The Secret History of the British Garden – 17th Century episode 1: Monty Don uncovers the extraordinary stories behind Britain’s 17th-century gardens. Starting his journey at the sole surviving garden of the 1600s – Levens Hall in Cumbria – Monty sets out to investigate what the gardens of this age would have looked like and what influenced and inspired their […]
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Gardeners World episode 32 2019: In the final programme of the series, Monty is in the jewel garden showing which plants need protection from the elements now and which ones can be left until after the first frosts. He also plants out berried shrubs to help feed wildlife in the winter, harvests pumpkins and shows how to make use of
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Gardeners World episode 31 2019: It is the time of year for assessing borders, and this week Monty Don gives tips on moving plants which are in the wrong place or have outgrown their space, shows how to store chillies and harvests the last of his tomatoes. Rachel de Thame returns to Longmeadow to talk to Monty about
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Gardeners World episode 30 2019: Mary Berry comes to tea with Monty Don this week and, as well has giving her a tour of Longmeadow, he offers his advice on her new garden. He also plants out bulbs in the new meadow area in the orchard. Frances Tophill meets the gardeners on an allotment site in Birmingham and
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Gardeners World episode 29 2019 : in this special programme, Gardeners’ World takes a close look at the role that plants and gardening are playing in our mental and physical wellbeing, exploring the idea that gardening is good for you. At Longmeadow, Monty Don plants shrubs and bulbs for spring and catches up on some seasonal tasks. Arit
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Gardeners World episode 28 2019: Monty Don assesses the progress, successes and failures of his paradise garden, the new area of Longmeadow that he planted at the beginning of the year. He also makes a start on sowing a meadow of wildflowers in the orchard and gives advice on what to plant now in the vegetable garden. Frances
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Gardeners World episode 27 2019: it is a full hour of gardening from Longmeadow and Monty adds autumn perennials to his borders, shows how to take root cuttings and has plans for next year when he plants bulbs for spring colour. On her Kent allotment, Frances Tophill catches up on some seasonal sowing and invites a special guest
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Gardeners World episode 26 2019: With Monty away, this week’s episode returns to Adam Frost’s garden where he gives advice on how to prune overgrown evergreen shrubs and adds plants for height to his borders. Rachel de Thame shows how to maintain containers and refresh with plants that will extend the display into autumn, and the team meet
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Gardeners World episode 25 2019:Â Monty Don adds some ornamental grasses to his borders for late summer impact and gives advice on how to look after pumpkins for a bountiful autumn harvest. Adam Frost discovers a colourful garden in Gloucestershire where hardy, tender and tropical plants jostle for space in both borders and containers and Frances Tophill visits
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Gardeners World episode 24 2019:Â Monty Don has plenty of inspiration for gardeners from planting for late summer colour to tidying up herbs and pruning soft fruit. Nick Bailey concludes his journey into the clematis world by looking at the late summer flowering varieties, and we travel to Devon to meet a retired biology teacher with a passion
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Gardeners World episode 23 2019: as Longmeadow radiates colour in the height of summer, Monty takes a range of cuttings to get plants for free and also shows how best to prune your lavender. Carol Klein visits a garden in Devon to revel in the hues of blues in the summer border. We meet a passionate gardener in
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Gardeners World episode 22 2019: Monty advises on essential summer pruning and adds French beans to the vegetable garden. We meet a gardener in Hertfordshire who combines her love of cottage garden plants with tropical plants, and we visit a garden in Kent where pots are the stars of the summer show. Gardeners World episode 22 2019
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