Monty has plenty of ideas to make the most of the season - from creating new plants for free by dividing herbaceous perennials to planning a dazzling spring display by sowing iris bulbs. He’s also planting elephant garlic for next year’s kitchen and Asian greens to keep his salads fresh all winter long.

Episode 27

Monty Don

Adam Frost

Frances Tophill

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Episode 26

Monty has had a busy winter at Longmeadow and shares exciting new plans to transform the borders in the Jewel Garden. He plants up pots for early colour, shows how to move a clematis and sows veg for the year ahead.

Episode 1

Monty makes the most of the longer days as he continues the rejuvenation of his Jewel Garden borders. Joe Swift meets a group of neighbours championing their front gardens.

Episode 2

Monty is busy adding herbaceous perennials to the revamped Jewel Garden – but before planting, he has good advice on how to plan a border.

Episode 3

Monty plans displays bursting with colour and scent, shares some of his favourite foliage to create a tapestry of texture in shade, and plants new and tasty soft fruit.

Episode 4

Adam Frost is in his garden, revealing what he has in store for the coming season. He takes stock of his ornamental veg garden and adds some bulbs to a border.

Episode 5

Easter is a busy weekend for gardeners, and Monty continues the big revamp of his Jewel Garden at Longmeadow.

Episode 6

As spring continues, Monty plants up the Mound in a gorgeous palette of blues and yellows. Frances Tophill enjoys a stunning display of wisteria at a National Collection for Plant Heritage in Surrey.

Episode 7

In this special edition, Joe Swift and Rachel de Thame are in the North Wessex Downs spending the day at Malverleys, a stunning garden transformed in just 14 years.

Episode 8

Gardeners’ World comes from the spectacular RHS Malvern Spring Festival in Worcestershire. Adam Frost and Sue Kent explore show gardens bursting with clever ideas and creative planting.

Episode 9

As the days lengthen and the garden bursts into life, Monty is busy planting foxgloves, sowing cosmos for cut flowers and planting out his tomatoes.

Episode 10

With summer approaching, Monty is changing things up and infusing some drama into his Jewel Garden pots. Arit Anderson meets a gardener in Suffolk championing the ‘grown not flown’ movement.

Episode 11

Monty is busy in the cottage garden. As the roses begin to bloom, he’s inserting a colourful splash of underplanting to add floral icing to the upcoming display.

Episode 12

The team head to Birmingham for one of the highlights of the horticultural calendar - the annual Gardeners’ World Live event.

Episode 13

It’s almost summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and Frances Tophill is gardening at Damson Farm, a magical garden set in the glorious Somerset countryside.

Episode 14

Longmeadow is exploding with summer colour, and Monty is potting up scented pelargoniums for their fragrance. Meanwhile, Toby Buckland visits horticultural gem Stockton Bury Gardens in Herefordshire.

Episode 15

Gardeners’ World comes from the world’s largest annual flower show, the spectacular RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival.

Episode 16

Gardeners’ World has exclusive access to a brand new flower show at RHS Wentworth Woodhouse in South Yorkshire.

Episode 17

Monty is checking how the garden is coping with the dry summer, and in the veg garden, this means making choices on which plants to water and which to leave.

Episode 18

After the intense heat of high summer, we are back at Adams Garden, cooling off with an eye-catching water feature for waterlilies and wildlife.

Episode 19

Monty is summer-pruning his trained fruit, sowing some hardy annuals and is planning ahead for winter in the veg garden. Meanwhile, Jamie Butterworth visits RHS Garden Bridgewater in Salford.

Episode 20

Monty is cutting back in the Cottage Garden to make room for annuals, harvesting tomatoes and taking sage cuttings in the Herb Garden.

Episode 21

With a bank holiday weekend to look forward to, Adam Frost has a few things to be getting on with in the garden.

Episode 22

Monty takes salvia cuttings in the Jewel Garden, plants out home-grown rocket in his veg garden and pots up amarines for an autumn display.

Episode 23

As summer starts to make way for autumn, Monty is harvesting sweetcorn, taking stock of his plants in pots and pruning summer-fruiting raspberries.

Episode 24

Monty has plans for interest and colour in his garden next year, from adding a rose to the new Dog House to planting daffodil bulbs and sowing sweet pea seeds. He also shares his best solutions for tackling plant pests in his greenhouse.

Episode 25

Frances Tophill is back at Damson Farm in the Somerset countryside to revel in the atmosphere and abundance in an autumn garden. There are ornamentals and edibles to harvest, and in the meadow, there are seeds aplenty. She shares evergreen planting ideas for shady corners and adds a touch of late seasonal interest to beds and borders.

As the autumn light bathes Longmeadow, Monty is harvesting pumpkins in time for Halloween, adding a berberis to his orchard border and planting out strawberries.

It’s an exciting week at Longmeadow as Monty makes a start on his brand new woodland garden. Autumn is the best time to get trees and shrubs in the ground, and he plants three that would do well in a shady spot. He’s also got ideas for brightening up a lawn and shares advice on how to get an early crop of onions.

Episode 29

Frances Tophill is back at Damson Farm, lending a hand with autumn jobs in the garden. She learns about a clever recipe for making an architectural compost cake, plants a container with evergreens and spring bulbs, and takes hardwood cuttings from a tree with beautiful berries.

Episode 30

At Longmeadow, Monty is full steam ahead creating a new woodland garden from scratch. He plants up some native grasses and adds in hellebores for a colourful spring display. He also prunes a climbing rose, harvests kale and winter veg, and pots up hyacinth bulbs.

Episode 31

With winter fast approaching, Monty has dahlias to lift and store, leafmould to make, and tulips and wallflowers to plant in pots. He also takes root cuttings from one of his favourite herbaceous perennials.

Episode 32

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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