Ground Force was a British garden makeover television series originally broadcast by the BBC between 1997 and 2005. The series was originally hosted by Alan Titchmarsh, Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh.
You you like this angry or like it no be angry he might not laugh not me though it’s still Dey Garden when he no be angry at us that’s right you should he’s coming Qui very much it’s a bit much I’ve only just got here you w’t see me strolling
Up the road not leaping out in me cars he’s pitsy in Essex no sign of the sea no sign of the sea good good morning nice to see you you must Mr Greeno Bill change the plan we got a problem what this isn’t it tell me this isn’t it
It was the back but we’ve had um little complaints from the neighbors so I thought if you could change it to the front problem we’re going to do the front now I’m not falling for that one what we going to do you got to change the plan I’m not changing the plan you
Pull the my legs so often I don’t believe anything listener take me to the back guard I know where I’m working yeah look this mind you you need a foraging to get through the number 75 it’s next door the last time I I’m out of here every week a different wind
Up I’ll have my revenge that there’s another one oh look a Rockery oh that’s it then couple of bags of alone right going get a few alpines come back come back back you want to wind me up I’ve got two days of winding you up sorry about this
Bill I’m going to get caught in the crossfire you’re going to see a domestic like you’ve never seen a domestic oh I’m worried about the dog problem well it’s interesting this cuz um it isn’t smaller than I thought it was which is unfortunate it’s every bit
As big as I thought it was we’re going to leave those lelands because they’ve been topped and they’re actually a good backdrop to what I’ve planned well that looks nice a quilt or Something Bill’s very quiet he’s suddenly gone very pale shed he gets painted navy blue actually darker than that it’s really quite a dark blue and alongside a deck only a little deck not very much small deck outside it sort of slightly offset two sets of steps
Leading off it this way leads to a gravel path and it’s end eded with large cobbles rather like a sort of pearl necklace going all the way around it the big feature of the garden is this which is a real and it’s a real edged with sleepers like this the water Cascades
Down the middle of it zigzagging its way down the garden the odd Iris planted next to it and in the center of it where that gravel path meets the re there’s this sort of Rock Garden area which made of slate big lumps of purple slate with little slate paddles in between one or
Two rather telling plants um and then over this side side bark so got three different textures in the garden light gravel purple slate dark bark right so there’s this drop and te so long very yeah exactly yeah so as well as being zigzagged that way it’s also great cuz I
Saw it slope you see and I thought stream what are you wrting though fantastic if it ever becomes that it will be now what did Carol want to happen to it do we know um not that she she just really wanted a nice Garden she was you know up for anything
Hopefully hopefully she’ll have that but here we go so this is going to be the reservoir at the bottom of the run now because the Reel won’t actually hold water when he turns the pump off it’s got to be quite deep because he’ll need a lot of water
To fill it up so we’re going to use a water bath nice nice light soil that comes off your Spade really easily has anyone got a watch on them no me Bill what’s the time 10 1 Alan we have a bit of a crisis it’s 10 one on deer one and
The BL bluming day I don’t bring me watch yeah and we haven’t got any material it’s not AR right why haven’t we got any materials it just hasn’t arrived well can we get on the blower and get it how far away is this yard I should only taken out to get here well
It’s ridiculous I mean she’s stupid well it’s not my fault I’m here yeah but can we just get on the blower and make sure it’s on its way you’re a big man I mean threaten them hello man hello man what’s this pizza pizza oh things are looking out
You’ve got some food anyway I don’t want food I want materials do you want us to sign for them no comes to that don’t give that to me I don’t want to there’s a bill for you I hear a lorry at last it’s the wrong Lor it’s all the
Gravel and all the stones it’s a bit like putting a car in front of the horse what has arrived is the load of large ruun pieces of slate for my gray rock garden area here’s what Tommy’s been waiting for the heavy side building Materials take a stick in a stick we take a stick in I’ll take a stick this a 7 by2 Joy I thought so specially talized for the Joby oh no no no no they can’t go on them Timbers we need them post we this place is crawling with females
You know this is CLA another of Bill’s daughters so what do you reckon Carol’s going to make of this then she probably giggle constantly might be able to talk what time is it 4:00 4:00 crumbs real off Dog planks for deck just arrive not a sleeper A wheel Back Ado all right haic culture’s answer to Lara Croft I think it’s time we went home see night see in the morningly we do the beers are on the bar see you tomorrow see you tomorrow so thank you very much cloud of sawdust and a hearty IO something we
Left you with a tip you the biggest surprise is no we’re not coming Back oh heavens he at is already I’ve been up the crack of D oh yes good morning you’re all right good night know why they call him sleepers who made you to already see come prepared I Was A Boy Scout have we done most of it only in
Terms of linear length not complic well this corner is going to be complicated isn’t it oh why didn’t we just have a little Meandering stream cuz this is better so what are you expecting a back she getting the train from Newcastle to King’s cross says she’ll be at Kings
Cross about half 2 and she’s come out with her sister and they’re doing some shopping in London so I’ve said to her sister I’ll ring you like when I know what time I want you to come back so I’ll know exactly what time she’ll be
And I’ll pick her up Cor so if we need to delay her or whatever we can we can right I think we will I’m hoping not but at this stage Anything Could Happen Thursday of course you might think the best way to get a water fix in your G to leave a
Tap running it’ll just kind of disappear drain off somewhere into next doors but you can’t do that so from that water bot that was sunking down the bottom which acts as the the reservoir for all the water there’ll be a pump in there it pumps it all the way back up through
This pipe and then it runs all the way down again so you end up with this cycle of water but you really got to bury the pipe so it’s out the way quiet industry it’s level that’s scary something must be wrong here you are governor oh brilliant thank you very much how very Speedy I like it when it goes like this all quiet and everybody’s getting on and the Sun’s Shining that okay okay not calm for long though will it the soil around here is incredibly compact it’s also full of these roots of these lean cypresses here so if you want to plant in a situation like this you got to dig reasonable size hole but also
Use loads and loads of this stuff we always use pete- free planting mixture based on composted bar cuz it’s kind of to the environment and it’s certainly kind to plants and this should give things like this acuba which is a classic Victorian Shou plant spotted
Laurel they call it very very good in a bit of shade because it gets the Sun for the main part of the day but the back half of it shaded by these lens so that and this here should do very well but I tell you what it’s hard labor Spade fork
And a bluming great pick to get the hole out hey how’s it going um I was just going to give Carol a ring to check that she got her train right from Newcastle what time is it it is I’m watch 25 12 cing everybody quiet hello hello there all right yeah you all
Right mhm what time did you get your training 12 oh I wasn’t sure what time it was you getting what time don’t listen to you I know I I didn’t he you say it what’s what time um what time is that getting into King’s Crossing um about half well about half three but
We’re going to go and have a look at a few shops first don’t go m i Haven got any money oh that’s right got bag as well you ain’t got a credit card either well what I’ll do I’ll bring you um bit late round about sort of 4ish or something
Like that and check what time train you get in from fenur Street and then I’ll know what time that gets in I can pick you up from py all right getting I’ve got time table left all right I’ll bring you later on then all right then all
Right all right see you later all right see you later turn up I keep looking at me wrist and there’s nothing one halfast 12 right borders to plant paths to make places to go people to see shopping to be done without a credit card you mean man do
You reckon we’ll get a go on this deck in a minute just don’t push it I’m talking to Willie I know you’re talking to her if you say it that loud and everybody Cotton On you think he’d be better humored in the sun wouldn’t you
Mind he’s not used to it you see sun stroke over the past few years these salvas like this one which is salvia triloba become terribly popular they’re very good in hot dry spots some of them don’t know this one does oh yes it does sage Salvia that’s a sage family smells
Gorgeous and you get these wonderful hot looking flowers although they’re a cool blue but they look Mediterranean and if we’re getting global warming in this country and the way they tell us we’re getting it they should be blissfully happy one or two of them too tended to
Leave out in winter but hopefully these should be okay oh I love this just look what that does instantly to this blue gray plant it suddenly goes ping when you put this underneath it the flowers almost match the shell this waste product of the Slate industry and now you can see why I
Wanted this sort of pearl necklace of cobbles here because it divides the gravel on the path from the shaing the bed stops the two getting muddled up I want to put a hose pipe on that and now might be a good time to do it might
It rather than when you’re real full yes right a new G it’s 5 3 so we’ve got two hours this is oh Look saw when are we going to be able to gravel this path have to be the last thing won’t it clear Tommy out and then got make another deck thank you so I can plant over there can’t I yet where he’s he’s he’s done his soil enrichment with sawdust how am I
Supposed to do this stop being so sensitive yes it’s back in up here as well that means it’ll overflow all the way along the liner now into the garden where we don’t want it to go I’m very pessimistic about this water kitchen I must get some of these I
Love them I haven’t got any oh right guys Handa look you can’t do this it’s just all over Here well do it out the front then if you want to make that kind of mess well what’s the point is you know those in it won’t be finished that’s all you either want it done or you done two miles to cut piece of Timber
Five past 4 Alan what do you want to do about Carol um what’s the Thought Willie how long half an hour it’s take it all apart take itart stop having a wobbly no we’ll take all listen listen God it’s she it’s what time is it now 5 4 it’s 5 4 how
Long will you be to tell her when to come back we’ll take it all outside if you don’t want to D stop being temperamental and tell me how long you’ll be I don’t know how long it’s can you understand why I’m upset yeah because it looks it’s going to look
There’s snowfall over the entire Garden that’s what happens when we have a saw we can coat with over there I cannot coat with it on the Finish bit unreasonable no we’ll take it out how long will it take you then I don’t know how long it’s going to take me to do the
Stairs do you want 2 hours you want me to tell you it’ll take two hours you got 15 hours we just get it outside we cut it by and outside shall I just guess I don’t know how long it’s going to take alen I don’t know
Give me give me a guess to the nearest hour an hour so if I tell to come back at 5:00 or should I stay for safety quarter past or half past that’s all I need now 4:00 4:00 just gone Quast 5 would be good for me Quast 5 right for you too yeah
Whenever it don’t make no difference to me do tempers ever free on this program no never it’s either done or it ain’t done much I’ll give you a kiss later promises promises I’m sorry I’m just not in a garden that’s covered in snow so so what’s the time going to be
In well I think we’re going qu 5 right it’s ringing hello hi yeah hello how you doing all right yeah well what time did you get into py I’ll give you a ring when I get on the train all right then yeah what train you do you know what train you’re getting yet
Uh no not yet no bring me when you’re on the train okay all right T up T up so she’s just getting the train from fenur Street and that’s about 45 minutes away what does that mean how long have we got it’s qu 4 now so she could
Actually come back at 5: she might be here at 5: yeah strong possibility can you do it in 45 minutes I try but can you control the clock a bit yeah I’ve got a little bit of control on that all right well there’s there’s one important question yeah you still love
Me are friends K come here let me get M Monke will you tell Willie we want to trade just hope she doesn’t come early oh that’s Brill that is Brill it’s all very exciting isn’t It I’m done sorry about my tension no I’m sorry stress stress train here You’ve Got 2 minutes I can’t car carry them both you know super I me I got something to show you oh my God come a look shaking come look oh I don’t believe it look my hand
Shaking oh it’s fantastic hello see you hello you know these two hello right yes thank you hello you’re tall oh I can’t believe it it’s fantastic can look oh let me go at the back can I go at the back find the cobbles oh is it oh it’s brilliant the greenos
Grass has become their Brill real Garden in just two fraught Days heavy hardwood sleepers contain the water and separate the different textures that cover the Ground finally at the top of the garden Tommy’s deck finished against all the odds with his usual doggy determination oh it’s lovely oh it’s absolutely beautiful isn’t it well it’s caused it’s caused more friction between the grand Force Team then there’s a big r remember
We had a bit of a what between these two oh dear we had a bitat we’re best friends again now we are indeed just just oh good A bit G cheers car cheers to you and you so much thank you cheers thank you the one where Alan and Tommy nearly came
Tommy thank you Alan in Cloudy essics till next time Tada Cheers Cheers Cheers you’re a musician yeah yeah you see that variegated grass there that re yes called Orondo donut varat it’s dropping a bit ofal Latin it’s easy for you tode what do they use it for musician saxophone hobo reads well I
Would I guess more like Lou Reed well it has been a perfect day oh very Good