Beechgrove Garden - Craft Christmas at Beechgrove: Episode 3

Gardening for wildlife, vegetables and small spaces are all covered in this episode.

George and Calum are potting the onions and shallots that Calum sowed in December.

The Beechgrove presenter vegetable-growing challenge begins at the garden.

Carole Baxter and Brian Cunningham review how the garden has survived the winter.

Exploring a variety of gardening habitats all within one nation.

Lizzie Schofield has more craft ideas that can be done at home with the family.

Christmas entertaining made easy, with amazing recipes and tips on how to make candles.

Jean Johansson provides expert advice on how to light and decorate a Christmas tree.

George Anderson and Carole Baxter weigh up the season’s successes.

George and Calum help cut down on those unwanted plant pests - weeds.

Carole Baxter assesses how the dahlias have delivered this year.

Lizzie Schofield and Ruth Vichos pick the garden’s carrot crop.

It’s time to check on this year’s work and look ahead to autumn and the 2025 season.

Carole checks on how this year’s crop of tomatoes is measuring up.

Kirsty and Calum suggest some great plants that can be added to the pond.

Lizzie Schofield and Ruth Vichos take a look at different varieties of bamboo.

Carole and Brian dig into the first crop of potatoes.

George and Lizzie start cherry-picking the best of the summer produce from the plot.

Kirsty and Calum trim, prune and cut to encourage new growth for the rest of the season.

It's the taste of summer, so Beechgrove's own strawberry crop gets some attention.

How to have the scents and flavours of a herb garden when space is limited.

George and Calum are tending vines, fig plants and fruit bushes.

Brian Cunningham and Carole Baxter offer tips on alpine plants.

Kirsty Wilson discusses what to sow and plant in order to attract birds to the area.

It’s time to check in and enjoy the results of the spring planting and sowing.

Carole looks at bedding plants that are safe to plant out now the risk of frost has gone.

Kirsty and Lizzie look at plants that are specifically suited to extremely wet conditions.

Ideas on what to plant in a shaded area of woodland.

Carole is joined by James Silvey to answer questions on how to attract wildlife.

With the start of a new month, George and Lizzie turn their attention to the herb garden.

Exploring a garden with Scandinavian flavour in Aberlour.

A budding allotment holder in Aberdeen blossoms as a gardener at Culzean Castle.

Carole Baxter and George Anderson look back at how the 2023 growing season has been.

It’s time to review the season’s growing successes.

Carole Baxter reviews the success of Beechgrove's wildlife-friendly planting project.