Starting from Scratch – ‘How to’ Gardening – Films4Phones app for iPhone and iPad

How to design, prepare and plant a new garden, and renovate a run down or derelict garden.

Presented by Peter Seabrook and Anne Swithinbank. Peter Seabrook is a highly respected gardening authority, with years of experience of writing and broadcasting. Anne Swithinbank is a gardening writer and broadcaster who has featured on the BBCs Gardeners World program.

Over 2 hours of how to advice and tips covering designing a garden, choosing your tools, practical planting and laying a lawn.

Starting from scratch is the ideal program for anyone that is about to tackle a bare-earth plot on a new housing development or needs to provide some tender loving care for a run down or derelict garden.

Peter Seabrook and Anne Switinbank bring their expertise to this guide, advising on how to prepare and plant a new garden in the first part of this video. The second part deals with run down or derelict gardens and how to bring out their full potential, with lots of quick and easy practical tips.

This video includes:
Part 1: New Bare-Earth gardens
1 - Planning your garden
2 - Tools for the job
3 - Soil preparation
4 - Laying a new lawn
5 - How to guide on planting
Part 2: Derelict Gardens
1 - Find out whats there
2 - Tidy up the lawn
3 - Tidy up the plants
4 - Review the results
5 - The greenhouse
6 - Springtime action

This is a fully-featured, self-contained video app that does not require any WiFi or 3G connection to operate.

Features include:
• Innovative scrolling film-strip navigation system to find any point within the video
• Resume play feature – close the app and return to same point in the video later
• Information pages about the video
• Self contained, no external connection needed

How to gardening guides provides simple, expert advice and easy-to-follow practical tips and information for gardeners at every level, from experts to complete novices.