Essex
Horticulturist Christine Walkden visits the Beth Chatto Gardens and RHS Hyde Hall, and boards a vintage Thames sailing barge for a trip on the Blackwater Estuary.
Christine Walkden continues her airborne exploration of Britain's gardens by dropping in on the county of Essex. At the Beth Chatto Gardens, Christine experiments with triangular planting and shares tea and cake with a gardening legend.
At RHS Hyde Hall, she shifts rocks with a former student, and it's all aboard a vintage Thames sailing barge for a trip on the Blackwater Estuary.
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Collecting Turkish sage in the Beth Chatto garden
Duration: 02:24
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Olly Murs
Anywhere Else
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00:01Olly Murs
Anywhere Else
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00:01Olly Murs
Busy
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00:02Olly Murs
Busy
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00:03David Gray
Full Steam
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00:04Luke Sital‐Singh
Bottled Up Tight
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00:04David Gray
Full Steam (feat. Annie Lennox)
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00:04Will Young
Come On
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00:05Luke Sital‐Singh
Bottled Up Tight
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00:06James Blunt
Wisemen
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00:07Laura Marling
Ghosts
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00:08Laura Marling
Ghosts
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00:08Laura Marling
Ghosts
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00:09Jon Hopkins
Light Through The Veins (Glastonbury 2015)
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00:09Jon Hopkins
Light Through The Veins
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00:11John Williams
Sayuris Theme/ Memoirs Of A Geisha
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00:11Caro Emerald
Completely
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00:12Caro Emerald
Completely
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00:13Turin Brakes
They Can't Buy The Sunshine
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00:13James Blunt
Wisemen
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00:14The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Catch Me If You Can
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00:17Rachel Portman
End Theme From The Duchess
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00:18Maurice Jarre
Building The Barn
Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. -
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00:19Lucy Rose
Night Bus
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00:19Matt Cardle
Amazing
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00:20Cardel, Matt
Amazing
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00:22Fyfe Dangerfield
So Brand New
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00:23Robbie Williams
It's Hurting You
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00:24James Blunt
Wisemen
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00:25The Feeling
Connor
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00:27HAL
Fools By Your Side
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00:27Bonobo
Cirrus
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00:27Lamb
Gorecki
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00:27Lamb
Gorecki
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00:27Bonobo
Cirrus
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00:28Noah and the Whale
Mary
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00:28Noah and the Whale
Mary
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00:29Fyfe Dangerfield
High On The Tide
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00:30Tom Odell
Grow Old With Me
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00:30Florence + the Machine
My Boy Builds Coffins
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00:30Florence + the Machine
Coffin Song
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00:31Tom Odell
Grow Old With Me
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00:32Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Pictures
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00:34Fyfe Dangerfield
Barricades
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00:33Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm
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00:35Noah and the Whale
5 Years Time (Radio Edit)
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00:35Fyfe Dangerfield
High On The Tide
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00:36Noah and the Whale
5 Years Time
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00:37Noah and the Whale
5 Years Time (Radio Edit)
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00:38Fyfe Dangerfield
Barricades
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00:41Sophie Hunter & Guy Chambers
Les heures où je m'éclipse
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Christine Walkden |
| Series Producer | Chloe Rawlings |
| Director | Gavin Ahern |
Broadcasts
Tue 11 Nov 2014 15:45- Sun 16 Nov 2014 16:15
- Thu 4 Dec 2014 08:20
- Tue 12 May 2015 13:00BBC Two Wales
- Tue 12 May 2015 13:55BBC Two except Wales
- Sun 11 Sep 2016 07:00
- Sun 6 May 2018 06:35
- Sun 12 May 2019 07:50BBC Two except Scotland
- Sun 29 Nov 2020 07:45BBC Two except Scotland
- Tue 21 Sep 2021 16:30BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
- Tue 21 Sep 2021 16:35BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Wed 7 Sep 2022 14:15BBC Two except Scotland
- Sun 10 Sep 2023 06:05BBC Two except Scotland
- Sun 7 Sep 2025 07:20BBC Two except Scotland
- Sunday 06:05BBC Two except Scotland
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