Secret Garden begins on BBC One at 6pm on 5 April, with Attenborough’s 100th birthday the following month on 8 May. The programme features five different UK gardens.
“From pine martens in the Western Highlands to blue tits in Bristol, dormice in South Wales, swallows in the Lake District and otters in Oxfordshire, the series reveals an undiscovered world right on our doorstep.”
According to Secret Garden, the estimated 9.5 million pet cats in Britain may kill 55 million birds annually. Attenborough reveals that putting bells on cats “reduces pet cats’ hunting success by a third” and raising bird feeders higher also cuts deaths. Keeping cats indoors during bird-breeding season is another idea.
- The Secret Garden trailer can be viewed here.
More garden TV
Gardeners’ World, episode 4, BBC Two, 3 April, 8pm
“With a long Easter weekend to look forward to, Monty Don is on hand with wheelbarrows of practical gardening advice and inspiration. For people who fancy growing their own potatoes, it’s time to get them in the ground. He’ll also be sowing seeds for a colourful cut flower display and starting a new project to show how easy and inexpensive it is to create topiary from yew cuttings.
“Ashley Edwards heads to a magical spring garden in Horsham to share his love of the season of renewal. In Carmarthenshire, there’s a grower who gave up her job in London to follow her dream of becoming a flower farmer. Plus a gardener in Ely who is simply potty about pots.”
Step-by-Step Gardening, Blue Diamond/David Domoney, YouTube (315k subscribers)
Gardening with Alan Titchmarsh, YouTube (127k subscribers)
