Alan Titchmarsh visits Whitehouse Cottage in rural Berkshire to show how to achieve that country look - from mosaic pathways and climbing clematis to rustic flower beds and ironwork benches. Plus Valentine Warner creates some heavenly flavours from a vegetable patch and Charlotte Uhlenbroek reveals what to do when hedgehogs come calling.
In this episode, Alan visits a garden by the sea in East Wittering that works in harmony with the coastal elements.
In this episode, Alan demonstrates how to build a rose garden, and visits one in Wendover, Buckinghamshire. Plus Laetitia Maklouf reveals ways to extend the life of a rose into winter by making rosewater, Valentine Warner shows how roses can even be the key ingredient in a spicy sauce, and Alan suggests stunning ways to display the flower – from rustic pergolas to pavilions from paradise
Alan is in Harlow in Essex, where he shows how the smallest of gardens can be turned into a private sanctuary. He also transforms a tiny hot tub area into an intimate tropical garden. Matt James demonstrates how to make the very best out of a humble basement and, as autumn arrives, Laetitia Maklouf uses dried petals to keep the summer alive, and there is a look at the ultimate garden status symbols, from deluxe hanging baskets to five-star hot tubs.
Alan investigates the classic charm of the cottage garden as he discovers the epitome of the cottage style in Staffordshire, Valentine Warner looks at some edible weeds and Charlotte Uhlenbroek reveals some hibernating havens for wildlife. Also there are suggestions for what to buy this weekend to recreate the cottage garden look.
Alan and the team attempt to help a woman in Hampshire suffering from a life-threatening illness and who has devoted her time to fundraising. As a result her garden has suffered and is not the sanctuary that she desperatly wants. Alan takers a look around Apple Court, an inspirational oriental garden just down the road, looking for ideas.
Alan and the team transform the garden of a family of seven who live in the Brecon Beacons and whose garden has suffered as they struggle to cope with the challenges of family life.
Alan and the team come to the assistance of the Costello family in Norwich who, having recently moved to a new property are faced with an unruly garden in need of his magic touch.
Alan attempts to help a fellow gardener and his family in Hurst Green, East Sussex, as they attempt to cope with a life threatening illness.
Alan and the team attempt to makeover the garden of a young mother whose son requires round the clock care in Cambridgeshire.
Alan and the team attempt to help a mum who has to care for her seriously ill son while coping with her own debilitating illness turn her small city garden into the ultimate outdoor space.
Alan and the team attempt to help a woman living in Gloucestershire who has spent her life looking after others.
Alan and the team help a Falklands veteran and his wife transform their barren plot in Woking into a garden paradise.
Alan and the team attempt to help Rhyanne Nixon who has been confined to a wheelchair by Motor Neurone Disease. She and her family have recently moved into a bungalow where the garden is dominated by a large wooden viewing platform that she cannot access.
Alan and the team face their most difficult challenge yet as they attempt to makeover the smallest garden they’ve ever worked on for a family coping with a very rare condition. Lou and Andy Webb have two young children who are affected by a genetic condition that severely restricts their eyesight.
Alan and the team makeover the Cumbrian garden of the Pyne family, who lost their daughter Alice to cancer in January this year.
Alan attempts to help the Estick family who are struggling to move past the loss of their youngest son. David Domoney shows how to tackle a overgrown hedge whilst Frances Tophill create a kitchen garden. Katie Rushworth plants a flowering hedge..
Alan and the team are in Burton Upon Trent where they attempt to help McGinn family whose life was turned upside down after dad, Pete, was seriously hurt whilst working as a police officer.
Alan and the team are in Runcorn working on the smallest garden they've ever tackled. Karan Waller would like the new garden to be a way of saying thank you to her family for all the support they've given her as she battles with a brain tumour.
Alan and the team are attempt to help the Woods family in Bideford in Devon. Tamsyn and husband Alex and their four children had been living the good life in the south of France but following a shocking brain injury for Alex and two brain haemorrhages, the family returned back to the United Kingdom and are facing a very different future.
Alan and the team have been asked to undertake a garden in the heart of London. They've been asked to do it for Joan Myers OBE, a senior nurse who has worked endlessly to help improve the ways in which children are cared for within the NHS.
Alan attempts to create a garden for a family with twin girls who have a serious, life limiting condition. Darcie and Evie Chapman are suffering with Dravet Syndrome, a very rare form of epilepsy affecting just 1 in every 40,000 people.
Alan and the team are in Walsall to surprise a young widow called Nina Perrin Seedhouse and her three children as they give her garden a makeover.
Alan and the team are in Moorland in Somerset an area devastated by the floods back in 2014. Sheila and Alex Colquhoun were getting ready to retire in 2014 but instead they suffered one of the worst years of their lives. Sheila was diagnosed with breast cancer and after returning home from hospital to recuperate, she woke up to discover their home knee deep in flood water.
Alan and team create a spectacular contemporary garden for a war hero and his young family who are living in rural Cornwall.
Alan and the team are in Chessington to create a car themed garden with some of the most inventive features they've ever created for an unlikely hero, hospital worker and vintage car enthusiast Alan Rendall.
The team make over another garden.
Alan and the team make their way to Hull to transform a garden belonging to Maggie Simkiss. Maggie is a Macmillan nurse, for whom helping others is simply a way of life.
Alan and the team make their way to Wiveliscombe in the South West where they surprise a couple of real Golden Girls called Roberta and Enid with a garden makeover.
Alan and the team are in Dorset where they attempt to design an exciting garden for a young family coping with a terminal illness. Rachel met Dorset farm worker Andrew out clubbing six years ago and became an item instantly. Andrew was given the shock diagnosis of bowel cancer and the couple postponed their wedding so that Andrew could have treatment and they faced the possibility that they might not be able to have children. They managed to have a son called Lucas though but another wedding had to be postponed. Andrew learned that his condition was terminal last October and the first thing on his bucket list was to finally marry Rachel which he did in January.
Alan Titchmarsh and the team head to Hull to transform the garden of a 90-year-old land girl and ballroom dancing devotee. Frailty has seen the twice-widowed great-grandmother lose the ability to tend her once beautiful gardens, so they have become neglected no-go areas. After Alan surprises her at a tea dance, the team transforms her gardens into spaces she can safely tend to again.
Alan Titchmarsh and the team create a new garden for an eight-year-old girl in Nottingham, despite the worst weather they have ever experienced. Tilly Sawford was severely scalded in a freak accident six years ago and continues to require treatment to aid her recovery, leading to the staff at her local hospital recommending the family have a safe garden created for them, with a bold colour scheme and surprise areas for all of the children
Alan Titchmarsh and his team visit Canterbury to help Gurkha Hari Budha Magar, who lost the use of both his legs in Afghanistan in an IED incident. Though Hari thinks nothing of going out of his way to help others, his own garden is a challenge he has to yet to overcome, so the team transform his overlooked plot into a colourful private sanctuary, and there is a surprise appearance by Joanna Lumley
Alan Titchmarsh and the team head to Bolton to surprise a 39-year-old RSPCA officer and turn her wasteland of a garden into a spectacular animal-friendly haven. Owner Caroline Hall suffered a near-fatal spinal stroke which turned her life upside down, and her once-beloved garden has become an inaccessible wilderness, but with a clever design and some top tips, the team create an area that Caroline is not only free to move around in, but one she absolutely falls in love with
Alan Titchmarsh and his team of experts head to Eastleigh near Southampton to transform an uninviting patch of uneven lawn into a cruise ship-inspired pleasure garden.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team are in Durham at the home of the Hunter family, who sadly lost dad Phillip to cancer after he had contacted the team to create a special garden.
The team are in Somerset to surprise two lively ladies who have been friends for 71 years.
The team are in Dorset creating a garden for a young family coping with terminal illness.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team transform a garden in Plymouth into a show-stopping contemporary outdoor space for ex-Marine Mark Ormrod, who lost both his legs and an arm in Afghanistan, and his young family. The team show how lush tropical planting can work well in a low maintenance garden, and create a space for Mark and his family and friends to enjoy quality time together.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team transform a concrete yard in Salford into a classic cottage garden for 87-year-old twins Rita and Betty Mills. Having lived in Salford all of their lives, the twins recently moved into their new bungalow for health reasons and have never wavered in devoting their lives to helping others, so Alan and his team work to transform their concrete patch of dismal cracked pavers and hard edges into a beautiful cottage-style outdoor space where they can relax.
The team head to Chandlers Ford in Hampshire to help the Richardson family, who are facing a very difficult future. Father of two Jason survives only by the means of a portable external machine which keeps his heart working and three weekly sessions of kidney dialysis. The whole family are now tied to their home and desperately need an outdoor space on their doorstep that can become an escape.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team head to Shrewsbury in Shropshire to meet former nurse Gina Constable, who has raised over a quarter of a million pounds for the Air Ambulance charity over the past 21 years. Inspired by the wishes of her late husband, the team set to work transforming her garden into a breathtaking Japanese-inspired outdoor space, complete with cloud-pruned trees and Japanese maples.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team transform the garden of a 93-year-old veteran from the Second World War, reviving the outdoor space he once shared with his late wife, Audrey. The team work hard to create a beautiful garden for Jack, full of happy memories, art and a stunning new studio that he is able to access easily.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team transform a garden in Southampton into a super-stylish contemporary outdoor space for the Jordan family, who are still coming to terms with the loss of devoted mother and wife, Shelly-Ann. Alan and the team take on the challenge of creating a garden that will suit the whole family, and also keep Shelly-Ann's memory alive.
Alan and the Love Your Garden Team head to Hythe to create a sensory garden for an inspirational little girl who has severely limited vision and, who will one day go completely blind.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team transform an area of Blackpool Zoo for live-in keeper John Paul who resides there full-time, creating a private retreat for the zoo's dedicated keepers. Alan and the team fill the space with animal and wildlife friendly ideas, and share tips on clever ways to create privacy without building walls and fences.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team head to Nottingham to surprise the inspirational boxing coach Marcellus Baz, with two special garden transformations. First, the team visit Marcellus' gym, where they work to turn a dark alley into a productive kitchen garden, before heading to Marcellus' own home to transform his garden into a Moroccan-inspired outdoor space. Last in the series.
As the makeover show returns, Alan Titchmarsh and the team heads to Fareham near Southampton to surprise Betty Richards, a life-long volunteer. The 90 year old suffers from macular degeneration, and her garden is a green-free concrete box - with so many levels and trip hazards that it's off limits to the sight-impaired dare-devil fundraiser, so the team sets about transforming it into a safe haven.
Alan Titchmarsh makes over a garden in Newark for a double-amputee veteran Nathan Cumberland and his young family. Despite his injuries, through his work with the Defence Medical Welfare Service charity, Nathan has devoted his life outside the armed forces to supporting older and elderly veterans who are often less likely to seek help for themselves than their younger counterparts. With tips on how to create a beautiful woodland themed outdoor space, Alan, Katie Rushworth, Frances Tophill and David Domoney take on Nathan's inaccessible plot and transform it into a show-stopping family garden.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team heads to Essex to surprise selfless retired Nurse Pat Wade, who was the first person in the UK to set up a charity for young burn survivors - The Children's Burns Club. Alan, Katie Rushworth, Frances Tophill and David Domoney turn Pat's tiny concrete-covered backyard into an outdoor entertaining space - filled with flowers and bling.
With the support of fiance Michael Brown, Preston mum Roisin Pelan is facing stage 3C cancer. Despite enduring challenging treatment, she has raised thousands for charities and is determined to see young daughter Ivy grow up. Alan Titchmarsh, David Domoney, Frances Tophill and Katie Rushworth proceed to turn their dangerous sloping garden into a stunning music festival-inspired haven.
Fundraiser Irene Hicks receives the experts' help for her overcrowded Cardiff home, as Alan Titchmarsh and the team create a peaceful haven that has plenty of practical touches. David Domoney shows how veg can make an attractive addition to any garden, and Frances Tophill creates colourful butterfly decorations and a reflective raised pond.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team surprise a foster parent in Nottingham, creating a lush Caribbean haven that evokes her father's garden in Jamaica. Mother-of-two Fiona Kirlew has fostered more than 40 children, despite only being 36 years old, and was nominated by one of her former foster children as a gesture of just how much they owe to Fiona's commitment to giving them the best start in life.
Alan Titchmarsh and the team heads to the Yorkshire Dales to surprise Jim Thompson, a terminally ill 65-year-old grandfather and fundraiser. Despite Jim's own diagnosis, his commitment to spreading awareness and raising money for prostate cancer charities are legendary in the area, including creating a 'Calendar Girls' style naked calendar. Inspired by his bravery and dedication, the makeover team decide to turn Jim's overgrown and dangerous plot into a classic cottage garden with a Yorkshire twist.
The team are in Hackney, where they surprise Jeroume and Onessa Cariazo, the parents of wheelchair-bound nine-year-old Elijah, who suffers from myotubular myopathy. Alan Titchmarsh, Katie Rushworth, Frances Tophill and David Domoney give Elijah the sensory stimulation he craves, transforming the family's uneven overgrown urban courtyard into an accessible paradise complete with tropical water feature, a sensory beach and Asian-style dining zone.
Alan goes traditional with a twist this week, creating an elegant tea-garden for a charity volunteer known as The Cake Lady – a one-woman bakery - who has made cakes for more than 9,000 injured servicemen and women. The twist? This new garden in Birmingham will have a fully equipped kitchen to bake in and raised beds full of fresh ingredients to add to pies and cakes. Alan creates a colourful living wall that’s perfect for any gardening novice and Katie shares the tricks to successful balcony and rooftop gardening.
With more and more of us looking for ways to get value for money, in this special episode of Love Your Garden, Alan Titchmarsh and the team show you how to create a dream garden without spending a fortune.
Alan Titchmarsh and his team are in Raunds, Northamptonshire, to overhaul firefighter Rebecca's garden, creating a space that can accommodate gym equipment, a play area and a vegetable patch. Meanwhile, Danny Clarke pays a visit to Easton Lodge in Essex where designer Harold Peto also created garden rooms to play in, relax and grow vegetables, but on a much bigger scale.
Alan and the team head to the town of Hinckley to surprise 96-year-old Second World War veteran Gordon with a stunning garden transformation. Alan sets about bringing a classic beautiful English country garden to this inaccessible space that includes raised beds in dry stone walls, a sociable seating area, a mini-orchard and an outdoor room.
Alan and the team transform a garden in the Oxfordshire town of Bicester for local community heroes Adam and Alice and their two children. With a holiday in Vietnam as inspiration, Alan's design takes the couple and their children on a journey around the Far East with exotic planting, new rockery, and modern water features to transport them to another place. Meanwhile, Katie Rushworth is in Derbyshire at Cascades Gardens where the owners have created an exotic, retreat-like space with clever design and plant selection.
Joining Alan for Christmas Eve 2023 to get the party started are Brian Conley, Jason Donovan, Jane Asher and a newborn calf who is celebrating his first Xmas.
In a special wild episode of Love Your Garden, Alan Titchmarsh and his team are at Keech Hospice in Luton creating a state of the art wildlife garden that is modern in style.
On the 70th anniversary of the NHS, Alan Titchmarsh and his team take on their biggest project ever - a garden for The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
Alan explores the City Garden, looking back at three episodes which rewarded some deserving people, including a multi-purpose garden with a Jamaican feel.
Alan Titchmarsh challenges himself to grow more food in his garden than he's ever done before. Joining Alan in his grow your own challenge is Kate Garraway.