to highlight a campaign called Pond Alert, while Carolyn helps Derek Fish choose the best plants to sustain his busy bees. Show more
Jim is taste testing the first of our large and luscious cherries, and he also tends to the vines. Carole compares two new types of runner bean. Show more
Gardening magazine. Chris tends to Beechgrove's rose garden, while Jim reviews the progress of his previously sickly houseplant collection. Show more
Jim is in the fruit house tending to the vines, planning for the bunches of grapes to come. He also takes a look at the fig which he hard pruned in the autumn. Show more
Jim and Lesley are sowing those extraordinary plants that flower from seed to transform a brown patch into an all colours of the rainbow patch in just a few short weeks. Show more
The Beechgrove team visits a garden for the new Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies at Easter Bush, Midlothian, situated on a vast site overlooked by the Pentland Hills. Show more
Jim, Carole, and Lesley are looking forward and tending to some of the really big late season produce. They also give their take on the best way to tie up plants. Show more
The team are in the Ayrshire town of Girvan to help the community revamp a forgotten space in the centre of the town. The Secret Garden is designed to increase local biodiversity. Show more