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#1 - Episode 1
Gardeners' World - Season 45 - Episode 1
Gardeners' World returns for the start of the gardening year with Monty Don in the garden at his Herefordshire home, Longmeadow. As the charge towards spring gathers pace, Monty, along with Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Rachel de Thame, are preparing for the season ahead. They'll have a host of practical tips to help you grow better and will be seeking out the most inspiring gardens in the UK to visit. This week, as well as revealing the changes to his garden that have taken place over winter, Monty shows us how to plant bare-rooted raspberries in his renovated fruit garden and gets his secateurs out to chop back his buddleja and clematis. As the soil warms up and activity increases in all our gardens, Monty recommends jobs for the weekend to ensure that all our seeds, seedlings and plants get off to the best possible start. Carol Klein visits an ancient woodland site in Essex where wild species of hellebores are thriving and meets an enthusiast who is using the native plant's characteristics to help produce the next generation of garden hellebores. Joe Swift starts his guide to terrific garden design by studying the one thing every garden has in common - boundaries, and Rachel de Thame visits the world-renowned garden of Sir Harold Hillier in Hampshire to luxuriate in the sight and scent of late winter flowering shrubs.
#2 - Episode 3
Gardeners' World - Season 45 - Episode 3
As the clocks move forward, the longer days of spring are welcomed by every gardener. It's a busy time in the garden and the longer daylight hours present a great opportunity to get on with larger gardening projects. Weather permitting, Joe will join Monty in his garden to get to grips with lining his newly created pond giving plenty of advice for anyone wanting to use water in the garden. Monty is also getting on with seed sowing and recommends varieties which, if sown now, will give a sensational display later this year. Joe Swift continues his design series with a look at how crucial the choice of landscaping materials can be to a successful garden. He also illustrates how water can add atmosphere and surprise and he shows us how we can apply these design principles to our own gardens. From her garden in Devon, Carol Klein responds to a viewer's gardening dilemma by showing us how to select and propagate plants suited to a dry bank situation.
#3 - Episode 5
Gardeners' World - Season 45 - Episode 5
It's Easter and the biggest gardening weekend of the year; the team give plenty of advice and inspiration - from large projects to tackling weeds. At Longmeadow, Monty is getting started on the vegetable plot, where he recommends a palette of potatoes for delicious summer crops. He also returns to his newly created pond, where he is showing how to conceal the liner with an attractive edge. Carol Klein celebrates the humble daffodil. She travels to Lincolnshire and discovers drifts of wild daffodils, but also meets a man whose passion is to preserve and identify a historic collection of cultivated varieties. Rachel de Thame helps a group of military wives as they begin growing cut flowers for the first time. And Joe concludes his series on design when he shows how even the smallest garden can have areas where focal points and plants can create a pleasing effect.
#4 - Episode 7
Gardeners' World - Season 45 - Episode 7
If you have a shady spot in your garden that is bereft of flowers, then Monty Don has some great suggestions of stalwarts which not only thrive in those tricky conditions but return year after year. On the veg plot, he also shares his tips on putting up a runner bean support. Carol Klein discovers our native lungwort, the pulmonaria, growing prolifically in the woodlands and verges of the New Forest, and meets a woman who has been growing them in her Hampshire garden for over 15 years. Joe Swift travels to an allotment site in West Yorkshire to visit a vegetable grower who, using the power of manure, is already harvesting an astonishingly early bounty of potatoes.And we meet a gardener whose Essex garden is full of summer colour, all down to his passion for lilies.
#5 - Episode 11
Gardeners' World - Season 45 - Episode 11
With warm weather and little risk of frost, Monty Don is planting out his tender annual plants into a container for colour and interest all summer long. He is also busy in the vegetable garden with tips and advice on how best to grow cauliflowers and protect them so that you get to eat them before the birds and caterpillars do. Carol Klein answers an unusual dilemma from a gardener that lives in a lighthouse and has particularly harsh, exposed growing conditions to deal with. Garden visiting is more popular than ever in Britain, particularly over the summer months. To kick the season off we go to the tranquil Worcestershire village of Feckenham where over 30 private gardens are getting ready to open their doors to the public.