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The Best Episodes of Gardeners' World Season 55

Every episode of Gardeners' World Season 55 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gardeners' World Season 55!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 1 - Gardeners’ World 2022 episode 1
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    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.

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  2. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 2 - Episode 2
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    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.

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  3. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 3 - Episode 3
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    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.

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  4. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 4 - Episode 4
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    #4 - Episode 4

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    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.

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  5. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 5 - Episode 5
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    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.

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  6. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 6 - Episode 6
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    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.

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  7. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 7 - Episode 7
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    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.

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  8. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 8 - Episode 8
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    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.

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  9. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 9 - Episode 9
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    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.

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  10. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 10 - Episode 10
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    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.

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  11. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 11 - Episode 11
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    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.

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  12. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 12 - Episode 12
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    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.

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  13. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 13 - Episode 13
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    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.

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  14. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 14 - Episode 14
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    #14 - Episode 14

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    The team head to Birmingham for one of the highlights of the horticultural calendar - the annual Gardeners’ World Live event. Monty Don, Arit Anderson, Nick Bailey, Adam Frost and Rachel de Thame inspire us with the best design tips from the show gardens and explore the wealth of plants on offer in the floral marquee. We catch up with Frances Tophill, who has designed and created her very first show garden, and we also meet expert growers who share their passion for penstemons and hydrangea.

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  15. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 15 - Episode 15
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    #15 - Episode 15

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    Monty plants out annuals in the jewel garden, adds agapanthus to the mound and finds a new home for his pelargoniums. Adam Frost visits an innovative kitchen garden at the Tottenham Hotspur training centre in north London, which provides fresh produce for its players, coaches and staff. In Wiltshire, Carol Klein is at a glorious garden which employs clever use of curves, circles and spheres in its evergreen planting. Plus a gardener in Leicestershire who loves her high maintenance garden and more Gardeners’ World viewers sharing what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.

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  16. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 16 - Episode 16
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    Monty plants out sweetcorn, checks in on his container veg and creates a display with fuchsias. Nick Bailey visits a nurserywoman and gardener in Cheshire who uses perennials as the stars of the garden to provide interest throughout the year. With only a few weeks to go, Sue Kent shares an update on the progress of her first ever show garden, destined for the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. And there's a gardener in Somerset who couldn’t live without roses in her garden. Also tonight, more Gardeners’ World viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.

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  17. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 17 - Episode 17
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    This week, in a special programme, Gardeners’ World comes from the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. Adam Frost, Carol Klein and Joe Swift reveal the highlights of the show gardens, meet the designers and growers and share the season’s must-have flowers and plants on display at the biggest flower show in the world. Plus a catch-up with Gardeners’ World presenter Sue Kent, who has designed and created her first ever show garden.

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  18. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 18 - Episode 18
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    #18 - Episode 18

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    Monty is back at Longmeadow, getting stuck into some seasonal jobs. Arit Anderson and Nick Bailey present highlights from RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in Cheshire. They share the latest design advice from the show gardens and the must-have plants of the season from the flower-filled floral marquee. Also, Carol Klein salutes the floral glories of high summer when she visits a garden in Somerset, and we meet another tree champion as we continue our celebration of the Queen’s Green Canopy.

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  19. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 19 - Episode 19
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    #19 - Episode 19

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    Monty shows how to deal with drought, takes fuchsia cuttings and demonstrates how to summer prune fruit trees. Advolly Richmond reveals the important role that trees have played in gardens throughout history on a visit to Longleat. There's also a catch-up with three sisters in Dorset who developed a love of gardening during lockdown - this time, they plant up two beds, one for sun and one for shade. Also, there's a look at a national collection of heleniums in Berwickshire, and more Gardeners’ World viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.

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  20. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 20 - Episode 20
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    Monty sows rocket, harvests chillies and tomatoes, and demonstrates how to take semi-ripe cuttings. Adam Frost shows how his new garden is shaping up, Frances Tophill meets a head gardener in south London where gardening sustainably in response to climate change is high on the agenda, and there's a self-confessed 'plantaholic' in her flower-filled garden in Kent. The celebration of the Queen’s Green Canopy continues with a visit to a tree champion in Worcestershire who holds the national collection of gingko biloba, and more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.

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  21. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 21 - Episode 21
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    Monty Don undertakes more seasonal jobs at Longmeadow. Arit Anderson meets a garden designer in Somerset who has worked in harmony with nature to create a garden on a former brownfield site, and Rachel de Thame explores the London garden of hairstylist Sam McKnight. A grower from Suffolk shares her obsession with tomatoes, and there's a gardener who has created a Japanese-inspired garden at his home in Bristol. And more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.

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  22. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 22 - Episode 22
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    #22 - Episode 22

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    As summer marches on, Monty gets stuck into more seasonal jobs at Longmeadow. Adam Frost revels in the range of produce growing in a Victorian walled kitchen garden in Somerset, Joe Swift visits a garden in West Sussex that has been completely redesigned to make the most of views over the South Downs, and The Repair Shop’s resident horologist Steve Fletcher shares his passion for gardening. There's also a gardener from Lancashire who loves growing clematis, and Gardeners’ World viewers share what they have been getting up to in their gardens.

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  23. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 23 - Episode 23
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    This week’s episode comes from Adam Frost’s garden. Arit Anderson discovers a paradise garden in Cambridge which has become a focal point for the local community, and Frances Tophill shares the joy of collecting and saving heirloom vegetable seeds on a visit to Pembrokeshire. There's a passionate grower in Somerset who has a unique take on companion planting in his productive plot, and in Wolverhampton there's a gardener who, through clever design and planting, has transformed a long narrow plot into a magical space to get lost in. Also, more Gardeners’ World viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.

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  24. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 24 - Episode 24
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    Adam Frost and Advolly Richmond celebrate the horticultural genius of William Robinson in the gardens of his former home, Gravetye Manor in Sussex. Fresh off the back of her success at Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, Sue Kent gives her own garden some TLC and creates a special container display using small pots. There's also a passionate grower in London who uses every available space in his garden to grow a vast range of vegetables, and in Manchester is a gardener who is inspiring his local community after transforming the alley behind his house into a floral paradise.

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  25. Gardeners' World Season 55 Episode 25 - Episode 25
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    In this special episode, Rachel de Thame and Arit Anderson explore the role gardeners can play in having a positive impact on wildlife in their gardens, allotments and communal green spaces. Nick Bailey meets an entomologist on a mission to change our perceptions of common garden pests, Kate Bradbury shows how she gardens in harmony with wildlife on her allotment, and there's a look at a city garden where the wildlife is flourishing. We also meet a gardener in Kent who wants to have as many creatures on her plot as possible, and viewers share the joy that wildlife brings to their gardens.

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Season 55 Ratings Summary

"Gardeners’ World 2022 episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Gardeners' World" season 55. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/11/2022. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".