Beechgrove Garden 2024

Beechgrove returns for the first episode of Beechgrove Gardens 2024 on Thursday 4 April 2024 for BBC Scotland and on BBC2 on Friday 5 April 2024.

Beechgrove is also available on the BBC iplayer as well as being repeated on the Sunday morning Gardening slot on BBC2.

The series will run for 26 episodes taking us into Autumn 2024.

The 2024 line up of presenters returning include the longest serving presenter Carole Baxter as well as George Anderson, Brian Cunningham, Kirsty Wilson, Calum Clunie and Lizzie Schofield.

A new Garden Expert / Presenter for Beechgrove Garden Ruth Vichos, Horticultural Lecturer Scotland's Rural College Edinburgh will also feature this series.

Ruth is helping Leanne Marongwe on her Motherwell Allotment as well as helping at Beechgrove.

The Beechgrove Garden near Aberdeen is recovering from a very wet Winter and the programme will take us through the Spring early planting and garden preparation up to the sunnier months and harvesting.

What the team do well are the trials where we see the produce or plant right from planting up to the outcome of the trial and in the case of Tatties and other produce the very important taste test!

The programme is not only just from the purpose built Beechgrove garden with its multiple greenhouses, planting beds and themed gardens we also get to visit the presenters own plots.

George's garden where he can lop off branches and over prune to his hearts content but also his allotment at Sunny Joppa.

We also visit Brian at Scone and his family garden, Calum at his 'growing for showing' allotment at Leven, Kirstie at her allotment and Lizzie at her family garden in Buckie.

'Back to Basics' is invaluable for the new gardener as well as handy advice for the more experienced amongst the viewers. Beechgrove really is a programme for everyone.

They will again be visiting viewers in their own gardens big or small all across Scotland and we get an insight on what people are doing with their own spaces in the varying climates and growing conditions.

'Handy hints' will be back as the team share their knowledge and advice.

What we do not know until the programme progresses if all of the other presenters from last year, or if 'The Beechgrowers' are returning but I hope Scott Smith Head Gardener is in front of the camera again this year?

Scott Smith did not appear as a presenter on Beechgrove Gardens 2024 and left his Head Gardener role in May 2024 to become Head Gardener on The Mayan Estate in Banffshire, Scotland.

David Pullar joined the gardening team in May 2024, David has his own successful Horticultural company, he is an Author, Lecturer and long term fan of Beechgrove, he also has a dog called Fergus. Instagram David looks like he left the team July 2024?

Jennifer Wright also joined the gardening team in July 2024, she was mentioned on programme as new Head Gardener ? with David Pullar I will have to await more information!

Will we getting updates from Remote Mini Presenter Deborah Peterson from Aberdeen or will we see some new faces?

Making a return are Remote Mini Presenters Erin and Joe Armstrong from their garden in East Lothian

Allotmenteer Efi Papagianni from her allotment in Dundee does make a return and she will take us through what and how she is growing throughout

the series. Instagram

Beechgrove Garden has grown in popularity with its no nonsense approach and advice aimed at all Gardeners and for all garden types big or small.

As well as showing us vegetable growing in allotment sized plots, they will also do a patio or pot sized version to be inclusive for all, and to get an opinion on the taste of the produce too is a bonus.

The presenters all have something different to give to the programme and all in all it's a cracking watch to give us all inspiration to 'Don' the wellies and gloves and get outside and Garden.

Beechgrove Presenters

Garden Expert / Presenter

Ruth Vichos

Garden Team

Scott Smith left role May 2024

David Pullar May 2024 - ? left role July 2024