This program provides a wealth of ideas for the successful growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables to add interest and color to the garden, patio, and courtyard. It also explores the advantages of using indoor and outdoor containers such as pots, baskets, tubs, and window boxes, and helps you choose which is the best for your garden as well as practical advice on planting your own container, complete with tips on arrangement, compost and watering. Thanks to an excellent climate, the Caribbean is bursting with gardens of exuberant color. This video features sumptuous scenery from Trinidad, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Martinique. Enjoy interludes with some delightfully uninhibited characters and relax and sample the next best thing to being there.
Many plants have colorful histories, but none more so than herbs.
They have been used in dyes by early man, in Chinese and traditional medicine and of course in perfumes and cooking. Herbs can also be cultivated just for their beauty and scent, and there are varieties suitable for growing in almost any space. Jekka McVicar s enthusiasm for her chosen field is captivating, and in this video she passes on advice for getting the best out of herbs in any situation, whether a small container, formal knot garden or a border. Also included is information on the historical, medicinal, and culinary use of herbs, plant selection, planting, garden design, propagation, collecting, and drying. From the sub-tropical lushness of Trebah, via the exuberance of Tresco, to the breeze buffeted charms of Headland there s something for everyone.