Garden Rescue S10E07 (June 2 2025)

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00:00The garden rescue team are on a mission to make garden dreams come true Charlie

00:11Dimock Lee Burkill Flo Headlem and Chris Hull are here to answer your gardening

00:27emergencies feels disorganized a bit chaotic it's a bit of a shocker each week

00:32two of our designers will go head-to-head pick me and let's do this the garden

00:37we're gonna go with is and whichever designer loses the race is on helps the

00:50winner filled the garden good idea did you get that on camera they said good

00:55idea Charlie amazing turning garden dreams your eyes into reality today the

01:10teams in Scunthorpe taking on the garden of foster carers Sue and Joe lovely a cup of

01:16tea what you've been up to I've been cleaning all the sculptures we've got a

01:21busy house was very family orientated we have our grandson every weekend and we've

01:28got the children thanks for the key by the way that's lovely very thoughtful of you

01:31we've been down here two years we decided to move close to my home because of my

01:39grandson being born because we bought it off plan we could design the house as it

01:44was being built we could move walls change doors just pick everything ourselves which

01:50was just perfect for us you'd have to change anything when you move in the

01:54couple's very large 144 square meter garden however came as a blank canvas they

02:00care for their foster children very much and are happy with a site they filled

02:04with play equipment but then there's Joe's collectibles on the other side so

02:10this is our garden the sculpture park no the beautiful sculpture park the metal and

02:16wooden animals have become Joe's passion project my obsession with the sculptures has been in

02:23the family for say 50 60 years when I was back in Scotland my family's always had some kind of

02:29sculptures I've always been brought up with no I'm not much of a gardener not one in my family are a

02:35garden person so it's always been sculptures and I've carried that on it doesn't reflect me at

02:40all I'm used to a garden with plants and trees and nice smelling things and we've got none of that do

02:46you not think my sculptures look and smell nice they don't smell at all I don't get any nice scents

02:52from the sculptures I'm afraid but Joe's figurines aren't the only thing causing upset in this garden

03:00one thing we don't like is there is this patio it's lovely that I like these stones but it's just not big

03:07enough it's very small and when we get family around and we've actually know where to sit we're

03:12actually on the grass and so we're not using it as much as we should be when we open the doors the

03:16doors hit you so this is my bit of the garden I've bought plants but when I've got them home they're so

03:24small they look pathetic so I've ended up putting them all in pots I just don't know where to put them

03:30in the garden as I said this is Sue's wee part of the garden but over here we have a real part of the garden

03:37which is my part Joe's giraffe owl this is it my pride and joy and Frankie the horse certainly stand out

03:47named after my Frankie de Tori my favorite jockey I absolutely adore Frankie and Sue loves him yeah of

03:57course everyone talks about Frankie but we've even got there's an ice cream parlor quite close by and

04:05people come to get ice cream and come and see the horse there you go huge he's not that bad be good

04:11with some plants around him there's just nothing of me in this garden it's all more Joe so it would be

04:17lovely to get some plants and have a bit more of me in it I'd actually talk to my sculpture

04:23lovely day today isn't it look at that for a view that is lovely isn't it Chris and Amelia will be

04:39creating designs for Joe and Sue today

04:44right Amelia we have got Susan and Joe today and what is that I know this is a serious beast wow look at that

04:55that thing look at that I mean clearly one of them is really into their animals absolutely I

05:01wonder if it's Susan or Joe well that saves us some money on buying sculptures doesn't it look I mean

05:06it's a huge space isn't it it's massive and I think the challenge with this garden is that

05:12there's nothing in it no it's quite nice paving to be fair don't we yeah and a really well-kept lawn

05:16yeah well should we find out what they actually want from the garden yeah let's have a look I would

05:23like a bit more of a romantic country theme with some beautiful scented flowers lovely cottagey garden

05:31scented flowers I love the idea of that but it's definitely not there yet it's not it's got a long

05:36way to go and I would like my and sculptures to be incorporated in the garden so it's Joe for a

05:45bit more company for them with some bushes and some plants and some height in the garden the flat boring

05:52garden that we've got currently it just needs something to elevate it a bit doesn't it absolutely

05:56and I mean you've got a lot of height from these mature trees in the back so it'd be nice to sort of

06:01create that within the garden as well a nice area where I can sit possibly and work sometimes when

06:08the weather's good and some privacy from the main road so noisy garden yeah challenge that this part

06:15of the garden is really the bat that the kids play and we don't want in done and really it's just the

06:20area with these sculptures in that we want some plants in please it's not too much to ask is it I

06:26mean I think this garden is a lot of fun yeah not very often you get to play around all these

06:30big animal sculptures yeah I mean they're obviously sort of bespoke pieces and I think it's just how

06:36do we incorporate those in whilst also giving Susan what she wants as well which is a soft

06:41countryside garden what's the budget Chris it's 6k this garden oh okay I mean it's a big space so

06:48that's gonna need to be stretched yeah you need lots of plants to make these animals look at home

06:53absolutely and get that romance so yeah they do look a little bit lonely at the moment yeah you can

06:58have a handful this one absolutely Chris and Amelia must create a design that fits Sue and Joe's six

07:04thousand pound budget the couple will pick their favorite which the losing designer will help build

07:11the designers and top team of landscapers provide the labor for free leaving the entire budget to spend

07:17on materials and plants back in Scunthorpe let's have a look it's so exciting the designers pictures are in oh yes it's Amelia come on

07:29Susan and Joe you want a romantic countryside style garden and I really think this design delivers that for you oh I like that Susan Joe this is your garden a beautiful zoo for two a beautiful zoo for two Chris

07:45really now let me take you on a journey through this garden so this is that existing patio that you've got and I love those porcelain tiles so I'm actually going to pick those up and repeat them elsewhere in the garden

07:57that's really nice that he's kept the same tiles then this is where I wanted to give you this amazing focal point through the garden so you've got those porcelain tiles as stepping stones with archways overhead and then at the end the focal point is going to be that giraffe sculpture it's sort of like his

08:03he's framed it I wanted to have gravel all the way along there with some more sparse plants poking up out of it and then these three feature trees along the edge that's nice thing to do and I like the big trees there as well yeah I like the big trees so what I've done is I've divided the garden up into different more manageable areas of the garden

08:21and usable sections so here is your existing terrace which at the moment is a lot smaller and I know you wanted to increase that out to have more of a seating and entertaining area

08:28that's nice that's lovely how she's done that yeah and then against that as a backdrop you'll have these really lovely raised rustic style planters and those will contain lots of billowy

08:50you'll have these really lovely, raised, rustic-style planters,

08:54and those will contain lots of billowy, cottagey-style planting

08:59like delphiniums, achillia, verbena bonariensis.

09:04So that should feel very soft, very English countryside.

09:07As you then leave this area here,

09:10you'll be guided through the space by different areas of stepping stones.

09:14Oh, I like that.

09:15Then as we walk down there,

09:17we're greeted with this sort of landing space at the end,

09:20next to the giraffe, so you can pause and admire him,

09:23and then you can move down to the sort of socialising zone of the garden.

09:28It's going to be a pergola overhead to give you that dappled shade,

09:31and then it's going to be completely surrounded with lush planting.

09:34That's lovely.

09:35Oh, yes, it's the scents.

09:37That's what I wanted, is to smell the lovely scents.

09:40So I've created different sections in the garden

09:44for the sculptures to really take centre stage,

09:48nestled amongst really lovely, tall, billowy cottage planting.

09:52Towards the top of the garden,

09:54you'll have a new stepping stone walkway area,

09:57and then that will be set against the backdrop

09:59of these new single-stem amelanchia trees,

10:03and that will give you some privacy from the very noisy road.

10:07Exactly, some privacy.

10:10Amelia's created open vistas,

10:13while Chris has designed enclosed zones.

10:16Both designs are different,

10:17but have they done enough to balance both Joe and Sue's wants?

10:21Now, this little square here,

10:23this is going to be your very own mini wildflower meadow,

10:26so it's just going to be a small section of wildflower turf,

10:29but in the centre of that,

10:31I actually wanted to put a brand-new sculpture for you, Joe.

10:35More animals, great.

10:38But it'll fit in with our cottage garden scheme,

10:41so it'll keep you happy too, Susan.

10:43I'm really intrigued to see if it's in there for me.

10:45Susan, I know you really wanted a space

10:48where you could actually come out,

10:49do a little bit of work, relax, read a book,

10:52and have more of an area that feels like it's just for your own.

10:56So I propose having this seating area here,

10:59which will be soft, beigey, honey-coloured gravel underfoot.

11:03That's nice. The colour goes with the fencing.

11:07So, Susan and Joe, I'd really love to build this garden for you.

11:10I think I can create a beautiful, cottagey, relaxed-style,

11:14romantic garden for you both, so I hope you pick me.

11:17I think that's fab.

11:18She's done a really, really good job there.

11:20I'd love to see this garden built,

11:22and I'd love to see all these animals in beautiful planting.

11:25So I really hope you pick this one.

11:27Well, I don't know who we're going to really pick.

11:29No, I don't either.

11:31Sue and Joe must choose their favourite garden design.

11:36What do you like about this design?

11:38What I like about Chris's design

11:40is put some hikes in the garden,

11:43and we've got a nice seating area that'll be over there...

11:46Yes. ..where I can sit and work.

11:48I like the bit of Amelia.

11:50It's similar, how she's done the seating area

11:53in the same sort of corner.

11:54And also, I bet you'll like that seating area

11:56so you can sit and view the animals.

11:58That's my favourite part of it.

11:59I really, really like that bit.

12:01It's like a wee private viewing area.

12:02For me, it's going to be a very hard decision.

12:05Very tough decision.

12:06Very tough.

12:06Yeah.

12:09OK, so Susan and Joe have got back to us.

12:12Oh, let's see.

12:13Ready to find out?

12:14I'm ready. Let's go.

12:15OK.

12:16Hey, Chris and Amelia,

12:17thanks very much for your lovely designs.

12:19That's good.

12:20Amelia, your design,

12:22what I liked about that was the flowers,

12:24and the planting choice,

12:25they were so pretty,

12:27and I can imagine the scent coming off them.

12:29That's good.

12:30Had to tick that box.

12:31Absolutely.

12:32Chris, I really loved the way

12:33you've integrated my sculptures,

12:36especially the giraffe,

12:37how you've framed it.

12:38That's a really good focal point.

12:40We've ended up going for...

12:42Oh, come on then.

12:43Let's see.

12:45Chris's design.

12:47Wow!

12:48Well done.

12:49I knew you'd got that in the bag.

12:51We're really excited to see it come to life.

12:54You nailed it.

12:55Yeah, I mean,

12:55I think it was the sculptures, really.

12:57It was going all Joe that swung it on this one.

13:00I think you ticked all of the boxes there, definitely.

13:03Yeah, but I really can't wait to build this garden.

13:05I think we're going to have loads of fun building this one.

13:07Absolutely, I can't wait.

13:08I can't wait to see the sculptures up close as well.

13:10In real life.

13:11I know, even bigger, even better.

13:17Project manager Ben and a team of landscapers

13:20are on their way to Scunthorpe,

13:23ready to bring Chris's zoo for two to life in just two days.

13:28OK, then, team.

13:29The existing paving is staying,

13:32and we're putting in just a small little bed just there.

13:35We're going to be stripping off a lot of this grass.

13:38Yes, Andy, we've got quite a few stepping stones to go in here.

13:42Yes, all the way around.

13:43And this section is going to have a big pergola,

13:48as they say in Bristol.

13:49We also have four arches going in.

13:52Biggest garden we've ever attempted on garden rescue,

13:55so I think we'd better get on with it, yeah?

13:57Better.

13:57Yeah.

13:58Let's get it done.

14:01First, the team measure...

14:02We need to know where the grass is staying, don't we?

14:05Cut turf...

14:05and dig to prepare for paving

14:08that will wrap around the side and back of the garden.

14:12It's a massive area,

14:14and this part is all planted,

14:16and the ground's rock hard,

14:18so we're going to have to get it turned over

14:20to make it a bit easy for us when it comes to plants.

14:24In the top-right corner of the garden,

14:31next to Joe's horse,

14:33Chris has designed a large pergola

14:35that Lee and Jamie will be planting posts for.

14:39First post in of Benny.

14:41Yeah.

14:41It's hard ground and hard digging,

14:42so I think we get squared up off this now,

14:45get that one in,

14:46and then we square off that, so...

14:48Beautiful.

14:48Brilliant job.

14:49Grab the spades.

14:50Chris's vision is that the pergola

14:57becomes a social and relaxing space

14:59for Sue and Joe.

15:02Here you go, boys.

15:03Cleaner up against the fence, go.

15:06Last one are the chunky ones.

15:08Oh, that ground looks nice, doesn't it?

15:11This ground is challenging.

15:12So what he does is he gets me to go 300 down,

15:16and then he takes over.

15:17Four hours into this build,

15:24the team isn't able to relax just yet.

15:27Andy is doing a magnificent job

15:29scraping away all the grass

15:32that we don't need in the garden.

15:33Lee and Jamie have got the four verticals in.

15:36Now we need to take out some of the soil

15:39so we can go down to create the base

15:41ready for the paved area underneath the pergola.

15:44So, doing well, loads to do stuff.

15:53Once the pergola posts are in place,

15:56Lee and Jamie cut joists to size

15:58for the pergola roof that'll host climbers.

16:01We've got another four more to do.

16:09Sitting under the pergola,

16:12Chris has designed a generous patio

16:14that Andy has dug out

16:15and is ready to compact down the sub-base.

16:18At the entrance to the garden,

16:27Chris has designed a tunnel of arches

16:30to greet and guide Sue and Joe into their garden.

16:33The idea is that when they're in the kitchen,

16:35they get a great view all the way down the middle, yeah?

16:38Keep us fit.

16:39Let's keep going.

16:40Yeah.

16:40Your turn.

16:41My turn.

16:42With his sub-base settled,

16:45Andy's ready to lay 10 square metres of tiles.

16:50Right, I think I'm happy with that.

16:53First slab in.

16:55One of many.

16:5624 to go.

16:57Ready to bring over?

16:58Yep.

17:02And Lee and Jamie are one archway down,

17:05just three more to go.

17:06Well, you can certainly see the giraffe.

17:12With the pergola's patio laid,

17:17Andy's in charge of laying stepping stones

17:19under the archway.

17:21How we doing?

17:22All right, mate.

17:23Just started this.

17:24First stepping stone just going in.

17:26Beautiful.

17:28It might be raining in Scunthorpe,

17:30but nowhere near enough to dampen spirits.

17:33The boys have done a magnificent job.

17:36Pergola's pretty much up.

17:38Arches, pretty much there.

17:40The main paved area is 95% done,

17:44and now we've started on the path

17:46that will take us round to the past-in pavement.

17:49The landscaping team has worked as hard

17:51as they possibly can across the day

17:53to prepare themselves for Chris and Amelia's arrival

17:56in the morning.

18:05Scunthorpe.

18:06I know.

18:07Yeah.

18:07Beautiful Scunthorpe.

18:08It is.

18:08And do you know what it's famous for?

18:10Oh, don't go on.

18:11Tell me.

18:11It is the home of British steel.

18:14Ah, I did know that.

18:15Bit of a clue, because there's a lot of steel

18:18in this garden, right?

18:19There certainly is.

18:20Steel animals.

18:26Look at this.

18:26It's massive.

18:27Wow.

18:27God, it's huge.

18:29It is really big, isn't it?

18:30I know.

18:31I know, but it's so nice to see some structure in the garden.

18:33Absolutely.

18:33It gives it a bit of purpose.

18:34The animals definitely give it a little bit of personality.

18:36That's exactly what I was going to say.

18:38Yeah, it's looking good.

18:39So, there's a lot to do still.

18:40We definitely need to get things moved around,

18:42get all those focal points lined up.

18:43Right.

18:44But I'd really like you to focus on finishing off this archway

18:47that's going to give the focal point to the giraffes.

18:49Fantastic.

18:50So, you're going to get that bang on.

18:51I will grab my spirit level.

18:52Nice.

18:52All right.

18:54The landscaping team is already hard at it,

18:57continuing to get the paving laid.

18:59How's it going, Andy?

19:01Morning, Chris.

19:02These are looking good.

19:03Fucking all right, aren't they?

19:04Just got to do the final run.

19:06Yeah.

19:06We're all good.

19:07Don't worry, I won't step on them.

19:09All right.

19:10For a king.

19:11Now, in this garden, there is a lot of planting space.

19:15This border that runs all the way along the back is massive.

19:18So, we've definitely got a handful of things to go in there.

19:21But that's not all.

19:22I've also got a big area here with wildflower turf

19:25and my feature topiary stag.

19:27But before Chris or the team can even begin to consider planting,

19:32the surrounding soil needs a dressing.

19:35It is really common for garden soil to be difficult to work with,

19:40especially if you're in a new build house.

19:43But there's a few things you can do to make your life a bit easier.

19:46You might want to add some organic matter to that soil

19:49to help to break it up, especially if it's heavy clay,

19:52because it becomes really dense, really cloddy.

19:55But if you add some organic matter,

19:57those fibres will break down, create pockets and invite worms into the garden.

20:01And then over time, by slowly adding to it and improving the soil,

20:05you'll get a nice, healthy soil rather than a nasty, cloggy, sodden one.

20:09Nobody wants that.

20:10Amelia is marking out the soil at the border of the archways.

20:18We have one sort of line up with this post here.

20:21Yeah.

20:22In preparation for pear trees.

20:24So, one there.

20:26Yep.

20:27So, I think the third one will go sort of where the digger is in between these two posts here.

20:35Perfect.

20:35So, if I put a little mark, just that.

20:39Perfect.

20:39Right, I'll get the digger on.

20:40Perfect.

20:41Thanks, Jamie.

20:42These pears will give a little bit of formality to this area here.

20:56And I really like how Chris has used three of them

20:59because generally you tend to plant things in odd numbers,

21:03so groups of three or five.

21:05And that's going to look really nice.

21:06There's a backdrop to this area, give it a little bit of structure,

21:09and it will work really well in front of this walkway.

21:12There you go, Lee.

21:17I've only got the...

21:17Woo-hoo-hoo!

21:19Nearly went in on your new paving.

21:21In the other corner of the garden,

21:23Chris and Lee are ready to finish the roof of the pergola.

21:32This is quite a contemporary pergola design as they go

21:35because traditional pergolas, they often have lots of layers

21:38with other members going across on top,

21:39or you get those very nice details of the angles hanging out over the edges.

21:44But we've just gone for chunky and simple in this garden

21:47because it is quite a modern layout,

21:49and I wanted the pergola to match that.

21:58Beautiful.

21:59Ready, bud?

22:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.

22:00Across the garden, Amelia's looking after the final piece of woodwork...

22:05The last post going in now.

22:07..to make the archway.

22:08And then we'll get our postcrete in there,

22:11level it all off so it's nice and level with the other three.

22:19How's it going?

22:20Yeah, good.

22:20We've got the last posts in for this walkway here.

22:24And I have to say,

22:25I think having that height in the garden is working really nicely.

22:28It is good.

22:29It's quite flat otherwise, isn't it?

22:30Yeah, I think having this grand height here works really well...

22:34It does.

22:34...for our friend Mr or Mrs Giraffe.

22:36Absolutely. It really frames it perfectly.

22:39Bringing each element of the garden together...

22:42It's plant time.

22:43...planting is going to be key.

22:45Best part of the day.

22:50God, that's what you want.

22:52Wow, look at that, Chris.

22:54Yeah, you like these?

22:55Yeah, I mean, the first thing my eye is drawn to

22:57is that privet stag right there.

23:00How can it not be?

23:01That is the real feature, and you know he's going to love that, don't you?

23:03Absolutely.

23:04Well, I do, yes.

23:06Joe's going to be all over it.

23:08But it's a really nice mix of plants in here, isn't there?

23:11Look at these Freconosas.

23:12They're a bit different, aren't they?

23:13Absolutely.

23:13They are.

23:14The whole idea with this is that we wanted to get some cottagey plants in.

23:17Yes, romantic.

23:18Yeah, romantic, flowery.

23:21And this is what the garden really needs.

23:24Oh, wow.

23:24Look at those roses.

23:27And this is actually a really unusual kind of lemony, light yellow colour, isn't it?

23:31Which you don't see very often.

23:33Very nice.

23:37Chris has got a few unusual elements as part of his planting scheme.

23:44The main piece of the garden, our topiary stag.

23:49It's called Luigi, this one.

23:51Italianate in style, but it is a great feature,

23:54and it's the sort of thing I think Joe is going to really love.

23:57Look, he's even got real antlers.

23:59Chris's plants, and the topiary stag in particular,

24:02have been chosen to complement Joe's formidable sculptures,

24:06whose positions Chris is playing with.

24:09What I've decided to do is to spin him around,

24:12so he's sort of leaning out more into the garden,

24:14with one of his legs sort of just resting on the pergola.

24:17And that way, he's sort of looking back out across the garden,

24:20get nice views from wherever you are, back towards the horse.

24:24Easier said than done, probably.

24:26Are you ready?

24:27Yeah.

24:29Yeah.

24:31Okay.

24:33Yeah, we're going to jump.

24:34Have you got the front legs?

24:35Need Chris to lift the back?

24:36Yeah.

24:37Oh, he's quite light, actually.

24:38Oh, yeah.

24:48Looks good from here.

24:50It's nice because he looks like he's leaping at you,

24:52which is really cool,

24:53and you're going to get a good view

24:55as soon as you step out of the patio doors now.

24:57Chris's inclusion of sculptures,

25:00complemented by a brand-new planting scheme,

25:02was why Joe and Sue chose his design in the first place.

25:06My worries are that the sculptures are not really...

25:11Integrated.

25:12Integrated or featured it within our garden.

25:14It's awesome, this, isn't it?

25:16It's awesome.

25:18My only reservation is the sculptures all take over,

25:22and I won't get as many plants as I like.

25:25To blend in Joe's sculptures,

25:29Chris is bringing in softer planting.

25:32Oh, we've got to move the giraffe as well.

25:36So much to do.

25:40While Amelia's working on an all-important finishing touch

25:43to keep a gravel border contained.

25:47So I'm just digging this trench now for the timber edging,

25:51and we've got lots of gravel going down in the garden,

25:54which needs to be contained,

25:56because otherwise it's going to spill out.

25:58So you can use timber, you can use steel,

26:01you could even use brick.

26:03Timber is probably the most cost-effective.

26:05So at the moment, I'm just digging this trench,

26:08trying to do it in a nice straight line,

26:11and, yeah, that'll be keeping the gravel in

26:14so it doesn't spill everywhere.

26:24Frankie the horse isn't the only thing in the garden

26:27that I'm going to move.

26:29This is Jessie the giraffe,

26:31and I would really like Jessie to be the focal point

26:34through all of these arches.

26:37Whoa!

26:38So strong, I can lift a giraffe.

26:41Whoa!

26:44Amelia?

26:45Hello.

26:46What do you reckon to Jessie up here?

26:48You reckon that's good?

26:49Bang on.

26:49All right, once there's some plants around her,

26:52oh, it's going to look good.

26:54She's a vision.

26:55It's going to look great.

27:03Well, that is very satisfying, I have to say.

27:06Looks pretty straight.

27:09Maybe not as straight as Andy and Jamie's,

27:11but doing quite a good job, I think.

27:14Right, job done.

27:15Chris is almost there with his positioning.

27:19It's a really hard job setting out plants

27:22when you've got such a big area to cover

27:24because you really have to make every plant work extra hard.

27:29So you don't want to be staring at big open bits of fence.

27:32So I'm starting off by getting all of my bigger shrubs

27:35into position where I know that they can feel out and grow,

27:38and then I'm going to go and weave in

27:39some of the smaller pretty perennials in amongst them.

27:44His idea for the back border

27:46is to envelop Sue and Joe with plants and shrubs

27:49as they walk from garden entrance towards the pergola.

27:55Rhododendrons are a funny shrub, really,

27:57because some people are a little bit scared of them

27:59because you see them taking over hillsides,

28:02but that is Rhododendron ponticum.

28:04So don't be confused.

28:05This is very different, and it won't go so crazy.

28:08And over time, this will become very self-sufficient,

28:10and it will really start to fill out,

28:13and obviously you get those amazing flowers coming in spring.

28:16What's really nice about this is that Sue wanted a bit of romance

28:20and some colour and texture in the garden,

28:22so this Rhododendron will give her that really early on in the season.

28:26And it's also lovely because they're evergreen,

28:28so it just softens up these quite harsh structures

28:31and sculptures that we've got in the garden.

28:33You always need a bit of green and a bit of colour.

28:35Whilst the archways at the entrance to the garden

28:41will be adorned with climbers.

28:43This here is Rosa New Dawn,

28:46and it's a really lovely, quite vigorous climbing rose.

28:51Really gorgeous, light pink, quite romantic-looking flowers,

28:55very fragrant as well.

28:57The main things with roses is to give them a good prune in winter.

29:01Remember to deadhead it throughout the growing season

29:04to prolong the flowers,

29:05and they are quite greedy roses,

29:08so a really nice organic feed in spring

29:10will make sure that this plant is really happy.

29:14I think that looks absolutely lovely,

29:16and it's going to frame this walkway beautifully.

29:18It's going down, Luigi.

29:36Ooh!

29:41It's not bad.

29:43Now, Luigi is actually quite simple to maintain,

29:47if you know how.

29:49So with any topiary,

29:50the rule is that growth follows the knife,

29:53all the secateurs.

29:54So the more you clip it,

29:56the tighter and more dense that foliage will get.

29:59If you leave it to go really straggly,

30:01you'll get loads of gaps in it,

30:03and even if you just cut it once or twice a season,

30:05it won't thicken out and be really tight and nice.

30:07So the more you clip it,

30:10the better it's going to look.

30:11Look at that.

30:12Beauty.

30:12And the best way to clip one of these

30:17is with just an orderly pair of shears

30:19or some topiary shears,

30:21and you can get all the details just right.

30:32All the way.

30:32I'm just planting this ornamental pair here,

30:44and they're not actually grown for their fruits

30:47because they're not edible.

30:48They are grown, however,

30:50for their really lovely upright habit.

30:53You get a really lovely sense of height with these,

30:55which I know Susan's going to love.

30:57They have gorgeous little white flowers in the spring,

31:00really good for birds and bees.

31:02One thing to bear in mind when you're planting new trees,

31:05they will need to be watered in really well,

31:08and as you can see, it's a little bit windy today,

31:11so if you do find that they're being blown all over the place,

31:14you can stake them as well.

31:16This beautiful grass is Miscanthus strictus dwarf.

31:34Now, it's basically the zebra grass,

31:37Miscanthus zebrinus,

31:38but in a dwarf form,

31:39and what better plant for this garden than a zebra plant

31:43ties in perfectly with Jesse the giraffe behind me,

31:46so I thought I'd have a couple of leaves down in this area.

31:50Very on theme.

31:52Now, what's really nice about this particular Miscanthus

31:55is that it's got that luscious foliage,

31:57and you will also get those beautiful little flowers

32:00on the spikes as well.

32:03Perfect.

32:04Perfect.

32:05Perfect.

32:13Now, this lovely plant here is called Geranium rosanne,

32:17and it's one of those plants that you see everywhere

32:21because they just do really well in most people's gardens,

32:25and they're relatively fuss-free.

32:27They have these really beautiful, kind of bluey,

32:30almost iridescent flowers,

32:32and they can get a little bit sort of straggly-looking,

32:37so you can cut them back either in autumn or in spring,

32:41and what you'll find is you'll get lovely new growth

32:44coming through ready for the summer,

32:46and I think they're great.

33:00I've gone for a bit of a different approach in this space here,

33:03and I'm using a wildflower turf to cover some ground.

33:06Now, it's really good for a lot of different reasons.

33:10One is it's great for wildlife.

33:12It's going to be absolutely covered in pollinators.

33:15The birds will love it as well,

33:17but it's also going to bring loads of colour, texture,

33:20and movement into this garden,

33:22and it does help with the budget

33:23because plants can be quite expensive sometimes.

33:25But there is yet another way

33:27you could make a real budget wildflower meadow.

33:30If you've got a lawn,

33:30you can actually plant some naturalising perennials

33:32into that lawn and let it grow up all around it.

33:36Some plants that would be great for that

33:38are geraniums, aquilegias, persicarias,

33:41things that are just going to get in there

33:43and just get amongst the grasses.

33:45But this wildflower turf works perfectly here

33:47because it is instant,

33:49and it's going to look really nice

33:50when it all starts to grow up

33:52around Luigi's topiary stag.

33:54This here is Aster Royal Ruby,

34:04and it's a really lovely herbaceous perennial.

34:07I love it.

34:08I think it's going to be a really nice pop of colour

34:10in this sort of gravel area here.

34:13And the other good thing, I think,

34:15is you get quite a lot of bang for your buck

34:17because they tend to fill out into really nice clumps.

34:19So you can divide it every three years or so

34:23if you feel the clumps getting too big.

34:25And then, generally speaking,

34:26you can cut it back in spring,

34:28allow all of that lovely new growth

34:30to come through for the summer months.

34:32Lovely.

34:33With all the plants in place

34:36and main structures too,

34:39the team just has to add some final touches.

34:46Including a water feature

34:47that had been previously hidden away

34:50in Sue and Joe's garden.

34:53Oh, yes!

34:56That's what I'm talking about.

34:58It's really good when you can reuse things

35:01that are already in the garden.

35:02This is the perfect thing to go on this corner

35:05and when you're sat under the pergola there

35:07and you hear the sound of this water

35:08and it's even got little lights in it.

35:10Love it!

35:12For two days, the team has grafted

35:15to bring Chris's zoo for two to Scunthorpe.

35:26Well, that is relaxing, isn't it, Chris?

35:29I think this is well-deserved.

35:30I do as well.

35:31It's amazing.

35:32Yeah.

35:32And actually, the animals just really do

35:35kind of come to life, don't they?

35:36Yeah, because they were very stark.

35:38That's the thing with statues.

35:39Have them on their own.

35:40They get a bit lost.

35:41But look at this horse now with the plants.

35:43Look at them now.

35:45Powering above the pergola.

35:46Yeah.

35:46You've got so many lovely quintessential cottagey plants,

35:51haven't you?

35:52Geraniums, echinaceas.

35:53And I love what you've done over there.

35:55The ornamental pairs look brilliant

35:57and just having that slightly sparse and controlled planting under there is lovely.

36:01But I think it's time to go and get Joe and Sue,

36:04because I think they're going to love this.

36:05That's all I think.

36:06Come on.

36:10Sue and Joe's garden was once a bland patch of lawn,

36:14with lovable but overbearing sculptures dominating a space with nothing else in it.

36:20But with a £6,000 budget, it's evolved into a colourful, aromatic dream.

36:33Full of character and a romantic walkway.

36:37Now, there we go.

36:37You guys are next to each other now, all right?

36:39OK.

36:41Joe and Sue, can you just describe to me what the garden was like the last time you looked at it?

36:46It had a horse and a giraffe.

36:48And that's about it.

36:50My beautiful sculptures on it.

36:53They were pretty impressive.

36:54Yes.

36:55The rest of the garden wasn't, right?

36:57No, it wasn't.

36:57I totally agree.

36:59I'm not going to leave you hanging any longer.

37:01Please, open your eyes.

37:03Oh, wow.

37:04Wow.

37:06Wow.

37:06My goodness.

37:08Oh, my goodness.

37:10That's just fantastic.

37:13Oh, look at that.

37:16Brilliant.

37:17That's brilliant.

37:19Oh, wow.

37:20Look at my sculptures.

37:21Look at the horse.

37:23It's facing this way.

37:24I can't, no.

37:26I'm too emotional to talk, honestly.

37:28I have, I don't normally get emotional, so I do.

37:31But look at my sculptures.

37:33Hey.

37:34I think they love it.

37:36And I'm not surprised Chris has done such a good job on this.

37:40It's like being on a frame.

37:41Exactly.

37:42You framed it for me.

37:43You know, what else could I, what else could I want?

37:46I think Jesse the giraffe is all framed, which really looks good now.

37:50It's all about luring you out into the garden rather than being trapped on this.

37:53Trapped on here.

37:53That's it.

37:54That's what we were.

37:54That was your life.

37:55We were, yeah.

37:56You have now created a totally new world for us.

37:59I'm so pleased that they like the walkway as well, because, you know, did have a bit

38:04of a, a bit of a part in that one, so I'm pleased they love it.

38:07Now, why don't we have a walk down here then?

38:11Where Sue and Joe's small patio once led to nothing but a patch of grass, they can now

38:18walk to their modern sandstone patio through ornamental arches covered by climbers.

38:25Now, Sue, what do you think about these frames with your climbers going over?

38:29Absolutely amazing.

38:30Just what I wanted.

38:31Yeah.

38:32I can't wait for them to start growing up.

38:34Start trailing down.

38:35Yeah.

38:35It'll be amazing.

38:36It'll be very romantic.

38:37It will.

38:37They'll be beautiful.

38:38Yeah.

38:38Just amazing.

38:39And the owl.

38:40Do you like the owl down there?

38:41Olly Laurel's one of my favourite, but to see them down there, I think it looks better.

38:46That's good.

38:47And Amelia has worked very hard in this area of the garden, so she's been doing a lot of

38:51this gravel planting, which is really, really lovely, because we've got this catmint here with

38:54the beautiful flowers, great for wildlife, and when you brush plaster, it has

38:58a sort of minty set.

39:00Oh, wow.

39:00Which is lovely.

39:01And then we've got some feature ornamental pears along the back.

39:04Yeah.

39:05That'll be amazing when they start growing and spreading.

39:08Yeah.

39:08I'm glad Sue loves the plants.

39:10I think it's really cottagey and romantic, which, by the sounds of it, she's thrilled with.

39:15Now, I'd love to show you this beautiful topiary.

39:19Oh, my God.

39:20The previously unused centre of their garden is now a haven for wildlife, thanks to meadow

39:29turf, looked over by that topiary stag, a symbol of the newfound balance between sculptures

39:35and planting.

39:37A new friend.

39:40Yeah.

39:40That's my new best friend.

39:41Well, he's got a name, OK?

39:43OK.

39:43And I know you like naming your animals, so I'd like you to stick with this one.

39:46He's called Luigi.

39:47Luigi?

39:49Who's going to meet you, Luigi?

39:50Yeah.

39:51And he does have real deer antlers.

39:54Does he?

39:54Yeah.

39:55So they've been scavenged from the new forest.

39:58Oh, believable.

39:59Yeah?

39:59That's amazing.

40:00And with Luigi, I know you love polishing your sculptures and keeping them tidy, but maybe

40:05this, you know, this is the one bit of gardening that you can really get into, huh?

40:09Keeping this clipped.

40:10Yeah, that's what he's going to do.

40:11Thank you, kid, many, many, Jack.

40:13Yeah.

40:13But thanks very much for getting my job.

40:15Yeah, yeah.

40:16Yeah.

40:16But when this grows, it'll, yeah, it'll really look lovely.

40:21It will, yeah, yeah.

40:22This wildflower will grow up.

40:23So next year, this is going to root over now and through autumn, and then next year, this

40:28will grow up.

40:28So it'll be up around here.

40:29It'll be full of flowers and grasses, so it'll be moving a lot, and Luigi will look

40:34like he's just sat in the middle of it.

40:35Oh, that will look lovely.

40:36Oh, wow.

40:37That will be amazing.

40:37That is beautiful.

40:39I love that.

40:39Yeah.

40:40Joe is thrilled with the new sculpture, but you can tell he absolutely loves it.

40:45Why don't we have a little stroll through here and go and look at your new patio.

40:49Oh, yes.

40:51Frankie the horse was a lonesome figure in the top corner of the garden.

40:56Now, he faces Joe and Sue's large patio and pergola, with English country planting behind

41:05and the water feature flowing to the side.

41:09Why don't you ever sit down, like?

41:12You've earned it.

41:14Oh, you've never seen it from this angle before, the garden.

41:17It's a new aspect for you.

41:19We always normally sit over just at the patio doors.

41:22We never.

41:22What a difference.

41:23And all the flowers round about, this is it.

41:26And then, I'm next to the big Frankie.

41:28What else could I wish for life?

41:30What else could I want?

41:31Yeah.

41:32What is nice is we can see his face.

41:35We only saw his bum.

41:36Yeah.

41:37That's true.

41:38It's lovely from the house.

41:39You walk out and he's right there, isn't it?

41:41We can see him virtually.

41:43We can get close to him, really, because we were never ever close.

41:45We were miles away.

41:46Do you know what I really like about him, actually, is that his tail, it moves in the wind, doesn't

41:51it?

41:51Yes.

41:51It swivels in the wind.

41:53Matches the grasses.

41:53It's quite nice.

41:54Well done, Chris.

41:55You have absolutely smashed it.

41:57It's 10 out of 10.

41:58They really love it.

41:59So, obviously, I didn't build this garden all on my own.

42:02There's a great team.

42:03And Amelia, as well, put a real shift in today.

42:06So, come on, Amelia.

42:09Hi, Sue and Joe.

42:10Hi, Luma.

42:12Thank you very much.

42:13Oh, you're very welcome.

42:14Amazing.

42:15Yeah, yeah, yeah.

42:15Amazing.

42:16Do you love your new garden?

42:17Absolutely love it.

42:18Yeah.

42:18Absolutely.

42:19Your plants and what you've done, again, has just been pitch perfect for us.

42:23You know, where they are and walking in and seeing them.

42:26Yeah.

42:27It'll look amazing going forward.

42:28And it's really all set the sculptures off beautifully as well.

42:31It has.

42:32I think planting sort of brought them to life, hasn't it?

42:34Yeah.

42:34I can't believe it.

42:35Yeah.

42:35I'll be spending more time in the garden than, you know.

42:38Yeah.

42:38You can definitely like that.

42:39Doing a little bit of maintenance on the earth there.

42:41Oh, I've got it.

42:41Yes.

42:42Yes.

42:42Yep.

42:43That's a job for me now.

42:45I don't know how I'm going to do gardening, but that'll be part of my task.

42:49Your repertoire now.

42:49Yeah.

42:50Yes.

42:50But no, it's just, it's took us down at another level.

42:55It's just like, wow.

42:56Wow.

42:57What a difference this has been.

42:58Amazing.

42:59It's changed, it'll change your life.

43:08We're really, really happy.

43:11Absolutely over the moon with it.

43:12We couldn't, we couldn't be more happy with their outcome.

43:15Honestly, could we?

43:16No.

43:16We're overwhelmed.

43:29We're feeling happy with it.

43:49We're feeling alive.

43:50Okay.

43:50We're feeling like, oh, yeah.

43:53We're feeling like, oh, yeah.

43:53Again, there's no way.

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