Grow Your Own Drugs is a British

United Kingdom

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 television documentary series, first broadcast on BBC Two

BBC Two

BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...

, exploring the many remedies which can be provided by plants. James Wong

James Wong (ethnobotanist)

James Wong is an ethnobotanist, television presenter and garden designer in the United Kingdom, best known for presenting the television series Grow Your Own Drugs and reporting on Countryfile.-Early life:...

, an ethnobotanist, presents the series and takes the view that people should start making their own remedies in order to save money and feel healthier plus providing simple remedies to everyday ailments. Wong tries out his remedies on members of the public in order to demonstrate the beneficial effects of natural remedies, adding appropriate safety warnings. He is careful to stress that viewers should always seek medical advice before trying natural medicines, and in discussing the outcomes of treatment always states "It's not a clinical trial..." and acknowledges that results might be attributed to a placebo effect

Placebo effect

Placebo effect may refer to:* Placebo effect, the tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work...

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Proving a huge ratings success for the BBC, the programme quickly became the highest rated gardening programme in the UK, producing a internationally best-selling book, by the same title, as a spin-off. In 2009, the series also won "Best Television Programme" at the UK Garden Media Guild Awards.

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A special edition, Grow Your Own Drugs for Christmas, focusing mostly on the applications of plants associated with the season such as holly

Holly

Ilex) is a genus of 400 to 600 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. The species are evergreen and deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers from tropics to temperate zones world wide....

, ivy

Ivy

Ivy, plural ivies is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan.-Description:On level ground they...

, mistletoe

Mistletoe

Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemi-parasitic plants in several families in the order Santalales. The plants in question grow attached to and within the branches of a tree or shrub.-Mistletoe in the genus Viscum:...

 and pine

Pine

Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

, aired on 16 December 2009.

A second series began airing on 23 March 2010.

Episodes

Season 1

Episode	Title
1	Fruit
2	Flowers
3	Trees
4	Herbs
5	Roots
6	Vegetables

Season 2

Episode	Title
1	Garden Herbs
2	Incredible Edibles
3	Exotic Plants
4	Petals
5	Shrubs & Trees
6	Wild Plants

External links

• BBC Press Office Programme Information
• James Wong : Official Site More information on "Grow Your Own Drugs", including recipes, video clips and more.