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‘I literally can’t keep a cheese plant alive’

But Angela Scanlon is fronting new show Your Garden Made Perfect. So what can she teach us?

We can’t all have green fingers. And, it seems, Angela Scanlon – the host of Your Garden Made Perfect, BBC Two’s new spin-off – is not blessed in this department. Luckily, her new series does not put Scanlon’s skills with seedlings or secateurs to the test. Instead, like the original Your Home Made Perfect series, which proved such a hit during lockdown last year, she is our eyes and ears as the experts help us focus on doing the best with what we have. It’s a show so many will relate to after spending more time than ever in our home spaces and local neighbourhoods.

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