
Episode 17
Gardening magazine. Joe Swift explores the Savill Garden in Windsor to see how the traditional rose garden has been reimagined into a contemporary design.
Earlier in the year, Monty put aside a patch of his garden to grow his own cut flowers, and this week he returns to assess the results and harvest his first crop of colourful blooms.
We pay a visit to an organic flower farm to find out how, from seed to harvest, the process of growing plays a large part in improving wellbeing, and Joe Swift explores the Savill Garden in Windsor to see how the traditional rose garden has been reimagined into a contemporary design.
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Garden featured
If you fancy visiting the extraordinary rose garden聽Joe Swift went to see, here are the details.聽It's open every day of the week and should stay looking good throughout August and September.
The Savill Garden
Wick Lane
Englefield Green
Surrey TW20 0UU
Tel. 01753 860222
The Savill Garden (www.windsorgreatpark.co.uk)
Cut flower lady

Jo Wright is passionate about growing cut flowers and runs a very successful business selling organic blooms to the public. To maintain a constant supply of suitable material, Jo and her team are always sowing and planting a wide range of flowers and when asked for her top recommendations, Jo came up with the following:聽
Achillea filipendulina
Achillea millefollium
Achillea ptarmica 'The Pearl'
Alchemilla mollis聽
Ammi majus
Bupleurum rotundifolium 鈥楪谤颈蹿蹿颈迟丑颈鈥�
Consolida 鈥楪iant Imperial
Mixed鈥�
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity'
Moluccella laevis
Nicotiana 鈥楲ime Green鈥�
Rosa The Generous
Gardener
Rosa Queen of Sweden
Salvia
viridis 鈥楳辞苍补谤肠丑鈥�
Scabiosa
atropurpurea 鈥楾all
Double Mixed鈥�
Scabiosa
caucasica 鈥業ssac House Hybrids鈥�
Verbena
bonariensis
Veronica
spicata 鈥楽ightseeing Mix鈥�
Zinnia
elegans 鈥楶urple Prince鈥�
Zinnia elegans 鈥楺ueen Red Lime鈥�
(www.rhs.org.uk)
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Monty Don |
Presenter | Joe Swift |
Executive Producer | Paolo Proto |
Series Producer | Chloe Rawlings |