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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 Headlum 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 two of our designers

00:34will go head-to-head pick me and let them do this the garden we're gonna go with is and whichever

00:47designer loses the race is on helps the winner build the garden good idea did you get that on

00:53camera they said good idea Charlie amazing turning garden dreams open your eyes well into reality

01:03today the team are taking on a garden that's seen better days in Luton I'm Lewis I'm Dorian and this

01:22is Nyla we've lived in this house for about eight months family started to expand or continued to

01:29expand and we just felt we needed more space very much a dream home very much a forever home for us

01:35it's got a lot of things that we can do to it and the garden is huge lots of space for the kids this

01:41is our garden at the moment bits are quite overgrown it's a little bit wild before they moved in Lois

01:49in Dorian's garden had been left unkempt for years it feels quite disorganized a bit chaotic and not

01:57functional they have a half acre plot made of separate areas including a now overgrown formal

02:04lawn and an allotment space with an old greenhouse and established trees the garden no longer reflects

02:11its famous past life it was celebrated on gardeners world along with previous owner Dana Johnson it's

02:19thirsty and hungry like my family this garden has a huge kind of history the previous owner Dana had

02:28won southeast gardener of the year we've seen videos and we've seen pictures of it in its heyday and it

02:32was absolutely meticulous like the grass looked like carpet everything was just picture perfect so it's a

02:39real puzzle and I don't really know where to start with it so I find it daunting I wouldn't call it

02:44daunting I think it's inspirational I think just recognizing what it was so these are our three

02:53apple trees which look like about five or six because they're so massively overgrown and they've

02:58grown up they've grown out they've grown down they're not on this side so these used to be like a lot

03:06there's a lot of fruit and vegetable growing here but as you can see everything's just massively overgrown at the moment

03:11there's these metal bits that are kind of really sharp and sticking out and they're really like unsafe so I worry about the

03:18kids kind of coming into this area and playing

03:21it's going through to the next section

03:27so this is our greenhouse and we've repaired the glass but we're still not using it it's still

03:35not perfectly functional the gutters a bit broken and inside as you can see there's not much there

03:41there's Lois and Dorian and their little kiddies so that's the garden whoa it's quite big actually

03:57isn't it yeah it's got a lovely layout to it I can't believe it was featured on gardeners world in the 80s I was still at school then I wasn't even born I am going off you it's not gardeners world ready now is it

04:09I mean it's been a long time since it's been touched and I think it could look beautiful so there's some lovely fruit trees

04:16yeah there are some nice trees but look at the rest of it the fence is falling down the greenhouse is smashed I mean it needs a lot of love

04:23a lot of TLC I have to say

04:26right let's see what Lois and Dorian want then yeah let's find out

04:31so what we'd love from this garden is to restore it to its former glory and just honor what was once here

04:38I'm so pleased that they don't want modern clean cut because I was thinking what do you do with that space

04:44yeah there's a lot going on in that garden and a lot of existing trees to work with so that would be difficult

04:48yeah but make it eco-friendly and child-friendly family friendly as well

04:52I think it's really important to try and get the sort of allotment area to show the kids you know where food comes from

05:00oh well that's nice all veg and fruit I think it's important that you know the kids learn about ecosystem

05:07and so that the plants attract pollinators to help pollinate the plants and make the fruits grow

05:14exactly and what I really love is that it's all about teaching the kids where their food comes from

05:18yeah fantastic one other thing that I would really love in this space is a place to relax

05:23something that also fits with the wider garden so what's the budget

05:28I'm not going to like this Charlie it's really tight it's only 4k

05:32£4,000 it's a big garden and there's a lot to do

05:36I think it's all about focusing those pennies in the right areas so we can deliver the food to teach the kids where it's come from

05:42a nice seating area and then work with that existing garden

05:45to get the most for their £4,000 budget Charlie and Chris will be focusing their design on the old allotment area in Dorian and Lois's garden

06:02the couple must pick the one they prefer and the losing designer must help the winner build it

06:08along with an expert team of landscapers who provide their labour for free

06:14which leaves the full budget for materials

06:20back in Luton Lois and Dorian have received the designers pitches

06:27what a fantastic garden you've got I can see why you want to renovate it

06:36faded glory but I want to rejuvenate it and give you a space that's great for the family

06:42great for wildlife and also produces lots of yummy things

06:47I like the sound of that

06:48me too

06:50we want to restore this garden to its former glory

06:53but you're also a family you have young children and you need a space where you can all come together

06:59yes

07:00I want to do this patio area here as well to pick up some of the paving and mix it up with some reclaimed slabs

07:09and maybe some bricks and some stone and then we've got this simple pergola that runs up and over the paving

07:16that frames a view down the garden for growing climbers got grapevine where you can use the leaves you can use the fruit

07:25that's a good idea

07:27Charlie's design encloses the family with a pergola climbing plants and patio in the centre of the new allotment space

07:35whilst Chris has created a different central point

07:39now this is going to be the main family social space

07:42and I'm going to do that by reclaiming what was a former bed

07:46but it's now going to become paving with gravel around the edges

07:49and these beautiful round posts with rope swags hanging between them which will be great for climbers

07:54really nice idea

07:55yeah never seen that before

07:57this is where we go from the social zone into the more productive zone

08:01this part here I think is going to be really fun for the kids

08:05I wanted to give them their very own raised beds

08:07but I wanted to make them a vertical growing archway

08:11where they can have beans and gourds and squashes growing up over this

08:15and what's great about it is that you can actually walk around them

08:19but you can also walk underneath it and see the plants growing overhead

08:22I think it's a really cool design idea

08:24well the kids would love to see that

08:26and I wanted to create an area that's a bit magical for the children

08:31so we got this raised bed here sleeper high

08:34and we're going to mound the soil up

08:37and create these two seating areas with these sections of tree trunks as a pathway through

08:44oh that's quite interesting

08:45yeah I think the kids will love like jumping and leaping on those logs

08:49we're going to have a seat made from recycled materials

08:54bug hotel

08:56and then we've got meadow

08:59so when you're sat on the bench you'll be surrounded by all these meadow plants and flowers

09:04but also a great space for your children to plant some bulbs and get involved with gardening

09:11that will be very cool

09:13making their new patch a perfect place for the children is important to Lois and Dorian

09:18as is bringing the old greenhouse back to life

09:23further down to the end of the garden

09:25I know it was really important for you to get that greenhouse back up and running

09:29what I'd like to do is get you some new things in there

09:32so you can actually start growing again

09:34get you growing vertically as well

09:36but I've got a few sneaky ideas for that so leave it with me

09:39I wonder what that's going to be

09:41and what I want to do is revamp that greenhouse

09:45a great space for growing things bringing on seedlings

09:49and also for growing things that might need a little bit more heat and protection

09:54at the beginning of the year

09:56so if you want to grow sweet potatoes and chilli plants and tomatoes

10:00then they'll need that protection to get them going

10:03that would be great

10:04that would be great

10:05definitely

10:06I think this is going to be a huge transformation for this space

10:09and I think it's going to be something you'll really enjoy together as a family

10:12I'd love to see this one built

10:14wow

10:16lots of things to think about

10:18definitely

10:19yeah really cool design

10:20not what I could have imagined or pictured at all

10:22so I'm hoping you like my design

10:24there's a little bit of everything for everyone

10:27lots of recycling

10:29lots of fruit and veg

10:31but also a nice place to explore and sit out as a family

10:36wow that's amazing

10:38that's quite a good one

10:39they're so different

10:40yeah it's going to be tough to choose between them

10:43Dorian, Lois and Nyla must now decide on their favourite design

10:52so I really love both of the designs actually

10:54yeah they're both really nice

10:55but I'll start with Charlie's design

10:57I mean what I really love is just the different heights

11:00and how she's played with the landscape

11:02yeah I like the idea of you know

11:04the kid zone

11:05the mixed space, the kid zone

11:07I love the bug hotel

11:08I think the kids will really enjoy that

11:09Chris's design is really great

11:11I love the nice open social space area that he's put in there

11:15and the vertical growing area

11:17just outside the greenhouse

11:19I really like this plateau area

11:20so Nyla

11:21can you see all the trees?

11:22wow

11:23what do you like here?

11:24do you like all the trees?

11:25I don't know

11:28they're just both so different

11:29yeah they both smashed the brief

11:30yeah

11:37right

11:38Lois and Dorian have come back to us

11:40with a result

11:41shall we see who's won it then?

11:42go on

11:44hi Chris

11:45hi Charlie

11:46first of all thank you both so much for such a great design

11:49I'll start with Chris's design

11:51you know I really loved your ideas about the social space

11:54and how you'd make that sort of work for our family

11:56and Charlie what we loved about your design was this idea of using reclaimed materials to add texture and variation to the flooring

12:02well we had to use reclaimed materials to make the budget go further

12:08we liked a bit of that

12:09yeah

12:10we had a really difficult decision

12:11both designs were absolutely fantastic and they really considered kind of both of what we wanted of needs as a family

12:17but on balance we decided to go with

12:19ooh

12:20who is it?

12:21who is it?

12:22Charlie

12:26oh

12:27yes

12:28we really like the openness and the flow and that we can kind of just walk through and navigate really easily through the garden

12:33so overall we were really really happy with this design

12:36Chris

12:37oh my

12:38there we go Charlie

12:39I think we've got a bit of a challenge on here

12:41yeah

12:42I definitely need your help because it's going to be a slog

12:46yeah

12:51with just two days to rescue the forgotten allotment part of Lois and Dorian's garden

12:56project manager Ben and an elite team of landscapers are en route to Luton

13:02we have a bit of a wilderness here

13:08we've got to strip it all back and we've got to create this garden for Lois and Dorian

13:13first thing we need to do

13:15let's get the digger in

13:17hopefully it goes through the archway

13:18we're going to strip back from the greenhouse

13:21work backwards

13:22get everything in the skip

13:23and then we start putting Charlie's plan to action

13:27so let's crack on with it yeah?

13:29let's get it done

13:30using a micro digger ideal for tight access

13:35bottom track

13:37bottom track

13:38right

13:39come around

13:40how excited

13:42how excited

13:43Andy's first job is to clear a weed ridden top layer of turf in the old allotment area

13:49so Andy's now starting to clear the area

13:52we're trying to keep as much as we can

13:54so we can reuse it and still keep it in the garden

13:57the soil once we sit through it it will be reused as a soil is beautiful

14:04the team is striving to recycle as much as they can

14:10these paths running through the gardens are all

14:17these paths running through the gardens are all coming up

14:21and I've pulled them up and it's beautiful old gritstone

14:25quite a soft rock, quite a porous rock

14:28you can cut it well, you can carve it well

14:31and it looks beautiful

14:34so definitely use those

14:36Charlie's design for this space puts reclaimed materials front and centre

14:41from buried paving to disregarded wood

14:45you've got some lovely stuff here Ben, where you had all this from?

14:48beautiful, yeah

14:50locally to me, I have a saw mills

14:52you get all these beautiful offcuts

14:54they can't sell them

14:55but they're perfect for Charlie's garden

14:57here

14:58and it comes with its own wildlife

14:59it does, yeah

15:00Bug Hotel fitted already

15:02here we go

15:03last one

15:05amazing, thank you

15:06the offcuts will be used to encourage wildlife to areas of the garden

15:11while Lee's got more woodwork to create

15:14in the form of framing for a raised patio close to the garden entrance

15:22Lee's cutting the sleepers so we create the right angles

15:25we have Andy putting the membrane down

15:27so we can create the base ready for the paving to go in

15:31once the sleepers are placed and fixed

15:34the team put a membrane in and whack the gravel ready for a new patio

15:41look at these Lee

15:43you had to the floor all right, didn't you?

15:47it's terrible mate, it's just easy

15:49amazing

15:50Lee focuses on the woodwork for the raised beds

15:53that'll be positioned in front of the greenhouse

15:56how are you getting off?

15:57well, it's coming together now

15:58last one of the ones for down the bottom of the garden

16:01so we'll get these in

16:02then we can concentrate on this

16:05framework that we've got to build over

16:06the arch, yeah

16:07we're nearly ready for you in there if that's okay

16:09yeah, yeah, ten minutes mate and I'll be done

16:11before the framework can be placed

16:13the patio needs putting down

16:15so if you're paving up to timber

16:26never pave right up to it so it's touching

16:29because timber can swell in the winter

16:32shrink in the summer

16:33so it will move your slabs

16:35so leave a ten mil gap

16:38and it allows it to move

16:44using a mix of stones to create texture in this family space

16:48a pergola will sit across the paving to house climbers and planting

16:55right, so this is the beginning of the archway we're putting in

16:58so I'll get this in place

17:00so at least I'm going to hold Andy up when he comes to start cutting round it

17:07bang on, eh?

17:10just going to screw it to the sleepers

17:15then I'll put some concrete in the hole and get it firmed in properly

17:20with the patio, pergola posts and raised beds ready

17:24today has been hot and hard work for the landscapers

17:28hopefully they'll have cooled down by the time Charlie and Chris arrive in the morning

17:38well Chris, this one's going to be a bit different for us

17:41I think it's going to be very different for us Charlie

17:44this garden really, really has grown

17:45yes, so we're going to be trying to just create a little oasis

17:50a little patio with all these mature plants round it

17:53a little space

17:55and then Lois and Dorian can slowly progress with the rest of the garden

17:59well it sounds lovely but sometimes all those mature plants

18:02you say that now

18:04there's a challenge, love

18:06challenge, love

18:10I said it was going to be a challenge

18:11wow, I mean this must have been an absolutely beautiful garden

18:16but the guys have done an amazing job

18:18from what it was it was so forgotten about wasn't it

18:21it was, yeah

18:23and I mean reusing all those materials which is great

18:26we love that

18:28lots of work to do so I'd love you to get on the pergola

18:31and I'm going to go and check out the wildlife zone

18:34and the veg

18:35ok, alright, I'll have a think about the pergola

18:38good luck

18:40now when you move into a new house

18:43and it's all overgrown

18:44people panic and think

18:46just get a digger in and rip everything out

18:48don't do that

18:50live with the garden for at least a year

18:53and ok maybe prune things back a bit

18:55and do a bit of weeding

18:57but you'll discover things in the garden

18:59some terrible things

19:01perennial weeds

19:02to get on top of that

19:04it's going to be digging out the weeds

19:06maybe put carpet over the top

19:08to suppress the weeds and leave it for a good year

19:10and it'll get rid of those perennial weeds

19:12but on the flip side

19:14you're going to discover wonderful things

19:16like these lovely mature apple trees

19:18we've got jasmine and a clematis

19:21and then we've got sicilian honey garlic here

19:24which is a bulb

19:26so if you've got a digger in just scraped all the soil off

19:28you don't know whether there's bulbs in there or not

19:30because they might not be in growth

19:33so live with the garden

19:35mark things and then also living with the garden

19:37you discover how you actually use the garden

19:40Charlie's design combines new ideas with old materials

19:44and mature plants

19:46Charlie's taking on the apple tree pruning

19:49so when you come to pruning things and cutting things back

19:52cut to a joint just above the joint

19:56and it cuts through nice and easily

19:57if you've got bits of wood that are thicker

20:01so this sort of thickness

20:03you would use loppers

20:05so that you can cut them off easily

20:08like that

20:10oh sorry

20:12no I'm alright

20:14below the newly pruned apple tree

20:19Andy's worked out a design to bring new life to the thick stones unearthed yesterday

20:26this is looking beautiful

20:28we're getting there aren't we

20:30and this is all from the path still

20:32these are all bits what I pulled out of this old path

20:34yeah

20:35beautiful

20:36this one next

20:37yeah

20:38I think if you paint them up

20:39I'll get some cement in

20:43Chris is helping Lee with a pergola roof

20:46designed to encourage climbers

20:49now Lee has made this beautiful chunky pergola for Charlie

20:53to go over the seating area

20:55and what I really like about it is because it's getting nestled into all this mature planting

20:59it looks like something that is meant to be there and it's been there for a long time

21:03but now we've got the challenge

21:05of lifting this beast up don't we

21:07yeah

21:09watch out here we go

21:11you ready?

21:13the long and chunky roof will also create dappled sunlight across the centre of the patio

21:18I actually can't see from here can you see that Lee?

21:24it's only just about bang on

21:32beautiful

21:34I can do me monkey bars on it

21:37will you tell me off?

21:38I'll tell you off

21:39I'll have a mad dad moment

21:41with the pergola roof in place there is more wood work that needs installing

21:48the team move on to the frames for raised beds

21:52that Charlie wants placed in front of Lois and Dorian's greenhouse

21:56ok and obviously we're going to want to level these up

21:59yeah level this one up

22:01now what I'm thinking now

22:02so if that's there

22:03so that's going to be the raised bed

22:05then we've got the path

22:06then we've got to get the other one in

22:08up there

22:09then we're going to have a screen across here

22:12to screen that

22:13grow runner beans up it or whatever

22:14lovely

22:15and then depending on height we could put a piece of timber across there and it would be a nice little

22:20bench

22:21it would be perfect

22:22it would be the right height

22:24Charlie's design keeps Lois and Dorian's children in mind

22:27with another seating area by the raised patio

22:30so Lee's back at his workbench ready to create two bespoke seats

22:37so what are you thinking then?

22:38I'm thinking

22:40making two

22:42little seats

22:43so cute

22:44using them like that

22:45different sizes

22:46cool and we could set them at different heights

22:48yeah because the kids are at different ages

22:49different heights

22:50yeah

22:51so a low one and a high one

22:52yeah

23:00Lee is crafting square seats from reclaimed offcuts

23:04using long timber planks as backrests

23:06Charlie's unique seating area will create an inspiring space for Lois and Dorian's three children

23:19now this is my turn to get a little bit artistic

23:23I'm going to use these gorgeous bits of gnarly logs

23:27to act as a collar around some plants

23:30and it will just stop the meadow turf from swamping the plants

23:35and it just looks arty

23:36and of course it's great for bugs and things

23:39because you've got this old rotten wood in the centre

23:45these wood offcuts create a rustic path

23:52does that look sort of levelish Todd?

23:54good

24:00woo!

24:01that's posh

24:03that's lovely

24:05so that's the one

24:06that's the job

24:16now we're at quite a fun bit of this section of the garden

24:19it's time to get the slats on

24:21and the whole idea with these

24:22is that it's just going to screen the greenhouse behind

24:25because this is more of a working end of the garden

24:27whereas this is more about ornamentals of fun

24:30and a beautiful space for the family to enjoy

24:33and this is something that's really easy for anybody to replicate at home

24:37because all it is a couple of posts

24:40some nice plain rounded off pattern

24:43and then we're going to repeat them all the way up the posts

24:45and just use a little spacer as we go

24:47so this is something that anybody can do

24:48right come on then Menti let's start getting these in

24:52looking good looking good

25:05looking good

25:11so this area is coming together now

25:13so this is all about wildlife and insects

25:18so we're going to have meadow turf

25:20which is going to be great because you get lots of different butterflies

25:23and moths and things like that

25:25which will then also help with the pollination

25:28and bees the pollination of the veg

25:30but great for the children

25:32so seats over there

25:34I'm putting in this basically this big bucket

25:37which is going to be a big bird bath

25:39and then this is going to be a bird table

25:41so we found this bit of metal

25:44I think it's cast iron, it's very heavy

25:46but I want it so I get Lee to cut me a hole in there

25:49because I want it so that they can lift it off

25:51and scrub it down occasionally

25:53that way there's less chance of disease spreading between the birds

25:56right

25:59woohoo

26:09to bring the screen and raised bed area together in the growing space

26:14Chris needs to create a bench seat

26:16so I'm just measuring up and cutting two short bits of sleeper

26:21that I'm going to use to form the bench that goes just under the screen I've just built

26:24and this again is really simple construction to be honest

26:29but it's going to give you a really solid chunky bench that's going to last a long time

26:34so I'll get these cut and I'll get them in

26:36Chris can install them in the growing space that sold Charlie's design to Lois and Dorian

26:44for me the thing I'm looking forward to the most is just growing fresh produce

26:49and being able to not have to buy certain things from the supermarket and actually peel it wash it cook it

26:55and yeah I'm looking forward to that a lot

26:57I'm really looking forward to the section for the kids they can enjoy it and you know have their own little growing space

27:05Right I'm going to create a bug hotel underneath the seat

27:12that's ideal because the top of the seat keeps the hotel dry and what you're trying to do is create little gaps and areas for insects to overwinter lay eggs so that they're insulated and protected from birds from eating them and you can use all sorts of materials so I've got some bits of wood these are shingles so you can just use all sorts of materials and you can use all sorts of materials so I've got some bits of wood these are shingles

27:23so you can just stack those I've got some coir so I'm going to cut that up into strips and put between so you're just creating layers you can slice up canes into all sorts

27:44You ever wander around the garden like a teddy bear?

28:06Do you like a teddy bear?

28:13Chris is laying meadow turf to encourage more insects and wildlife into the garden and Charlie plans to introduce colourful flowers as well as fruit and veg throughout

28:24Wow! I knew you knew where it was

28:27Look at that!

28:28Look at these marigolds!

28:31Companion planting for the vegetables!

28:34Exactly!

28:35I mean I know it's a veggie garden but you have taken this to the next level!

28:39What have we got?

28:40Oh sweet!

28:41Oh sugar snap peas!

28:42Sugar snaps!

28:43We've got carrots!

28:44You know being a carrot top I've got to have carrots haven't I?

28:47This is a...

28:48Oh and then I thought I'd plant some strawberries in the wildlife area because the birds will like them but also the children will like eating them won't they?

28:57Yeah

28:58Yeah!

28:59Love this!

29:06In a not too daunting nod to the former glory of this garden Charlie wants to bring vegetables to two raised beds

29:13Now veg beds!

29:17So apart from sort of edible plants and that I've got fun plants for the children so we've got some pumpkins which of course they climb so they'll scrabble up over this trellis

29:27We've got some beans that are dark colour beans like almost black so we've got lots of different things that the kids will like to grow as well

29:37And that's just really a case of arranging them and don't forget there are some things like the chives

29:44Not only can you eat the leaves but you can eat the flowers as well and they taste of chives

29:50So that's a good one and we've got some nasturtiums

29:53You can eat the leaves, you can eat the flowers and you can eat the seeds

29:57And of course they're a really great plant for children to grow because they sell seed, they're a hardy annual and they'll come up year after year

30:05You've just got to look out for the very distinctive leaves so when you see the leaf come up like that you know it's nasturtium

30:15Tropiolum, tropiolum nasturtium?

30:18Tropiolum? I thought that was a place in Italy

30:20I thought the name comes from the shield that the gladiators used to hold because they were round weren't they?

30:27See, I knew I was on the right path with the Italy reference

30:30Yummy

30:32Peppery

30:33Peppery watercrest

30:41Chris meanwhile is planning the best way to introduce produce to the forgotten greenhouse

30:46That Lois and Dorian want brought back to life

30:51The greenhouse for me is where all the magic comes together because this is where you can experiment with your plants

30:58And start to grow stuff that might be a little bit more tender, a bit more unusual or even a bit risky

31:04Now the easy way to get started in a greenhouse

31:08Everybody knows about them is grow bags

31:11What's good about them is that you can just buy them from the shop, chuck them on the floor of the greenhouse

31:15And do exactly what I'm doing here, cut a slit in and plant some plants in

31:21And then something else you can do if you're going to grow tomatoes

31:25You can either get them quite small, plant them in the grow bag and let them grow up from there

31:31But sometimes what you can do is grow your tomato in a bigger pot

31:35Cut the bottom off like this and then plant that into your grow bag

31:40So it's going to get that extra root space, all the nutrients from the grow bag

31:44And then you'll have loads of delicious tomatoes

31:47And the other good thing about tomatoes is when you walk into a greenhouse

31:50And you've got all these tall tomato plants, you get that amazing smell

31:54And a very hot ripe tomato is the best kind of tomato

31:58I've promised Dorian and Lois a grapevine

32:16In actual fact, I've given them three grapevines

32:20So you can now buy at garden centres a pot of grapevines

32:24There's three different ones in there

32:26There's a green grape, a red grape and a black grape

32:31Now I'm just tying it in but I have to say once they get going

32:34You don't need to because they have these tendrils that self-twine

32:39So you might need to sort of tie the odd branch in

32:42But needless to say, grapevines, they like a nice sunny spot

32:46Which is absolutely ideal here

32:48But it'll just give some dappled shade over the patio

32:53And it sort of just says that

32:55Oh, look at that, I feel like I'm on holiday because of the grapevine

32:59One of my favourite things to grow in a greenhouse is chillies

33:12But what's great is they need this warmer climate

33:15And in this greenhouse it's in the perfect location

33:18Because it gets the morning sun there

33:20There's a tree casting a bit of shade at midday

33:22And then you get the evening sun

33:23So they are going to love it in here

33:25And the kids can also grow other fun plants

33:28Like big squashes that will grow up and hang over

33:31And even melons

33:32And because we're a little bit further south down here

33:34And we're getting some really good sun

33:36You might just get a nice big ripe melon in this greenhouse

33:40But further up north might be a little more difficult

33:43Oh, we've just made a very simple straightforward arch

33:58Out of some hazel branches

34:00The good thing about hazel branches is they won't root down

34:04If you use willow you've then got a very big willow tree

34:07Because it will root down

34:08But hazels are often used for growing beans, up runner beans

34:12But I am going to be planting this honeysuckle

34:16This one's Lannistera Henry

34:19Of course it will scrabble up these hazel poles

34:23But also up into the tree

34:25And you'll have that gorgeous scent that will waft over

34:27So it flowers from about June time through until August

34:32Great for the insects

34:35And I'm just planting it in this

34:36It just makes it look very mature

34:38The other thing I'm going to plant in this area

34:41There's a few fruit bushes

34:43So when the children are sat here in the sunshine

34:45They can just pluck a few berries off while they're sat

34:49Watching time go by

34:51It does look nice, doesn't it?

35:04Ah!

35:05Ah!

35:06Ah!

35:07Ah!

35:08Oh!

35:09Ah!

35:10That could be nice in that gap by the pergola

35:23Legs to the pergola

35:25Yes!

35:26Spilling out

35:27Spilling out

35:28Yeah, yeah

35:29Great idea

35:31Now this is hydrangea paniculata pink lady

35:46And I love paniculata hydrangeas because you get these big panicle shaped flowers

35:52That's when they go in this big cone

35:54And the best thing about hydrangeas is that you can get a hydrangea for every spot in the garden

36:01So just because you've got one type don't think, oh no I shouldn't have any more hydrangeas

36:05I think you should get more

36:07Because you can have hydrangeas for shade, hydrangeas for a sunnier spot, hydrangeas that are big leaved and furry

36:14You can get hydrangeas for everywhere

36:24With plants and fresh produce in place

36:28The raised patio, beds and pergola are settled

36:32And Charlie has created a bird bath to encourage more wildlife

36:36The team have worked hard to bring this forgotten garden back to life in just two days

36:48Just testing out your seat

36:49You look very comfy there

36:51It's lovely, nice back to it

36:53I know, it's good isn't it?

36:54You know, we were a bit daunted by all this maturity weren't we

36:57But actually I think that now is what makes the garden as well

37:00Yeah, yeah, it just finishes it off

37:02And they're going to have so many vegetables

37:04Hello, look at this

37:05I know, look at this

37:06Slightly over planted but hey ho

37:08It's fun, it's experimenting

37:10Yeah

37:11You know

37:12And then they'll be in there with the kids growing cucumbers and melons

37:16Chilis, melons

37:18Melons, oh yeah

37:19Got melons

37:20Lots of different things

37:21Yeah

37:22Yeah

37:23Do you think it's time to go and get them?

37:24I think so

37:25Come on

37:26Come on

37:27Oh

37:28When the team arrived, this once award winning allotment hosted nothing but bare grass, weeds and mature trees that were well past their prime

37:41But with a £4,000 budget it's been transformed into a modern, family friendly space with new features and nods to its former glory

37:56And just going to get you here

37:59What will Lois and Dorian think of their new garden?

38:03Lois, Dorian you inherited a beautiful garden with lots and lots of mature plants

38:11You want your children to learn about wildlife, grow vegetables and have a space that you can use as a family

38:19Do you want to open your eyes?

38:22Oh my gosh

38:24Wow

38:26This is amazing

38:27Yeah

38:28I love this

38:29I've done a fantastic job

38:31I like this little sun sunflower

38:34We actually dug that up

38:36Oh really?

38:37So it's an old circular patio

38:40This is beautiful

38:42I'm so glad they noticed all the bits of paving because it's tying the new garden in with the history of the old

38:48So we've added a bit more height to the garden with this pergola

38:52So yeah, so that would give you a little bit of interest in shade

38:55We've got grape vine

38:56So it's because the kids love grapes

38:58Oh well that's good then

39:00It's crazy

39:02Shall we wander down to the produce here?

39:05Yes please, I just love this

39:07Yeah? Can you see yourself sat out here as a family?

39:10That's the excitement

39:12Where Lois and Dorian's greenhouse was once rubble strewn and barren

39:23It's now ready for growing produce for the entire family

39:28So Chris has been busy on the greenhouse

39:33Wow

39:34That is so cool

39:35That is a transformation

39:36Yeah, so it's tidy

39:37We've got some tomatoes in there

39:39We've got a chilli plant

39:41We've got some cucumbers

39:43And there's a watermelon as well

39:45Ooh!

39:46So you're going to be using that?

39:49100%

39:50I need that watermelon

39:51You need the watermelon?

39:52I need that watermelon

39:53And the chillies

39:54And yeah

39:55Chillies

39:56I am very much looking forward to all the produce I'm going to have

39:57Yeah

39:58Right, so wander up to the next bit of produce

40:01Even this looks amazing

40:06The area in front of the greenhouse was a waste of land

40:11Overrun by invasive weeds and grass

40:15It's now a screen seating area

40:18With various produce planted in two raised beds

40:21Surrounding a bench built from sleepers

40:24Giving you a nice little bench seat to sit on

40:27Screened off the greenhouse which will also shade it

40:31We've got peas, we've got pumpkins, courgettes, lettuce, parsley

40:37All of that

40:38All of that

40:39But each year you can change

40:40And you can grow from seeds so you can grow what you want

40:43Absolutely

40:44This is just incredible

40:46This is going to give them such an opportunity to grow together as a family

40:50And then we get to the children's area

40:53Come and have a look

40:54I don't know if it's going to be the kids' area anymore

40:56I did wonder about that

40:59The area at the entrance to the old garden that was an uneven and bare patch of grass

41:05Is now a child-friendly wildlife zone

41:08With a gnarly wood path, bespoke seats with bug hotels underneath

41:13And wild meadow turf to attract pollinators and fascinate the children

41:18So much character

41:19When you've got vegetables and that

41:21Having wildlife and you attract butterflies and bees and everything like that

41:25It helps with the pollination

41:27This is very magical

41:28I just...

41:29I can't believe you've done this

41:31It's just incredible that you can create this with just your hands

41:34Like it's just...

41:35It's incredible isn't it?

41:36Yes

41:37So Lee has been really busy making these bespoke seats for the children

41:41We love them

41:42Kids?

41:43Us?

41:44I don't know

41:45And I was saying

41:46I think mum and dad are going to be bagsy in those

41:48And send the children down there to play

41:50Get them to a little plastic chair to put them on the side

41:53And the bug hotel underneath the seat

41:57Do you know what's incredible?

41:59I just love especially those strawberries that they almost seem to be growing out of the crack

42:02Do you think it was worth it?

42:04100%

42:05Okay, yes

42:06I have like...

42:07It's just...

42:08It's just incredible what you've managed to achieve in such a short period of time

42:11I have to say it wasn't just me

42:13It's the landscapers

42:14And Chris!

42:15I've got to clap for you

42:17And the team

42:19This is a team clap

42:20I don't usually give them this

42:21It's just phenomenal

42:22Thank you both so, so much

42:24The kids are just going to be so excited

42:26I cannot wait to see their reactions

42:27So, shall we get them out then?

42:29Here they come

42:32Mummy, are those monkey bars?

42:35The team have worked hard to create a creative and productive family space in Luton

42:41What can you see over there?

42:43Lois, Dorian and the children now have the perfect spot to grow, play and be inspired by

42:49When I opened my eyes, I just couldn't believe the transformation

42:53Like, it's really incredible how they, you know, just kept, you know, a lot of the original character of the garden

43:01And kind of blended new elements and weaved it into it

43:04Seeing it in real life and kind of walking around and breathing it and living it

43:08It's just absolutely amazing

43:09So for me, it wins all the awards

43:10So for me, it wins all the awards

43:11Thank you

43:13Thanks

43:15Thank you

43:17Sous-titrage PAUL

Garden Rescue - Season 10 Episode 19 - Luton

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