The days are longer and the weather is a little warmer, so that means Beechgrove Garden is back with weekly updates and expert advice for gardeners of all abilities and experience.

Beechgrove Garden is looking ahead to summer days in the garden, with Lizzie Schofield back to work in the sitooterie area she started off last year as a place ideal for sitting out and enjoying the garden. This week, she prunes and plants in the same area to get it looking great for the good days ahead.

Calum Clunie kicks off his season at Beechgrove, demonstrating what can be grown from a container in just one season. He also starts a season of productive gardening, showing what can be produced for a family of four from a medium-sized vegetable garden.

There is a lot of productive gardening going on at Beechgrove as George Anderson and Ruth Vichos both work on projects that will bear fruit later in the year.

There is lots of planting for the plate at Beechgrove Garden as Kirsty Wilson and Brian Cunningham start growing a wide variety of edible produce.

Planting borders and planning for cut flowers are on Lizzie Schofield and Brian Cunningham’s to-do list at Beechgrove Garden. Lizzie is direct sowing in the new cuttings garden, and Brian is in the zig-zag border planting varieties that will grow tall, making them ideal for the back of a plot without requiring support or staking.

It's time for some early summer colour as Carole Baxter makes the first of her visits to classic Scottish gardens. She visits Glenarn, which has a fabulous collection of rhododendrons looking their best right now.

Kirsty Wilson and Brian Cuningham show how to help the pollinators in your garden and at Beechgrove as they focus on planting that will attract bees to your plot.

Some more unusual growing methods are demonstrated at Beechgrove Garden, with Ruth Vichos and Brian Cunningham attempting to produce a mushroom crop using a kit, and there is a report on some of Scotland’s best bonsai.

Sound advice for everyday gardening from Brian Cunningham and Calum Clunie at Beechgrove.

George Anderson and Ruth Vichos are back in the Beechgrove Garden just outside Aberdeen, where the climate has been very mixed over the last few weeks. They assess just how that has affected the crops and blooms.

Beechgrove Garden is full of information for gardeners across the country who have to cope with the colder climates of the UK. Beechgrove has had some cold nights even recently, but now it looks like it’s safe to plant out those tender varieties, so Lizzie Schofield and Brian Cunningham are finally putting in the ground varieties that wouldn't survive a frost.

Kirsty plants meconopsis, and Brian is in the 6x8 greenhouse looking at what you can do if you have this standard-sized glasshouse. Also, a visit to a great community garden in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow that is used and enjoyed by a range of groups in the local community, and handy hints.

Lizzie Schofield and Brian Cunningham are starting new projects and checking on the progress of planting carried out in previous years. Lizzie is in her herb garden, which she renovated in 2024, assessing what has worked and what needs to be refreshed. Meanwhile, Brian is checking on the apple trees he planted in the spring as examples of espalier shaping and pruning.

George Anderson and Calum Clunie are back together to tackle the week’s jobs at Beechgrove Garden. Although George got a special picking of potatoes for his birthday in June, this is the time to lift the first crop from the vegetable plot and try out this year’s produce.

The weather in this year’s growing season is making gardening a real challenge at Beechgrove, with cold grey skies and periods of high temperature giving Ruth Vichos and Brian Cunningham plenty to deal with.

It's all about the borders at Beechgrove Garden as Brian Cunningham and Kirsty Wilson replant, fill gaps and replace losses all around the plot. Kirsty revisits her hot border, designed to display vibrant colours at the height of summer. The winter temperatures killed off a few plants, so she will be trying out some alternatives. Brian is in the calendar border, created to have some form of colour or interest every month of the year. It has not had much attention this year, so Brian will be topping it up to ensure year-round performance.

Gardening is all about looking ahead, and in that spirit, the Beechgrove Garden team are planning for winter. Ruth Vichos demonstrates how to cultivate and multiply snowdrops, and Calum Clunie collects seeds from this year’s lupins to sow for future colour. Calum also gets his feet wet as he looks at what you should be doing about pond maintenance right now.

Brian Cunningham’s beginner’s guide to vegetable growing started in April, and now it’s time to reap the rewards as he starts to harvest from the veg plot at Beechgrove Garden.

George Anderson and Brian Cunningham delve into the mail box to tackle a host of viewers’ questions sent in from around the country. Even though we are well into the growing season, the pair also start a major new project as they launch a makeover of a Beechgrove area known as the Crooked Garden. One of the first parts of that revamp is the creation of a stumpery, a growing technique based on an old tree and planted with a range of ferns.