Episode 1

Monty Don reviews the effects the winter weather has had on his garden.

Toby and the team begin to transform a muddy field into the nation's new back garden.

Greenacre Begins

Toby and the team launch the Dig In campaign, encouraging the nation to grow its own grub.

Dig In Campaign

Gardening magazine. Toby starts planting up the new 'twilight garden'.

Twilight Garden

Toby works on the pond and Carol reveals her final three proteges for gardening school.

Toby Works on the Pond

The team are at the 24th annual Spring Gardening Show in Malvern, Worcestershire.

Malvern Show

Carol Klein's apprentices tackle root cuttings of garden favourites.

Root Cuttings

Toby Buckland and Alys Fowler explore ways of making gardens more bee friendly.

Bee Friendly Garden

Toby Buckland plants out the annual plug plants ready for a summer of vibrant colour.

Plant Annual Plugs for Colour

The team revisit many of the exciting new garden areas and ambitious projects at Greenacre.

Revisit Projects at Greenacre

Toby visits the RHS garden at Rosemoor and gets tips on how they maintain the displays.

RHS Gardens at Rosemoor

Toby Buckland, Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Alys Fowler give a few professional pointers to help you groom your garden to perfection.

Toby finds himself up to his waist in water lilies at the RHS gardens at Wisley, and shows us what water plants we should be adding to our small ponds. He also gets inspiration for Greenacre from their glasshouse, which is packed with exotic plants.

Carol focuses her students' attention on the care of seedlings, shows them how to pot on plants and shares her in-depth knowledge of the most flamboyant plant in the summer garden - the dahlia.

Joe is back on his allotment catching up on his crops, and in Design Made Easy, he gives advice on the best colourful climbing plants for pergolas.

Alys joins Toby at Greenacre and, as well as catching up on all the seasonal gardening tasks, sows oriental vegetables.

RHS Gardens at Wisley

Toby Buckland visits the most northern Royal Horticultural Society garden at Harlow Carr.

RHS Gardens at Harlow Carr

Toby Buckland visits the RHS garden at Hyde Hall in Essex, inspiring his own dry garden

RHS Garden in Hyde Hall

Owner Lynda Brown describes the garden of Jessamine Cottage past and present.

The Garden of Jessamine Cottage

Toby Buckland returns to his coastal garden to create a seat made from sea washed pebbles.

A Seat From Sea-Washed Pebbles

September is the month when exotic plants reach their exuberant best, and in the tropical border at Greenacre Toby shows us which plants have performed.

Carol's favourite plant this week is the fiery crocosmia and she shows us the best ones to grow to set our borders ablaze.

Now is the perfect time to get new lawns growing, and Toby gives us the lowdown on laying turf while Alys chooses the less expensive option of growing a lawn from seed.

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.

Best Plants in the Tropical Border

As some plants complete their life cycle in the garden, it's the perfect opportunity for the gardener to reap a bountiful seed harvest. Toby Buckland explains which plants to go for and how to collect and store them.

For Carol Klein, late summer is the time when some plants are looking their most spectacular and, at Glebe Cottage, it's the Japanese anemone which is shining out from her borders.

Joe Swift offers design tips for seating areas, and Toby joins him to make one with a contemporary edge at Greenacre.

Plus, the garden of the first of the five finalists in the BBC Gardener of the Year competition is revealed.

Best Plants for Seed Harvesting

Toby Buckland and Alys Fowler plan for spring

Toby and Alys Plan for Spring

The judges visit the third finalist in the BBC Gardener of the Year competition

It's Time to Plant Alliums

Toby Buckland is inspired by the Orient and adds Japanese azaleas to Greenacre.

Toby Plants Japanese Azaleas

Toby Buckland plants a hazel nut tree and harvests the seeds from annual flowers.

Toby Plants a Black Currant

Toby Buckland explains which plants need wrapping up for the winter.

Wrapping Plants Up for Winter

It's all systems go at Greenacre as the team get the garden ready for the winter ahead.

Getting the Garden Ready for Winter

Spring is nearly upon us and Gardeners' World is back with a new series. As usual, Monty Don is at Longmeadow, reviewing the effects the winter weather has had on his garden. Carol Klein visits a Welsh hillside garden and delves into the botany of bulbs with a couple who have used a scientific approach to plant their garden with the earliest of spring flowers. It is the perfect time of year to plant trees and Joe Swift gives us his guide to choosing the best ones for our gardens. And there is a glimmer of hope for gardeners who have had to cope with copious amounts of rainfall this year when we visit a garden which, last year, was brought back from the brink of destruction with spectacular results.

As the gardening year gets underway at Longmeadow, Monty is tidying up his ornamental grass border, pruning roses and planning for summer scent. Joe Swift continues his series on trees when he gives tips on how to plant a tree for future success. Rachel de Thame follows a fragrant trail and explains how even the tiniest of flowers pack a punch in the perfume stakes. 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.

Episode 2

As part of his planning for summer, Monty begins to sow annual climbers and gets started on tidying and mulching his borders. In the last of Joe Swift's series on trees, he learns how and when to prune them, and why. We meet clematis enthusiast Mike Brown, whose collection fills his garden with colour all summer long, and amongst the brutalist architecture of London's Barbican, Nick Bailey, head gardener of the Chelsea Physic Garden, discovers a hidden tropical oasis.

Episode 3

The first big gardening weekend of the year gets underway with Monty dividing perennials and giving plenty of tips for how we can kick-start the garden for the season ahead. As millions of bedding plants are poised for planting in our pots and borders, Joe Swift visits a major grower to find out how they are produced and what drives the demand. Rachel is at a garden centre to find the top plant trends this Easter, and we travel to Devon to get some expert advice on looking after orchids from specialist grower Sara Rittershaus.

Episode 4

Monty gets to work in his wildlife garden, preparing for early pollinators.

Episode 5

Monty starts a new project: a cutting garden.

Episode 6

Nick Bailey marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.

Episode 7

Monty Don visits the RHS Malvern Spring Festival.

Episode 8

Carol begins her journey to investigate why plants thrive in challenging conditions.

Episode 9

Monty's focus is on summer when he plants up containers for color in the Jewel Garden.

Episode 10

A celebration of the volunteers who keep gardens around the country looking their best.

Episode 11

Tender vegetables, bedding plants and bees are the focus of Monty's gardening this week.

Episode 12

Monty gives his tips on late croppers to sow now.

Episode 13

Carol Klein wades through streams and marshes to show how to choose the right water plants.

Episode 14

Monty gives tips on extending the flower season in the borders.

Episode 15

Rachel de Thame pays a visit to the garden of theatre impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh.

Episode 16

Joe Swift looks at how the rose garden has been reimagined in the Savill Garden.

Episode 17

Joe Swift ponders ways of putting a contemporary twist on traditional bedding plants.

Episode 18

On the 20th anniversary of the death of Geoff Hamilton, Adam Frost returns to Barnsdale.

Episode 19

Alan Power catches up with the transformation of Shakespeare's New Place garden.

Episode 20

Monty Don has plenty of tips on how to cut hedges so that they grow well.

Episode 21

Monty advises on how to look after soft fruit to ensure maximum production next year.

Episode 22

Monty goes on an inspiring visit to the longest herbaceous border in the world.

Episode 23

Carol Klein continues looking at plant families, exploring popular relations of the rose.

Episode 24

Monty adds some autumn flowering asters to his borders and refreshes his strawberry beds.

Episode 25

Monty starts to tidy up the garden for autumn and reviews this year's display in the jewel garden. Carol Klein looks at the Apiaceae family, which includes not only stalwart and wildlife-friendly plants but also edible roots, and we pay a visit to a giant vegetable grower who is hoping to break the world record with his carrots. 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. Jane Moore discovers an exuberant garden and gardener whose small space is packed with plants, and Nick Macer discovers a garden in Ireland where the climate resembles an Atlantic rainforest.

Episode 26

Monty catches up with seasonal jobs at Longmeadow this week when he divides some perennials and plants alpines for spring colour. He also travels to Dublin to meet Helen Dillon to find out why she is planning to leave her world-famous garden after decades of honing it to perfection. In Scotland, Joe Swift begins his quest to find out why we should rekindle our love for rock gardens, while Frances Tophill perches precariously on a cliff in Cornwall as she joins a couple who have created a garden in extreme conditions. Adam Frost continues his progress on designing his garden in Lincolnshire and Flo Headlam transforms a shady and neglected front garden in London. And garden designer Mark Lane shares his passion for colour in his garden in Kent.

Episode 27

After months of nurturing the plants in his garden, Monty reaps a harvest of a different kind when he investigates how productive his bees have been at making honey. Joe Swift visits the world famous Chatsworth House in Derbyshire to explore the history of its monumental 19th-century rock garden and to see how a more contemporary version compliments the original design. Frances Tophill explores the challenges of gardening on the edge of a Scottish loch, while Flo Headlam is in Birmingham, transforming a city rooftop. Adam Frost continues with the transformation of his Lincolnshire garden, Alan Power spends a day with the head gardener at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, and Zephaniah Lindo is in Yorkshire, looking at research into how light can be manipulated to change the way plants grow.

Episode 28

There is a visitor at Longmeadow this week when Rachel de Thame lends Monty a hand as he refreshes his dry garden with plants that will thrive in tricky growing conditions. Monty also visits a national collection of vines to search out the best varieties for growing outdoors. Frances Tophill travels to the heart of Wales to meet a couple who have carved out a garden 1000 feet above sea level and Joe Swift visits Chelsea gold medal winner and stonemason Martin Cook to see how he uses contemporary rock sculpture within his Buckinghamshire garden. Garden doctor Nick Bailey offers intensive care to some neglected patio pots, while Adam Frost gets to work on renovating his rose pergola and laying paths in his kitchen garden. Alan Power visits Marks Hall arboretum in Essex, spending a day with the head gardener to find out what it takes to manage a landscape populated with trees.

Episode 29

Episode 30

It is the first day of spring and Monty has sharpened his tools in readiness to open the gardening year, accompanied, of course, by Nigel and Nellie, in the first episode of the series. Monty reflects on how Longmeadow has fared during an extraordinarily wet winter and gets going on a few essential tasks to get the garden into gear for the seasons to come.

With the popularity of houseplants gaining huge momentum, Frances Tophill visits RHS Wisley to find out how to look after the myriad types of indoor plants now available to gardeners. For more container inspiration, the episode introduces an enthusiast who has a passion for plants in pots and curates a display of over one thousand in her Somerset garden.

Monty welcomes spring at Longmeadow with plenty of changes in the garden to share. As well as getting on with some essential pruning, he lifts and divides perennials, starts sowing chillies and begins growing this year’s vegetables.

Last autumn, Joe Swift travelled to Swansea to join Sue Kent and find out about her new plan to grow vegetables on her allotment. There's a meeting with a passionate gardener at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire who curates a national collection of over 100 different varieties of rhubarb, and in Leeds there's a look at how a shady back yard has been transformed using containers and lots of ingenuity.

There's also another chance to join Carol Klein as she shares the highlights of the plants that shine out in winter at Bressingham Gardens in Norfolk, followed by some of the films that have been sent in by viewers.

With the clocks going forward this weekend, there’s an extra hour of gardening to enjoy. Monty makes the most of this as he begins to sow dahlia seeds for summer flowers, reveals a new project and shows what to plant now in the vegetable garden.

Adam Frost is in his own garden as he extends the planting in his gravel garden and reveals his plans for the coming year. Meanwhile, there's a passionate grower in north London who has filled her home with cacti and succulents.

Last year, Frances Tophill met ecologist and professor of biology Dave Goulson, who has planted his garden with the conservation of insects in mind. And there's a second chance to meet Poppy Ocotcha as she discusses how she utilises every available space to grow vegetables on her barge.

It’s the Easter weekend, which means extra time to get out and enjoy the garden. At Longmeadow, Monty plants out sweet peas for summer colour, gives advice on what to use for mulching borders and has plenty of ideas for jobs to get on with this long weekend.

Carol Klein is at RHS Rosemoor to revel in the floral spring sensations that epitomise the season. In Scotland, JJ Chalmers explains how important his local park was in helping both his physical and mental rehabilitation and there’s a look back at how Nick Bailey transformed his back garden in one season, from a blank space into a colourful and productive oasis.

Plus enter the world of the daffodil show to find out what serious enthusiasts do to produce the perfect bloom, followed by some of the films that have been sent in by viewers.

Episode 3 - Easter Special

Monty adds self-sown ornamental grass seedlings to the paradise garden, Advolly Richmond explores the extraordinary history of lawns and Adam Frost explores the front gardens in a London street.

Monty gives advice on what to plant under shrubs and roses, Carol Klein celebrates a spectacular display of tulips and Kate Bradbury takes us through the first stages of creating a wildlife garden.

Monty takes us through the next steps of chilli seed growth and plants out some of the evergreen cuttings he has propagated. There’s also plenty to be getting on with in the vegetable garden, including planting beans. Joe Swift gets some garden design and planting inspiration when he visits a shady courtyard garden in London, and from Dorset, there's expert advice from a woman who grows chillies from all over the world. In central Wales, there's a gardener whose back garden has been planted to remind her of her childhood home in Jamaica, while Nick Bailey finds out about what can be done about an annoying pest which is spoiling box hedges. Our viewers have also been busy with their own hints and tips from their gardens.

At Longmeadow, Monty gives us a masterclass on growing Mediterranean herbs, plants lily bulbs for summer scent, and in the vegetable garden, he begins to sow seeds for salad root crops. Carol Klein is in Devon, where she takes a close look at late summer planting combinations. Meanwhile, in Cumbria, there's a gardener whose passion for exotic plants and dahlias has taken over his family garden and spilled over onto his allotment. In Milan, Arit Anderson visits an extraordinary high-rise building which has been designed as a living forest, and in Kent is a man with a collection of over 80 different varieties of wisteria. Meanwhile, viewers give hints and tips from their own gardens.

In Adam Frost’s garden, he gives his tips on lawn repair, grows some unusual vegetables and plants a seasonal container. Meanwhile, Advolly Richmond brings us up to date in her history of lawns.

At Longmeadow, Monty revels in seasonal blossom and flowers, plants out his tomatoes and demystifies the myriad of different plant foods by showing us what we can feed our plants and when we should be doing it. Arit Anderson visits the peatlands of Cumbria, where she begins her journey looking into the use of peat in the horticultural industry. We catch up with Sue Kent to find out about the progress she has made on her allotment and in her garden this spring. Meanwhile, in Cornwall, we discover a garden designer with a unique approach to combining edible and ornamental plants, and in Wales, we meet a gardener who has amassed a collection of over 400 different rhododendrons.

At Longmeadow, Monty adds flowers for pollinators to his wildlife garden, creates an alpine trough and plants out tender veg in his vegetable garden. Adam Frost uses the wonders of technology when comedian Susan Calman contacts him for advice with her garden in Glasgow, and we travel to Devon to visit an enthusiast who has discovered a passion for collecting different varieties of a highly scented spring-flowering shrub. Nick Bailey shows us how we can all attract wildlife into our gardens by making a simple a pond in a barrel, and we explore some new ideas of planting in the Sheffield garden of Professor James Hitchmough.

Monty gives advice on plants to use for foliage with tropical proportions and shows us how to plant them to suit their needs, gives a masterclass on herbs to grow in shady areas of the garden and sows sweetcorn and cucumbers for summer harvests. Arit Anderson continues her investigation into the use of peat as she talks to the people involved in the manufacture of compost as well as growers and consumers. In Cheshire, an enthusiast aims to have a clematis in flower every day of the year in his garden and has amassed a collection of over 150 plants in his quest for floral abundance. One of the most vibrant of spring flowering plants is the euphorbia, and Carol Klein is at Oxford Botanic Garden to explore their national collection. We also find out what viewers have been getting up to in their own gardens.

Arit Anderson and Frances Tophill introduce a special Gardeners’ World from Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden in Sussex. They not only explore the gardens but also meet the gardeners, joining in on their planting projects and finding out more about the UK’s largest conservation project, the Millenium Seed Bank. There's also a houseplant enthusiast whose passion for monstera has taken over most of the rooms in his flat in Cheltenham, and in London, we visit the garden of a designer who has made the most of the limited space in his outdoor courtyard - but who still finds room for the odd weed or two. And in Cornwall, we discover a gardener with a unique approach to planting meadows by combining edible and ornamental plants.

At Longmeadow, Monty turns his attention to containers, planting them up for drama and summer colour in the jewel garden and showing us how to repot citrus plants. In Hampshire, Joe Swift meets the designer of an award-winning contemporary garden to explore the techniques and the plants she has used to seamlessly integrate both house and garden. Meanwhile, we catch up with the three extraordinary sisters from Dorset who we met last year to find out about a whole new growing project they have started. In Cheshire, we visit a garden where lack of space has not deterred the gardener from packing it full with tropical plants, and in Staffordshire, we get expert growing tips from the holder of a national collection of one of summer’s most delicate flowers, the angel’s fishing rod. We also find out what our viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.

As midsummer approaches, it’s the perfect time for Monty to place succulents outside at Longmeadow, as well as planting out dahlias and tender vegetables. Carol Klein visits Trebah Garden in Cornwall, where she finds plants which can add early summer pazazz to our borders. Nick Bailey is at RHS Wisley to look at a variety of shrubs that can be used as alternatives to traditional box hedging. We travel to the seaside in Kent to meet a group of gardeners who have transformed an unloved public space, and in Wales, we find a garden packed with unusual and prehistoric plants.

We join Adam Frost in his garden, where he will be giving tips on laying turf, planting succulents and adding perennial plants to his kitchen garden to grow as cut flowers. Joe Swift travels to Marwood Hill Gardens in Devon to explore plants that thrive in moist conditions, and in Buckinghamshire, we uncover the story of a hidden collection of iris accumulated over a period of 45 years. In Midlothian, we visit a nursery where the Himalayan blue poppy is a speciality, and Frances Tophill meets a florist who has a passion for growing cut flowers on her allotment. Carol Klein visits Trebah Garden in Cornwall, where she finds plants which can add early summer pazazz to our borders. Nick Bailey is at RHS Wisley to look at a variety of shrubs that can be used as alternatives to traditional box hedging. We travel to the seaside in Kent to meet a group of gardeners who have transformed an unloved public space, and in Wales, we find a garden packed with unusual and prehistoric plants.

Adam Frost adds tall plants for shady conditions to his borders, shows us how to make a window box for growing vegetables and herbs, and gives his tips on how to grow plants successfully in peat-free compost. Nick Bailey is in Worcestershire exploring a garden where peonies are taking centre stage, and we return to the urban garden of Kate Bradbury to find out how she ensures that visiting wildlife is kept well fed throughout the summer months. We travel to the Isle of Man to a garden where a range of exotic plants are thriving in the micro-climate on the island, and we meet a nurseryman in Kent with a passion for hydrangeas.

We are back with Monty at Longmeadow this week, where he catches up with all his summer jobs in the border and the vegetable garden.

Carol Klein gets inspiration for planting combinations when she explores the garden rooms at Cothay Manor and Gardens in Somerset, and Arit Anderson goes to RHS Wisley to find out about their research into the variety and function of the different slugs and snails found in our gardens.

We celebrate an iconic summer flower when we travel to Staffordshire to meet a family who specialise in growing a huge variety of sweet peas.

At Longmeadow, Monty gives a masterclass on the summer pruning of fruit and advice on maintaining ponds, and plants up a pot to give colour and interest to last into the autumn months.

Adam Frost travels to Brodsworth Hall in South Yorkshire to meet a head gardener who has been set the challenge of restoring the gardens to their 19th-century glory. We meet a young couple at a nursery in Devon to find out about the plants that thrive around water, and in Essex we visit a gardener who loves vibrant colours and changes her plants to suit the season.

Monty gets going on a new planting project, gives advice on planting for east- and west-facing borders, starts reaping summer vegetables and sows seeds for autumn harvests.

Sue Kent finds inspiration for her own garden when she explores the glorious Aberglasney Gardens in Wales, while Nick Bailey travels to Scotland to investigate a disease affecting trees and shrubs in both woodlands and gardens.

We meet a gardener in Kent who fills every space in her garden with the different textures, colours and shapes of foliage, and we visit a school in West Yorkshire where their garden has been planted for the benefit of wildlife and bees.

Monty is at Longmeadow, keeping on top of seasonal maintenance as well as enjoying the plants of high summer.

Adam Frost travels to Sissinghurst Castle Gardens to view a new area of the garden which was inspired by a visit to the Greek island of Delos, and in Berkshire we find out how one enthusiast keeps her garden full of interest in every season of the year.

In West Sussex, we get tips on producing the perfect dahlia from a grower with over 50 years of experience, and we travel to Kent where we meet a gardener with a passion for colourful containers. We also get plenty of inspiration and tips from our viewers' gardens.

In a special programme, Carol Klein and Nick Bailey celebrate gardeners throughout the country who have created some truly unique gardens and made every space count.

Carol meets a couple in Dorset whose garden is full of inspirational features, and Nick is in his own city garden, giving his design and gardening tips for making the most of limited spaces. Frances Tophill travels to the Isle of Man to find out how a community of gardeners copes with extremes of weather, while Joe Swift is in Cardiff visiting an extraordinary water-filled front garden.

In Sheffield, one man’s garden is given over to homes for wildlife and we visit a beautiful garden in Essex, the restrained colour palette of which conveys a sense of romance and tranquillity. And, of course, there is plenty of inspiration from our viewers' own gardens.

Monty welcomes a special guest, the Duchess of Cornwall, to Longmeadow, where she shares her love of gardening.

Also in this programme, Monty carries out some seasonal maintenance on the mound, demonstrates how to plant a fragrant lavender hedge and catches up on the progress of his aubergines and chillies in the greenhouse.

Nick Bailey visits Knoll Gardens in Dorset and gives his tips on the tall perennials which give a burst of colour in borders towards the end of the season, when other flowers have started to fade. JJ Chalmers heads to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and discovers the vital role it plays in the local community. And we get plenty of inspiration and tips from our viewers' own gardens.

Monty is at Longmeadow, enjoying the colours of late summer in the garden. He also has plenty of tips to keep gardeners busy over the bank holiday weekend.

Adam Frost, Carol Klein and Frances Tophill get an exclusive preview of Gardeners’ World Live at the NEC, where they explore the show gardens and floral delights on offer.

We also meet an inspirational gardener who lost her sight as a child and shows us around her garden in Leicestershire, and we visit a couple in Lincolnshire who are passionate about ferns.

We also get plenty of inspiration and tips from our viewers' own gardens.

Monty is at Longmeadow with plenty of seasonal advice to keep us busy and our gardens colourful.

Will Young shows us around his south London courtyard garden and reveals why it has become an absolute joy in his life, and Joe Swift helps him create some seasonal pot displays for sunny and shady spots.

We also visit an inspirational garden in Essex filled with beautiful summer flowers, and its owner explains why it has become increasingly important for her health and wellbeing. And we get plenty of ideas and tips from our viewers' own gardens.

As we head into autumn, it’s time for Monty to get some shrubs in the ground and plan ahead for spring with some bulb planting.

Meanwhile, Frances Tophill joins Sue Kent on her allotment near Swansea to find out how her growing year has been.

We also meet a man in Bedfordshire to learn about his passion for salvias and pay a visit to a beautiful garden in Gwent, where a sloping garden has been transformed. And, as always, we share some of our favourite films sent in by viewers.

We join Adam in his garden for a seasonal catch-up. Toby Buckland gives timely tips on summer and autumn maintenance for your borders, and we join singer-songwriter Billie Marten as she shares her passion for growing vegetables.

In North Yorkshire, we meet a couple who have developed a colourful garden on a sloping site, and we also catch up with more viewers' gardens.

With autumn fast approaching, Monty is preparing the borders for the change of seasons and looking ahead to spring.

Adam Frost and Advolly Richmond visit a glorious historic garden in North Yorkshire - Scampston Hall. Advolly will be delving into its fascinating history whilst Adam immerses himself in the design. He reveals how it has changed over the years and meets the head gardener, who is the current custodian of the garden.

We also visit an allotment in Warwickshire without a vegetable in sight. And we get lots of ideas and suggestions from our viewers' own gardens.

In a special programme, Monty and the team celebrate the wonder of trees and explore the vital role they play in our gardens and the wider landscape.

Toby Buckland visits a tree project in North London which is all about engaging children with nature, growing and sustainability, while Nick Bailey gives us his ultimate guide to the top trees for your garden.

We visit a ground-breaking project in Staffordshire, which is using living experiments to monitor the crucial part trees play in mitigating climate change, and Arit Anderson finds out how planting more trees can support both humans and the planet.

Monty is back at Longmeadow, getting stuck into more seasonal tasks.

Joe Swift heads to Houghton Lodge Gardens in Hampshire, renowned for its walled kitchen garden and heritage fruit collection.

We visit Rachel de Thame’s garden, where she has been experimenting with growing different and unusual cut flowers. She is joined by floral artist and designer Hazel Gardiner as they both create their own unique flower arrangements.

Plus lots of ideas and suggestions from our viewers' own gardens.

In the final episode of the series, Monty is preparing for spring colour and sowing broad beans. Adam Frost meets the head gardener at Broughton Grange in Oxfordshire to find out how he manages the garden to ensure that it connects with the wider landscape. Toby Buckland visits Sue Kent’s garden near Swansea to help out with autumnal maintenance, we head to Norwich and the National Collection of Muscari, and in Nottinghamshire a couple share their bright ideas for a shady woodland garden. Also, there are lots of suggestions from our viewers' own gardens.

At Longmeadow, Monty embarks on an exciting new project, sows perennial seeds and gives a tree planting masterclass. Adam Frost visits a garden in Suffolk, where an imaginative selection of evergreen planting creates structure and interest all year round, and Frances Tophill celebrates a national collection of cyclamen in a garden on the edge of Dartmoor.

At Exbury Gardens in Hampshire, we meet the head gardener who shares his love of camellias, and we visit an extraordinary garden in Kent inspired by the famous borders at Great Dixter. Viewers also share what they have been getting up to in their gardens.

Gardeners’ World 2022 episode 1

With spring just around the corner, Monty makes a start on his bog garden and demonstrates how to divide perennials and get plants for free.  Rachel de Thame visits a garden in Kent, a labour of love where meticulous planning, discipline and precision have cleverly extended the season, and Arit Anderson plants up a seasonal container inspired by the colours of spring.  We meet an allotmenteer in north west London who loves to experiment with growing unusual and heritage vegetables to use in her cooking, and a couple of plantaholics with a passion for rare and unusual plants show us around their garden, created on the site of a former nursery in Cambridgeshire. Viewers also share their gardening exploits.

Monty gets stuck into some seasonal jobs at Longmeadow.

Nick Bailey heads to Bodnant Garden in north Wales to find out how the team are tackling the recent storm damage and what new planting opportunities have been created. Frances Tophill meets a couple new to gardening who have created a garden that is both productive and ornamental in a long, narrow plot at their home in Somerset.

GP Amir Khan shares the health benefits of gardening and spending time in green spaces at his wildlife friendly garden in Leeds. In Lincolnshire, meanwhile, we visit a grower who champions the hollyhock, as custodian of the national collection of this cottage garden favourite.

Viewers also share what they’ve been up to in their gardens.

In this week’s episode, Monty gets involved in more seasonal tasks at Longmeadow.

Carol Klein celebrates the spring highlights at Beth Chatto’s Gardens in Essex, and Toby Buckland is in Cornwall to meet a gardener who fell out of love with gardening but has recently rediscovered his passion for plants through texture and sound. We meet a gardener in South Yorkshire who is fanatical about ferns, and we discover there is an alpine for any aspect on a visit to a garden in Hampshire. Gardeners’ World viewers also share what they have been up to in their gardens.

Monty continues planting up perennials in his recently extended orchard beds and begins a redesign in the dry garden.

Toby Buckland explores the impressive collection of heritage daffodils at Cotehele in Cornwall, and we visit JJ Chalmers at home in Scotland as he gets stuck into some seasonal jobs.

A couple in Birmingham share their experimental garden, which has been curated like a living art gallery with cacti, ferns and air plants at the heart of its design. With over 600 plants in her collection, we visit a passionate pelargonium grower in Hertfordshire. Gardeners’ World viewers also share what they’ve been up to in their gardens.

It’s the Easter bank holiday, and at Longmeadow, Monty turns his attention to planting up his new bog garden, sows cucumber and melon seeds and continues with changes to the dry garden.

Adam Frost heads to a beautiful walled garden that is both ornamental and productive in West Sussex. It’s the first visit of the year to Sue Kent’s garden near Swansea as she reveals news about an exciting new project. In Lancashire, we meet a national collection holder of hepatica, and a houseplant enthusiast shares his passion for indoor gardening.

Gardeners’ World viewers also share the joy that their gardens bring them.

Monty continues his revamp of the dry garden, repots succulents and plants up a window box ideal for a shady spot.

Adam Frost goes back to basics and gives advice for viewers who are starting a garden from scratch, and Frances Tophill visits a garden in north London which has growing produce sustainably at its core. We meet a gardener in Manchester who has combined his love of pottery and plants, and an aeonium enthusiast from Shropshire shares her collection of over 300 varieties.

There’s also another chance to see what Gardeners’ World viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.

Monty plants tender perennials, including salvias and gingers, in the Jewel Garden, brings his citrus plants out from their winter protection and plants primulas in his new bog garden.

As tulip season reaches its glorious peak, Rachel de Thame visits a dazzling display of this spring favourite at a garden in Gloucestershire, and Joe Swift checks out a pub garden with a difference in East Sussex.

We meet a gardener who loves to experiment on his allotment in Bristol and a GP in north London with a passion for growing citrus plants. There’s also another chance to see what Gardeners’ World viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.

Gardeners’ World comes from the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. Adam Frost and Arit Anderson reveal the highlights of the show gardens and this year’s must-have flowers and plants on display in the Floral Marquee.

We meet a pond plant specialist in Lincolnshire who is exhibiting at the festival for the first time, and in the run-up to the show, we visit a family nursery with a passion for the jewel-like auricula.

Carol Klein celebrates the range of blossom on show at this time of year at Batsford Arboretum in the Cotswolds, and in Worcestershire Nick Bailey revels in one of the stars of the early summer garden – the peony.

There’s been a huge surge of interest in houseplants over the last couple of years, so Frances Tophill and Nick Bailey celebrate the joys of indoor gardening in a special programme from Oxford Botanic Garden.  Rachel de Thame visits a nursery in Devon which specialises in growing the ever-popular orchid. We meet an interior designer in London, whose use of houseplants at home has allowed him to reconnect with nature. A self-confessed plantaholic gives us a tour of the indoor jungle he’s created at home in Worcestershire, and we meet a gardener in Manchester who gardens on his balcony 18 floors up.  We also look at the latest trends and must-have houseplants of the moment, giving the best practical advice on how to care for houseplants and showing how to grow your own for free.

Monty shows the range of vegetables that can be easily grown in containers if you are short on space, moves ornamental grasses and sows zinnias.  Nick Bailey gives us an insight into the bearded iris in Buckinghamshire, and Sue Kent shares an update on the progress of her first ever show garden, destined for the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.  We meet a gardener in Lincolnshire with a passion for tropical plants, and there is another chance to see what Gardeners’ World viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.

Monty Don shows how to get the best from tomatoes planted in grow bags and demonstrates how to divide agapanthus, and we catch up on developments in the recently revamped dry garden.  Adam Frost shares the progress at his new plot and tackles planting in a shady border against a north-facing wall. Frances Tophill meets a couple in Worcestershire who’ve created a garden inspired by their travels around the world.  In Cornwall, we meet a window cleaner on a mission to champion trees, and more Gardeners’ World viewers share the joy that gardening brings them.

Monty turns his attention to the containers in the jewel garden, plants courgettes and clematis and checks up on his bees.  Arit Anderson meets a woman on a mission to green up unloved and neglected outdoor spaces in west London, and Nick Bailey continues his journey through the world of the iris - this time turning his attention to Siberian and water irises.  We also meet a gardener in Somerset who has created the cottage garden of her dreams, and more Gardeners’ World viewers share the joy their gardens bring them.

Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC Television programme about gardening, first broadcast in 1968 and still running as of 2013. Its first episode was presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. The magazine BBC Gardeners' World is a tie-in to the programme. Most of its episodes have been 30 minutes in length, although there are many specials that last longer. The 2008 and 2009 series used a 60-minute format.

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Season 1

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Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1968