Geoff Hamilton's Ornamental Kitchen Garden (1990)

Geoff Hamilton's Ornamental Kitchen Garden (1990)

Geoff Hamilton was undoubtedly Britain's most popular gardener, with his blend of down-to-earth practical advice, moneysaving ideas and sheer enthusiasm for everything to do with gardening. During the 1980s and '90s his own garden in Rutland, called 'Barnsdale', became almost as familiar to the millions of TV viewers who tuned in to BBC 2's Gardeners' World each week as their own back yard.

Geoff died of a heart attack in August 1996 while taking part in a charity bike ride.

The Ornamental Kitchen Garden is a six-episode BBC series from 1990 giving practical advice on constructing a modern kitchen garden, without compromising its looks. Each 30-minute programme provides insight on plant selection and location, planting schedules, harvesting times, soil type, drainage, crop rotation and composting.

Geoff creates a 40 x 50 foot garden and grows vegetables alongside flowers - but in such a way that everything fits together perfectly so that as soon as one plant comes out, another goes in. It’s all about keeping the fertility high, catch-cropping, and working organically with nature rather than against her.

Torrents for other unreleased Geoff Hamilton programmes are here:

http://kickasstorrents.ee/geoff-ham...p-bbc-1996-avi-t9198712.html
http://kickasstorrents.ee/geoff-ham...s-rip-bbc-1999-t9188039.html
http://kickasstorrents.ee/geoff-ham...ction-vhs-rip-t10307477.html

Geoff at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Hamilton

The Ornamental Kitchen Garden created for this series still exists 25 years later at Barnsdale, now run by Geoff's son, Nick:

http://www.barnsdalegardens....namental_kitchen_garden.html

The "Geoff Hamilton New Gardeners Foundation" is a bursary at his old horticultural college, set up in his memory to fund students of any age and level of practical experience. It is worth up to £4,000. They invite applicants (and perhaps accept donations!).

http://www.writtle.ac.uk/Geo...ton-New-Gardeners-Foundation

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