Gardeners' World
Season 49
201630 episodes
Episode 1
Episode 1
Mar 3, 201629m
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.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Mar 10, 201629m
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 3
Episode 3
Mar 17, 201629m
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 4
Episode 4
Mar 24, 201629m
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 5
Episode 5
Mar 31, 201629m
Monty gets to work in his wildlife garden, preparing for early pollinators.
Episode 6
Episode 6
Apr 14, 201629m
Monty starts a new project: a cutting garden.
Episode 7
Episode 7
Apr 21, 201629m
Nick Bailey marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.
Episode 8
Episode 8
May 5, 201629m
Monty Don visits the RHS Malvern Spring Festival.
Episode 9
Episode 9
May 12, 201629m
Carol begins her journey to investigate why plants thrive in challenging conditions.
Episode 10
Episode 10
May 19, 201629m
Monty's focus is on summer when he plants up containers for color in the Jewel Garden.
Episode 11
Episode 11
Jun 2, 201629m
A celebration of the volunteers who keep gardens around the country looking their best.
Episode 12
Episode 12
Jun 9, 201629m
Tender vegetables, bedding plants and bees are the focus of Monty's gardening this week.
Episode 13
Episode 13
Jun 16, 201629m
Monty gives his tips on late croppers to sow now.
Episode 14
Episode 14
Jun 30, 201629m
Carol Klein wades through streams and marshes to show how to choose the right water plants.
Episode 15
Episode 15
Jul 7, 201629m
Monty gives tips on extending the flower season in the borders.
Episode 16
Episode 16
Jul 12, 201629m
Rachel de Thame pays a visit to the garden of theatre impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh.
Episode 17
Episode 17
Jul 19, 201629m
Joe Swift looks at how the rose garden has been reimagined in the Savill Garden.
Episode 18
Episode 18
Jul 26, 201629m
Joe Swift ponders ways of putting a contemporary twist on traditional bedding plants.
Episode 19
Episode 19
Aug 4, 201629m
On the 20th anniversary of the death of Geoff Hamilton, Adam Frost returns to Barnsdale.
Episode 20
Episode 20
Aug 11, 201629m
Alan Power catches up with the transformation of Shakespeare's New Place garden.
Episode 21
Episode 21
Aug 18, 201629m
Monty Don has plenty of tips on how to cut hedges so that they grow well.
Episode 22
Episode 22
Aug 25, 201657m
Monty advises on how to look after soft fruit to ensure maximum production next year.
Episode 23
Episode 23
Sep 1, 201658m
Monty goes on an inspiring visit to the longest herbaceous border in the world.
Episode 24
Episode 24
Sep 8, 201658m
Carol Klein continues looking at plant families, exploring popular relations of the rose.
Episode 25
Episode 25
Sep 15, 201657m
Monty adds some autumn flowering asters to his borders and refreshes his strawberry beds.
Episode 26
Episode 26
Sep 23, 201629m
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 27
Episode 27
Sep 30, 201629m
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 28
Episode 28
Oct 7, 201629m
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 29
Episode 29
Oct 14, 201629m
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 30
Episode 30
Oct 21, 201629m