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Flowers and Herbs

Episode 5 of 6

Alys Fowler tries to avoid shop-bought fruit and veg and live off home-grown produce. Alys shows how flowers and herbs bring the garden and kitchen to life.

Alys Fowler attempts to avoid shop-bought fruit and vegetables and live off her own, home-grown produce, all from her tiny terraced back garden. It's no easy task because Alys doesn't want to turn her garden into an allotment, so she's growing her fruit and vegetables among her flowers.

Alys focuses on different foods and shows how anyone can grow, cook and eat from their own garden, even if they live in a city.

In Alys's pretty but productive backyard, she grows flowers and herbs for many reasons: to flavour her food, to decorate her home and to attract wildlife essential for the health and productivity of her garden. From herb omelettes and bread made with rosemary to salads of edible blooms, flowers and herbs are the garden garnishes that bring both the garden and kitchen to life.

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28 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Apr 2024 14:30
BBC Two

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Peter Bjorn and John

    At the seaside

  • Peter Bjorn and John

    Norrlands Riviera

  • Andrew Bird

    Intro

  • Vetiver

    Double

  • Sufjan Stevens

    In the Devil's Territory

  • Frode Haltli

    Jag Haver Ingen Kärare

  • Psapp

    The Counter

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Jacksonville

  • Steve Reid

    Lions of Judah (Juda)

  • Art Ensemble of Chicago

    Theme De Yoyo

  • Pharoah Sanders

    Astral Travelling

  • Devendra Banhart

    Cristobal

  • Paris Smith

    Pentatonia

  • Psapp

    Calm Down

  • Sigur Rós

    Með Suð í Eyrum

  • 00:00

    Peter Bjorn and John

    Norrlands Riviera

  • 00:04

    Vetiver

    Double

Credits

Presenter Alys Fowler
Producer Juliet Glaves
Production Manager Jacque Brown
Executive Producer Gill Tierney

Broadcasts

  • Wed 5 May 2010 20:00
    BBC Two
  • Fri 7 May 2010 20:00
    BBC HD
  • Wed 11 Aug 2010 01:00
    BBC One
  • Fri 4 Feb 2011 20:00
    BBC HD
  • Mon 30 Jan 2012 20:00
    BBC HD
  • Sun 5 Feb 2017 08:15
    BBC Two
  • Sun 7 Apr 2019 08:05
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 2 Aug 2020 06:20
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 6 Jun 2021 06:05
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 10 Jul 2022 06:05
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 2 Jul 2023 09:35
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Fri 19 Apr 2024 14:30
    BBC Two except Scotland