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BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Sensational Summer Borders with Daniel Hale

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Immediate Media

Nature, Home & Garden, Leisure, Science

4.6607 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Nothing shouts summer in the garden more than beautiful colourful borders. Daniel Hale, Head Gardener at Brodworth Hall and Gardens, gives advice for how to create sensational summer borders. With plants that provide flowers all summer long, add height to the border, are wildlife friendly and have the ‘wow’ factor too, there’s plenty of inspiration for that ‘summer kiss’ border this year and for future years too.Brodsworth’s borders have been restored to their Victorian grandeur and include topiary, ferns and over 100 varieties of roses. Brodsworth is also part of our 2 for 1 Gardens Guide, which is on sale now – pick up a copy and enjoy 2for1 entry to over 400 gardens, including Brodsworth, packed full of inspiration for your garden. Buy in stores or online: https://bit.ly/3wgR9mV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:39.4

Hello and welcome to the BBC Gardner's World magazine podcast, brought to you by the team here at the magazine.

0:46.8

Join us as we chat all things gardening with the nation's favourite experts.

0:55.2

Do you want your garden to look sensational this summer and learn how to take your borders

1:00.2

from dull to dazzling?

1:02.3

Hello, I'm Claire Venice, content creator at Gardner's World magazine, and I'm here with

1:07.1

Daniel Hale, head gardener at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens in Doncaster.

1:12.3

Brodsworth boasts colourful borders which have been restored to their Victorian grandeur,

1:17.1

as well as topery, ferns and over 100 varieties of roses.

1:22.6

Brodsworth is also part of our two-for-one gardens guide, which is on sale now. Pick up a copy and you can

1:29.4

enjoy two-for-one entry to over 400 gardens, including Brodsworth, which are packed full of

1:35.6

inspiration for your garden. Dan, it's lovely to have you join us. Thank you very much.

1:41.7

Now, Brodsworth has plenty of gardening inspiration, particularly for

1:47.4

beautiful summer borders. Can you explain a bit more about the garden, please? So the garden's predominantly

1:53.0

based on its 1860s design, so it's Victorian in style. The Tellison family inherited the estate

2:00.2

in 1860s, of which they inherited the Georgian

2:03.7

house and landscape. They decided to pull down the Georgian house, build a new modern Victorian

2:11.0

Osborne in style hall that you see now, and then recreate a series of what we call garden

2:17.4

rooms in miniature.

2:19.1

So you've got every kind of key Victorian garden aspect from huge bedding, rose garden,

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