June 7 Column: Gardener’s World

Friday nights are a big deal in the Mulvihill household these days — not because it marks the end of the week. Oh no. On Friday nights, we get to watch the BBC gardening program called “Gardener’s World,” which airs in the U.K. every Friday during the growing season. That’s the topic for this week’s garden column, which you can read in The Spokesman-Review: Your job for the week: check out gardening shows.

In order to view the episodes (and all sorts of other wonderful British programming, we have a subscription to Britbox. During most of the season, the programs are an hour long, and let me tell you, they are sheer heaven to watch!

Sure, we could watch the program any day of the week but I think it’s cool to be able to view an episode that British gardeners watched just a few hours before!

Even with COVID-19 restrictions, the programs have continued to be produced each week… which has occasionally required the hosts to film their segments in their gardens by themselves. I am so grateful to the cast and crew of Gardener’s World for continuing to provide gardening information during these stressful, complicated times.

For this week’s video, I decided a slideshow of some beautiful English gardens was in order. The photos are of gardens we have visited over the last few years. I hope you will enjoy it!