Gardeners' World
Synopsis
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.
Season 49 Episodes
EP 1
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 wi…
EP 2
As the gardening year gets underway at Longmeadow, Monty is tidying up his ornamental grass border, pruning roses and planning for summer s…
EP 3
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 o…
EP 4
The first big gardening weekend of the year gets underway with Monty dividing perennials and giving plenty of tips for how we can kick-star…
EP 5
Monty gets to work in his wildlife garden, preparing for early pollinators.
EP 6
Monty starts a new project: a cutting garden.
EP 7
Nick Bailey marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.
EP 8
Monty Don visits the RHS Malvern Spring Festival.
EP 9
Carol begins her journey to investigate why plants thrive in challenging conditions.
EP 10
Monty's focus is on summer when he plants up containers for color in the Jewel Garden.
EP 11
A celebration of the volunteers who keep gardens around the country looking their best.
EP 12
Tender vegetables, bedding plants and bees are the focus of Monty's gardening this week.
EP 13
Monty gives his tips on late croppers to sow now.
EP 14
Carol Klein wades through streams and marshes to show how to choose the right water plants.
EP 15
Monty gives tips on extending the flower season in the borders.
EP 16
Rachel de Thame pays a visit to the garden of theatre impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh.
EP 17
Joe Swift looks at how the rose garden has been reimagined in the Savill Garden.
EP 18
Joe Swift ponders ways of putting a contemporary twist on traditional bedding plants.
EP 19
On the 20th anniversary of the death of Geoff Hamilton, Adam Frost returns to Barnsdale.
EP 20
Alan Power catches up with the transformation of Shakespeare's New Place garden.
EP 21
Monty Don has plenty of tips on how to cut hedges so that they grow well.
EP 22
Monty advises on how to look after soft fruit to ensure maximum production next year.
EP 23
Monty goes on an inspiring visit to the longest herbaceous border in the world.
EP 24
Carol Klein continues looking at plant families, exploring popular relations of the rose.
EP 25
Monty adds some autumn flowering asters to his borders and refreshes his strawberry beds.
EP 26
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…
EP 27
Monty catches up with seasonal jobs at Longmeadow this week when he divides some perennials and plants alpines for spring colour. He also t…
EP 28
After months of nurturing the plants in his garden, Monty reaps a harvest of a different kind when he investigates how productive his bees …
EP 29
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 thr…
EP 30