Cottage Gardens and Houseplants

S1 E3: Tonight’s experts inspiring us to save the nation’s gardening heritage are Carol Klein and Tom Hart Dyke. As a passionate plantswoman Carol wants us all to embrace one of the most iconic and quintessentially British styles of gardening – the cottage garden. She shares her years of experience and give us her ultimate guide to the best cottage garden plants, along with money saving tips on how to grow our favourite plants from scratch. On her revival she heads to the Lake District and the home of Beatrix Potter and a cottage garden which features in some of the most famous children’s books ever written. She also encourages the people of Nantwich to get gardening in the Great British Seed Swap. Also in tonight’s show, as a plant hunter Tom Hart Dyke wants us all to fall back in love with the house plant. He has a chilling encounter with an orchid he last saw when he was kidnapped in Columbia 13 years ago; he discovers that house plants can have a positive impact on our well-being and productivity at work and throughout the show gives us his tips on how to care for house plants and grow our own from cuttings. Please note, this version may differ slightly from the UKTX version.