Gardeners' World - 2010/2011 - Episode 24

Is your lawn a disgrace? Now's the time to get on top of it and this week we have a master class on how to restore your grass to lush, green turf. Toby has a host of top tips on how to bring back an established lawn from its current sorry state of bare patches, yellowing grass and unkempt edges. For those of us who hanker after the perfect sward Joe Swift visits the Sports Turf Research Institute where thousands of species of grass seed are tested. He finds out from the experts which species of grass we should be sowing, whether it's for a perfect bowling green or a tough, rugged surface for back garden football matches. Grasses, this time of the ornamental variety, also come under the spotlight this week as Carol Klein explores the different branches of the family grown in the borders at the RHS gardens at Rosemoor in Devon. Traditionally, the autumn equinox means that most plants are now on a downward spiral towards winter but, for tropical plants, right now is the moment when they reach their zenith. Rachel de Thame visits an extraordinary garden in Worcestershire whose owner has created a leafy jungle complete with a safari lodge.