Plus, from earlier this year, a visit to the water meadows at Cricklade in Wiltshire to enjoy the spectacle of the fritillary meadows. Monty Don tackles autumn lawn maintenance tasks before planting a series of bulbs in readiness for next spring while Carol Klein explores burnets – meadow plants that are becoming increasingly popular. And in the final instalment of her botany series, Carol Klein celebrates the glorious displays put on by flowering plants to attract pollinators. Plus, Adam Frost explores a tropical garden in Dorset and meets a man who is passionate about growing unusual and exotic plants from seed and Carol Klein profiles the camellia. And Rachel de Thame is at RHS Wisley getting advice from the experts on how to prune wisteria to get maximum flowers next spring. With the arrival of mid-May it's time to get tender plants out into the garden at Longmeadow, so Monty Don plants out his dahlias as well as dividing ornamental grasses. Plus, Nick Bailey reports on the problems posed by box tree caterpillar, Arit Anderson finds out about the concept of rewilding and how cultivated and wild plants can be combined harmoniously and Mark Lane shows how he adapts tools to garden. Monty Don and the team celebrate the start of summer as they indulge in the stunning array of colour and scent beginning to take over our gardens. Joe Swift visits an urban vineyard in Hackney, East London to find out which grapes can be grown at home. Monty Don cracks on with his seasonal tasks at Longmeadow, giving hints and tips along the way. Rachel visits a fabulous rose garden, home to over 2,500 different varieties and the perfect place to see how our tastes and fashions in roses have changed over the 20th century. Watchlist. Last in the series. Monty, Nigel and Nellie are at Longmeadow bringing inspiration for gardens and discussing all the essential gardening jobs for this weekend. Carol Klein continues her investigation into plant families as she delves into the nettle clan, while Alys Fowler uses a Native American Indian technique for growing tender vegetables. And more viewers have their own gardening tips to share. Joe Swift pays a visit to the Northumberland garden of Chris Mullin who, after over 20 years as a member of parliament, has turned his attention to the renovation of his walled garden. He also reveals his plans for reinvigorating the area in his garden where perennials planted for their rich jewel-like colours need some attention. Monty adds some autumn flowering asters to his borders, as well as refreshing his strawberry beds with new stock. Throughout the spring and summer all three amateur gardeners paid weekly visits to Glebe Cottage in Devon where Carol taught them the basic propagation and planting skills, as well as passing on some of her own trade secrets. With a large part of the UK already suffering from drought conditions, Carol Klein looks at how some plants have adapted themselves to grow in the driest of soils and gives us her choice of plants which, for those of us who may not be able to water our gardens this year, should survive with the minimum of attention. And we meet a grower whose love of butterflies and bees has inspired his fabulous and extensive collection of buddleja. Production Info. And Monty Don is busy at Longmeadow, sowing late summer salads, harvesting blackcurrants and advising us on how to feed our flowers to maximise longevity. As autumn gathers momentum, there is still plenty to do in the garden. Welcome to the forum. And Monty's at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in South Africa admiring many of their native plants which are also familiar to British gardens. Carol Klein celebrates the humble daffodil. At Longmeadow this week, Monty Don turns his attention to the tender annuals he has grown from seed, including climbers and sunflowers and plants out beans for a bountiful summer harvest. Toby Buckland gets stuck into building an ingenious herb spiral - an easy build with a cunning design allowing all the herbs you like to cook with to be grown in one small but beautiful planter. Carol is home at Glebe Cottage, where she is dividing her perennials to continue the cost-effective stocking of her new beds. She finds out which insects visit our flowers, feed on our foliage and, most importantly, help keep our plants healthy. With over 70 floral displays on show, Monty is on the lookout for scented plants to take back to Longmeadow, Carol advises on plants to buy for problem places in the garden and Adam Frost takes a tour of the show gardens to find the best take-home design tips. 18/23. This week, Gardeners' World is all about pots! In this special programme from the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens, Monty Don visits the RHS garden at Wisley in Surrey and Carol Klein visits Harlow Carr in North Yorkshire to get practical gardening advice from their experts and to find solutions to viewers' gardening dilemmas. Meanwhile, Monty Don catches up with various tasks at Longmeadow to ensure that his garden stays in tip-top condition all summer long. Monty Don plants a tree fern in the damp garden and uses netting to protect his soft fruits from birds. Gardeners' World Live comes to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, offering something for everyone, from high-end design to helpful hints for ordinary gardeners. Firstly a challenge for Joe Swift to provide fruit and vegetables for his family from his new London allotment. Monty is at Longmeadow where he enjoys the fruits of his labour. These delightful little flowers come in a huge range of colours and sizes and Rachel meets a collector who has travelled far and wide in search of new varieties. This week, as well as revealing the changes to his garden that have taken place over winter, Monty shows us how to plant bare-rooted raspberries in his renovated fruit garden and gets his secateurs out to chop back his buddleja and clematis. And Alys Fowler is taking the plunge in a natural swimming pond. And, in the first of several visits, we join the head gardener of Britain's most famous garden at Sissinghurst as he sets out his plans to restore it to its original vision. Joe Swift visits Hestercombe Gardens in Somerset, once the home of the Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, to see one of the best restorations of the Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll partnerships in the country. With the warm weather on the wane, it’s time to think about preparing our garden borders for next year, but with his flower beds still looking good, Monty Don faces some tough decisions about what to ditch for his spring display. There are plenty of timely midsummer jobs to be getting on with this week and at Longmeadow, Monty revels in the sweet peas he grew from seed earlier in the year and shows how to keep their display going on into the weeks ahead. Plus, Arit Anderson finds out that even rubbish skips can be used to grow all manner of plants in an inner city space. If there's one flower that's fallen foul of fashion in recent times, it's the once-popular chrysanthemum. And as part of the programmes 50th anniversary, Nick Bailey reveals the plant he thinks has had the most impact on British gardens over the last half-century. Nick Bailey celebrates the rhododendron, one of our most colourful spring flowering shrubs and, on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, there's a feature on the Second World War veteran who has planted an orchard for peace to commemorate those who lost their lives during the war. 23/23. Growing a Greener World Episode 401: NY Greenhouse Classroom. A favourite long-running show of the BBC, Gardenersâ World first broadcast back in 1968 and has been airing annually since. James Wong designed a Malaysian garden in Chelsea Flower Show. Joe Swift is in Devon finding out about the design and planting challenges faced when creating a coastal garden, and in Staffordshire, a gardener has filled every inch of his garden with spectacular plants. With thoughts of fresh posies and sweet smelling summer blooms, Toby Buckland has plans for a cutting garden at Greenacre. Carol Klein looks at the spring delight that is the cyclamen. Gardeners' World Episodes Episode guide. Monty Don offers advice on making the perfect herb garden and plants out some beautiful garden stalwarts in his cottage borders at Longmeadow. By the end of August, gardens are full of colour and produce. Monty Don shares his secrets on how to get a successful crop. Includes Weather. As autumn unfolds in the garden, Monty Don and his faithful sidekick Nigel have plenty to be getting on with, making the most of the season and preparing for the winter ahead. How to transform a steeply sloping site into an attractive garden. This week, Adam Frost is at home sharing his love of ornamental grasses, tackling the problem of building a patio on a slope and giving some inspiration on what to plant at the base of a wall. With Geoff Hamilton , Nigel Colborn , Anne Swithinbank and Pippa Greenwood. Frances Tophill helps to erect a greenhouse out of recycled materials on her shared allotment, Joe Swift visits a classically designed garden with a contemporary edge in Northamptonshire, and Juliet Sargeant heads to Borde Hill Garden in West Sussex to see how this year's hot weather caused a rare tree to flower for the first time in 30 years. Back at Longmeadow, Monty is in his vegetable patch hoping that his soil is warm enough to plant the first potatoes of the year, This week on Gardeners' World, Monty Don is at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey. The first signs of spring herald the start of the new gardening year and the start of a new series of Gardeners' World. On her Kent allotment, Frances Tophill catches up on some seasonal sowing and invites a special guest to help her with a small building project. The team explores the show and this area of the country, taking a look at all the highlights. From her garden in Devon, Carol Klein responds to a viewer's gardening dilemma by showing us how to select and propagate plants suited to a dry bank situation. © 2020 TheTVDB.com, A Whip Media Group Company. And if you're heading off to the garden centre this weekend, there's all you need to know about bedding plants from the 'living catalogue' of new and existing varieties at Ball Colegrave in Banbury, Oxfordshire. This episode Monty Don visited Rousham Park & Garden that was designed by William Kent; Sissinghurst Castle Garden that designed by Vita Sackville West with 10 different cottage gardens; Chateau Villandry that designed by Joachim Carvallo & Jean Le Breton with boxwood hedging; the Claude Monet Garden that designed by Monet; Jacques Wirtz's Garden designed by Jacques Wirtz with formal and contemporary garden; Het Loo Palace designed by Daniel Marot; the Boon Family Garden designed by Peter Oudolf with modern and contemporary concept; Arctic Alpine Botanic Garden designed by Troms County & Elve Bakk. Carol looks at how the gardeners are progressing and helps them lay a lawn. HD. Frances Tophill meets a gardener whose allotment is filled with both traditional and exotic vegetables, and Toby Buckland visits The Newt in Somerset to find out about its chequered garden history and to explore its emergence as one of the UK’s most exciting gardens. And Radio One DJ Sarah Cox invites us into her own garden to see how she and her family have benefited from her first year of growing vegetables. Monty Don is busy at Longmeadow too, giving his borders a bit of a boost and pricking out seedlings by the hundred. Gardening magazine. The expert presenters offer step-by-step guides to creating the perfect garden, they also hold annual live shows and have an accompanying 'Gardener's World' magazine. Monty takes a sneak peak at the floral marquee before the show opens and then he searches for the perfect plants to add to his cottage garden, as well as checking out some of the ideas for sustainable gardening at the show. He will be finding out how they grow really productive fruit trees in the smallest of spaces and what it takes for a vegetable to earn the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Monty Don starts to prepare the flowering borders in the Jewel Garden for winter and makes a big garden bonfire. As the garden reaches an abundance of growth in August, it is the pond, hedges and edges of the garden which are the focus of attention. As the nights become colder, Monty Don advises on what plants need protection and how to nurture tender plants over the coming months. With warmer weather on the horizon, Monty Don makes a start on getting some tender vegetables underway, recommends plants which thrive with very little water and gives tips on the spring maintenance of houseplants. Episode 33. A hosta National Collection holder shares the secrets of his propagating success, and Rachel de Thame pays a visit to the garden of theatre impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Carol Klein and Joe Swift are at Gardeners' World Live in Birmingham. As the weather begins to warm up, there's plenty to be getting on with in the garden. From clematis and roses for full sun to plants for more shady places we get his top recommendations for varieties along with techniques for planting success. With Mothering Sunday around the corner, he also provides some timely inspiration for planting up a spring pot as a present. Gardeners' World continues with more timely spring tasks to keep our gardens looking their best. Carol visits Great Dixter to talk to head gardener Fergus Garrett as he prepares for the garden's first opening. Most of the episodes of the show are 30 minutes long, ⦠Monty Don makes a start by insulating his greenhouse to provide a winter home for all sorts of tender plants and gives his tips and techniques for ensuring their survival until next year. It's July and her beds are flourishing. Then she heads to the heart of London and discovers some hidden gardens to visit, all for the price of a travel card. Carol is adding more plants to her small garden which is filled entirely with plants that have been grown from seeds and cuttings. Carol Klein discovers London's wild side, exploring a community garden in the centre of the city that provides a haven for both flora and fauna. Monty has advice on what to sow and grow now for fresh vegetables, while Rachel de Thame introduces her plans for growing her own this year. He is also adding to his woodland spring planting and chitting his potatoes in anticipation of creamy new potatoes later in the year, Monty tackles the problem of box blight in his garden at Longmeadow. At Longmeadow, Monty Don has plenty of advice for jobs to be getting on with in early autumn and has tips for planting bulbs in a variety of places in the garden. And there's the next instalment of Rachel de Thame's cut flower garden diary as we join her back in April when she plants up Verbena bonariensis and takes inspiration from a glorious cutting garden at Parham House in West Sussex. And if you're thinking of giving your garden a bit of a spring revamp, Joe Swift has some helpful suggestions to get things going. Carol hunts for rare and unusual plants being showcased at Malvern and discovers what it takes for smaller growers to get their plants to the show in peak condition. Plus, Mark Lane visits Denmans Garden, West Sussex. Nick Macer is in London visiting a town garden where two different microclimates offer very different planting opportunities. (Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 4 Star). Toby Buckland is tidying up the Bee Border at Greenacre, cutting back the ghosts of last year's plants and selecting some nectar rich spring flowering perennials and shrubs that can be planted now to help ensure there is sufficient food for early bees. Carol Klein discovers our native lungwort, the pulmonaria, growing prolifically in the woodlands and verges of the New Forest, and meets a woman who has been growing them in her Hampshire garden for over 15 years. Rachel de Thame visits the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh to take a look behind the scenes at their world-renowned collection of alpines and find out what it takes to keep their fantastic display at the peak of perfection. Joe Swift and Rachel de Thame are in Dorset offering advice and a helping hand to a plucky gardener who, although it is officially still winter, is about to open her garden to the public under the National Garden Scheme. Monty begins by sowing seeds for plants to fill baskets at Berryfields, as well as giving tips on how to grow great bedding plants. Adam Frost's designs begin taking shape when he starts to build raised beds for his contemporary kitchen garden, while Nick Bailey travels to a suburban garden in Windsor to tackle overgrown climbers and shrubs. And Carol Klein makes more plants by taking root cuttings. With bees in mind, Monty plans for spring by planting some early nectar sources for them using bulbs which flower early in the year, namely crocus and winter aconites. Frances Tophill helps a gardener whose plants are not thriving where they are planted, while Joe Swift visits a small garden full of great design tips. Carol Klein helps a Britain in Bloom volunteer who's determined to bring colour to the former mining town of Easington Colliery. 4 months ago. Amateur gardeners pick up tips from this year's winners. From delphiniums to clematis, irises, orchids and dahlias, expert growers share their passion, along with hints and tips. At Longmeadow, Monty plants out some tender plants, takes cuttings from herbs and sows carrots. Adam Frost looks at a newly planted garden at RHS Hyde Hall in Essex, which has been designed to display both hardy and exotic vegetables. The first episode was filmed in 1968, presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. Monty also visits a national collection of vines to search out the best varieties for growing outdoors. The Easter weekend is one of the busiest of the gardening year, and Berryfields is no exception. Now we are truly in the throes of autumn, Monty Don turns his attention to collecting fallen leaves. We meet leading designer Jo Thompson as she prepares her show garden with a difference. Frances Tophill and Nick Bailey pick up growing advice from allotmenteers in Bradford and Birmingham. This episode is packed with know-how about how to sow a seed and ideas about improving gardens this summer. Monty Don advises on essential summer pruning, and offers tips for preparing the garden for time spent away on holiday. 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