Love Your Garden

Alan Titchmarsh explores the English Country Garden, looking back at three episodes which rewarded three deserving people with a classic Country Garden.

In this episode, Alan Titchmarsh explores the Family Garden... looking back at three episodes which rewarded three deserving families with their dream garden.

Alan Titchmarsh looks back at three episodes rewarding deserving people with a tranquil Japanese garden, a Moroccan oasis and a theatrical Italian masterpiece.

In the first programme, Alan demonstrates how to create a perfect traditional British garden including a dream summerhouse, fabulous flower beds and a way of producing your own honey.

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.

Alan Titchmarsh and his team return with a new series of the gardening show, which helps people create their dream outdoor space. This week, he surprises Louise from Hampshire, who is suffering from a life-threatening illness. The team set to work creating a stunning Japanese-style garden for her. Alan looks for inspiration at an amazing oriental garden called the Apple Court while Katie Rushworth searches for dramatic Japanese plants and Francis Tophill plants different varieties of bamboo.

Alan Titchmarsh and his team are in the Brecon Beacons where they attempt to create a garden suitable for a big family. Rob and Rachel Jones have five children, including an autistic son and a daughter with cerebral palsy. The couple particularly want a space where the whole family can all gather together. Alan gets some inspiration from a wonderful family garden in Monmouthshire with winding paths while he sets David Domoney onto the task of creating similar pathways, and building a bespoke stone barbecue to match the house. He also orders a huge gazebo where the family can gather for those special outdoor occasions, and gets some sensory plants which are particularly good for children with special needs.

Alan Titchmarsh and the team are in Barking, where they hope they can coax 90-year-old Iris back into her garden. Since her husband died, the garden has become neglected, but Iris longs to have somewhere to sit and smell the scent of the roses. David Domoney constructs the perfect pathway, while Katie Rushworth sets to work finding a variety of rose which is wildlife-friendly and Frances Tophill creates a summer house full of memories.

Alan Titchmarsh and his team reveal how to bring beauty to any size garden, creating a stunning space for community hero, 90-year-old Mary Ann Stevenson.

Alan Titchmarsh, David Domoney and Danny Clarke transform a small Leicester garden into a Caribbean-inspired technicolour paradise.

Alan and the team create a wildlife wonderland complete with a giant pond and rockery in a suburban garden in West Brom for local hero fundraiser Pete Hill.

Alan and his team are in Burnley in Lancashire to battle the wettest weather imaginable and to transform the concrete jungle backyard of plumber James and his wife Barbara.

Alan and his team are in Sheffield to create a family garden for Seema and Nawras, who both work shifts for the NHS while giving 24-hour care to their disabled daughter.

Alan and his team are in Leeds to come to the aid of Penny and Carl, whose devotion to saving endangered hedgehogs has taken over any family space in their garden.