Season 1
Heaven's Garden is an English reality television series which is the second in a series of reality shows documenting TV chef Mike Robinson and his wife Kate as they purchase, open and run a gastro-pub in Berkshire called The Pot Kiln.
The other three shows in the series were Heaven's Kitchen, Heaven's Kitchen Cookbook and Heaven's Kitchen At Large.
The series premiered in the UK on UKTV in 2005. There are 10 half-hour episodes in the series.
Heaven's Garden premiered in South Africa on DStv's BBC Food channel on Friday 11 July 2008, at 21h30.
A rebroadcast of the series premiered on BBC Food on Monday 18 August 2008, at 21h30.
Repeats
Tuesdays: 09h30, 15h30
Sundays: 21h30
Mondays: 09h30, 15h30
Synopsis
Have you ever thought of growing your own fruit and veg but don't know where to start? If so, Heaven's Garden is just what you have been waiting for.
Tune in to watch award-winning gardener Hannah Genders as she helps the Robinsons create their own organic garden whilst providing tips on how to create your own along the way.
TV chef Mike Robinson and his wife Katie took the life changing decision to blow their savings on buying their local boozer, The Pot Kiln. The Pot Kiln is however no ordinary watering-hole. It's a pioneering ecologically sound gastro-pub and key to its success is a menu that uses only the freshest local ingredients - much of it grown in The Pot Kiln's own garden.
Searching for a bit of help and inspiration, Mike and Katie decided to call in two-time Chelsea medal-winner Hannah Genders a garden designer with a passion for organic research and self-sufficiency.
Hannah's brief was to design, plant and cultivate a fully functional organic garden that would in turn provide all the restaurant's fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers.
Heaven's Garden follows Hannah's progress and provides viewers with an indispensable step-by-step guide to creating their own natural plot, from preparing the soil and seed propagation through to pest control and the final harvest.
As the series progresses, Hannah will demonstrate how to grow 10 separate families of crops - carrots, parsnips, Swiss chard and pak choi included together with luscious figs, apricots and peaches and elegant edible flowers.
In one segment Hannah will also be on the trail of some long-lost regional plants, attempting to reintroduce several local varieties such as Marjory's Plum, last seen back in 1912.
Aside from Hannah's expert instruction, Heaven's Garden also explores the origins of chemical-free farming and goes out and about to visit some of the country's foremost organic institutes and enterprises.
This 10-part series is a definitive guide to practical organic gardening.