Fifty Shades of Green with Alan Titchmarsh

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To celebrate 50 years spent in gardens around the world, Alan Titchmarsh counts down some of his favourite green spaces with friends and experts who share his passion. More gardening videos at :  https://hdclump.com/category/gardeners-world-2019/ https://hdclump.com/tag/gardening/ https://hdclump.com/category/gardeners-world-2018/ https://hdclump.com/category/the-beechgrove-garden-2018/ https://hdclump.com/category/gardeners-world-2015/ https://hdclump.com/category/gardeners-world-2016/ https://hdclump.com/category/gardeners-world-2017/ https://hdclump.com/category/japanese-gardens/ https://hdclump.com/tag/monty-don/ https://hdclump.com/category/around-the-world-in-80-gardens https://hdclump.com/tag/carol-kleins-plant-odysseys/ https://hdclump.com/tag/garden-rescue-2018/ https://hdclump.com/category/other-shows/ https://hdclump.com/tag/landscaping/ https://hdclump.com/tag/garden-rescue-2019/ https://hdclump.com/category/gardens-near-and-far/ https://hdclump.com/category/other-shows/

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00:00MUSIC: 'The Islands Have It'

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undefined:undefinedand find the plot.

00:33'It's 70 years

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00:56I must have dabbled with a trowel,

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undefined:undefinedchildhood summer days...'

01:20Oh, this is astonishing.

01:22'..I've developed

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01:37'and eventually found myself on TV.'

01:40Hello, and welcome to

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undefined:undefinedmy 50 favourite things.'

02:00Here you are! Hello again!

02:03You came for flowers,

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undefined:undefinedby the sea.

02:18Oh, it's wonderfully fresh.

02:20'..and everything in between.'

02:22You've passed with flying colours.

02:25Mary Berry says I'm a good cook.

02:27Oh, my goodness!

02:28Would you look at that?

02:31This is my very own

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undefined:undefinedwhen I was 12.

02:55Then, when I went to work in

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03:23'one of six epic glass structures

03:26'that are the diamonds

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undefined:undefinedstepped off a plane to Singapore.

03:41Forgive the perspiration.

03:42But that's what it was like

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04:03'It's now in the Temperate House,

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04:18grows in 50 years.

04:19About half as much.

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04:31"This is the only one of its kind

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undefined:undefinednot to kill it?

04:42It's terrifying, innit?

04:43Well, we've had generations

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04:53You may not be

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05:04It does like,

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undefined:undefinedthat finishes it off.

05:17You and I go back such a long way.

05:20You're one plant whose name

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05:45because these gardens are devoted,

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06:08er, our ecosystems.

06:10Without plants, you know,

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06:34'For my next Shades Of Green,

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undefined:undefinedthrough to early June,

06:53when over 80 rhododendron species

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undefined:undefinedof hundreds of wild lupins

07:16flowering beside Terwick Church.

07:24But the shortest,

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undefined:undefinedit just takes your breath away.

07:47This is Bodnant's famous arch.

07:5048 Laburnum trees

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08:05I would say there's only five days

08:07when all the flowers are out

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undefined:undefinedat Helmingham Hall in Suffolk.

08:35It's grand enough to feed a king.

08:37It even has its own moat.

08:40Rabbits don't like moats,

08:42so they don't swim,

08:43so we don't have

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09:02'and I've brought along my friend

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undefined:undefinedgarden are brimming with produce.

09:23It's been in the family,

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09:42just by touching the skin,

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09:55Erm, and, er...

09:57Well, he grew what we wanted to eat.

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10:26Yeah, yeah.

10:29'One of my favourite

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10:42HE LAUGHS

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undefined:undefinedDrop it in the hole.

11:02Right.

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11:16New potatoes at Christmas.

11:17Fancy teaching Mary Berry

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11:27And the phone will ring, Alan,

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11:43Want to pop it in the processor?

11:44HE LAUGHS

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12:01Go on. Have a go.

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12:15so we didn't want to eat 'em,

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undefined:undefinedturn up for the books,

12:29because you are the chef.

12:31Real role reverse.

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undefined:undefinedlots of varied vegetables.

12:45That's the thing,

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13:07It's beautifully baked.

13:09Do they pass muster?

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13:21Ooh, one thing

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undefined:undefinedthe closing of the circle.

13:33You've sowed the seed,

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13:43You...

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undefined:undefinedfrom 50 years of gardening

14:11'can be found in the National

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undefined:undefinedis tucked away in a corner.'

14:33It's there.

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undefined:undefinedpaintings changed gardening

14:53when they arrived on our shores.

14:55The 18th-century, of course,

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undefined:undefinedpostcard from your Grand Tour.

15:10So this is their version

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undefined:undefinedan idyllic landscape

15:20'quite unlike anything

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15:58In Yorkshire, the ancient ruins

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undefined:undefinedtowards a graceful lake.

16:16And look -

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undefined:undefinedplant and building

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16:55So next time we walk past,

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undefined:undefinedgave us what we think

17:12is the British landscape of today.

17:14It's actually European.

17:16Yes, it is.

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17:40It's frightening, now, to look

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undefined:undefinedcreating 17 cut rose blooms,

17:55not for gardens, but for bouquets.

17:58So this is Juliet.

17:59This open-petal form,

18:02in terms of cut rose,

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undefined:undefinedthe perfect form.

18:22For sheer ambition alone,

18:25I can't think of

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18:42And, boy, has it bitten him hard.

18:45Alan.

18:47Lovely to see you on a lovely day.

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undefined:undefinedthe house itself sort of deserves.

19:11What I love down here is the scale.

19:14I mean, these are stonking.

19:15And you started with all these yews

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19:25Yes. Theatrical. Drama.

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undefined:undefinedthe drama hits you at every turn.

19:38The next vista, which goes...

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undefined:undefinedfor a certain chocolate bar,

19:52and that helped to pay for that.

19:54Oh, that sort of Wispa Cottage!

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20:09The puzzle is, you arrive,

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20:24'Nothing prepares you, though,

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20:59..I rather think life

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21:28I'm really, really too happy here,

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21:48I like that you've got two of these.

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21:57CLIPPERS BUZZ

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undefined:undefinedamazing nature-rich habitats.

22:28As you know,

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22:46MUSIC: 'Sing, Sing, Sing'

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undefined:undefinedon the shop floor.'

23:06LIFT: 'Doors closing.'

23:09Staff canteen.

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undefined:undefinedOh, my goodness!

23:24Four hives that Fortnum's

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23:44They don't really hibernate.

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23:52I'm not gonna say anything

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24:00Where do you sell it?

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24:09er, probably as far as Hyde Park,

24:11and in a good year, will produce

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24:27'wildlife helps make our world

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undefined:undefinedin a garden is its versatility.

25:01It can be a flat sheet like this,

25:03or it can be a powerful fountain,

25:06but as well as being

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undefined:undefinedfrom the moorland high above,

25:22at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire,

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25:46..before it floods down 24 steps,

25:50only to reappear again

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undefined:undefinedis how a garden smells.

26:15'London's Jermyn Street

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undefined:undefinedbut I like flowers.

26:32Cherry blossom.

26:34But cherry blossom doesn't smell,

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undefined:undefinedthe Queen and the Prince of Wales.

26:55INDISTINCT CHATTER

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undefined:undefinedwas a subtropical paradise

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27:32'Today, I returned

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undefined:undefinedwith a second plant nearby.

28:03So this is Prostanthera lasianthos.

28:05It has a wonderful scent.

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undefined:undefinedIt's light on the nose.

28:20And if you're careful,

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undefined:undefinedand the deciduous azaleas smell.

28:48Azalea lutea.

28:50Wow. So that's the middle.

28:51That's the heart.

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29:14It's like opening a drawer

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undefined:undefined..start looking for these elements.

29:39Cornish garden on a June day

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undefined:undefinedALAN SNIFFS

29:55Oh, it's wonderfully fresh.

29:57Coming from this lovely, erm...

29:59minerality from the sea.

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30:29HE SNIFFS

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30:49in the garden of famed sculptor

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undefined:undefinedconcept to an even bigger scale,

31:13with his monumental installation

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31:39Over the course of 50 years,

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32:01this 300-year-old avenue

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undefined:undefinedof Highclere Castle,

32:21you'll find one of the finest

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undefined:undefinedthey built and made our Navy.

32:44Gave us the way to defend ourselves

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undefined:undefinedour oldest oaks

33:01'is at Blenheim Palace

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33:18A bit like us,

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undefined:undefinedmy nose is one point five,

33:33but it's really got to be the waist

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undefined:undefined..which is incredible.

33:50So, some people might estimate that

33:53as between about

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34:38The rewards are all...

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34:55'the magic hour is 5am.'

35:03What is so incredible at this...

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undefined:undefinedand the scent starts to build.

35:18It's just fantastic.

35:21No-one else gets to see this.

35:34It's the evening hours

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undefined:undefinedI'm the only person in the garden.

35:48Just got the birds and the cat

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undefined:undefinedgo... go down,

36:00and Miss Wilmott's Ghost especially

36:02just sort of glistens in this

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undefined:undefinedthat catch the moonlight,

36:22bathing the whole garden

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undefined:undefinedformal gardens in the world...

36:36..but only at Hatfield House

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36:57these are the gardens for you.

36:59ENGINE REVS

37:04'At number four is a shade of green

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undefined:undefinedwith Virginia Wade.

37:27I lost.

37:28HE LAUGHS

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undefined:undefinedat its absolute best.'

37:41ALAN GASPS

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undefined:undefinedits final liquid nitrogen and iron.

37:56It's astonish...

37:58Can I go...?

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undefined:undefinedabout my lawn.

38:17Grass does not get more beautiful

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undefined:undefineda brand-new court in Centre Court.

38:29How tall's your grass?

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38:41I'm about 15 on that.

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undefined:undefinedSo, this is a marker.

39:03He's keen to have a go.

39:07'I feel like Elton John

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39:20Each one has its height of cut

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39:31depending on

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undefined:undefinedsports turf mower nowadays.

39:44ALAN EXHALES DEEPLY

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undefined:undefinedmy 50 Shades Of Green...

40:04'..and I've saved a special place

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undefined:undefinedlots of apples on the tree.

40:25One of them fell.

40:30A young man,

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undefined:undefinedoverlooking the garden,

40:46Newton unravelled

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undefined:undefinedand shortly after,

41:10he set about turning this garden

41:13and the surrounding countryside

41:15into his living

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undefined:undefinedof every beautiful plant

41:30I've enjoyed

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undefined:undefinedas a gardener.

41:50'But I like to think

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30 :undefinedon a June day

42:29when the sun shines

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undefined:undefinedthe cameras in for the first time.'

42:46It's here to impress me, really,

42:49and to please me and my family,

42:50and to be a place I want to

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undefined:undefinedbut it is my real shed.

43:14It's surrounded with my real tools,

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undefined:undefinedan old Georgian farmhouse,

43:35I wanted to create a garden

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undefined:undefinedgoing right down one side.

43:48I'm particularly fond of this view.

43:50In a way, it's the sort of signature

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undefined:undefined"Oh, look at that!"

44:01And you think, "Job done."

44:09I've gotta have a greenhouse,

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undefined:undefinedIsn't that nice?

44:30Well, it's actually

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undefined:undefinedfrom a lifetime spent in gardens

44:47can be found here.

44:50A perfect spot

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undefined:undefinedthan all the others.'

45:15As well as making a garden,

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undefined:undefinedwere growing in it.

45:32So I sowed a seed mixture,

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undefined:undefinedand it's been an absolute delight -

45:49they're aged seven and under -

45:51to hear them out here,

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undefined:undefinedand leave a patch of ground

46:04that I've managed for nature -

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