The BEST episodes of Gardeners' World

#1 - Episode 6

Season 50 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/14/2017

Nick Bailey gets to grips with an unpromising patch of grass and gives his tips on how to achieve a luscious lawn, and Carol Klein continues her series on her gardening heroes when she visits Waterperry Gardens to find out about the legacy of Beatrix Havergal. Frances Tophill selects her Golden Jubilee plant, Flo Headlam visits a garden centre in Manchester which is run by the local community, and there is a return to Adam Frost's garden, where he gives advice on how to rid borders of bindweed.

#2 - Malvern Spring Gardening Show

Season 41 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/9/2008

The team explore the 23rd annual Malvern Spring Gardening Show, held at the Three Counties Show Ground in Worcestershire. This year the Malvern Spring Gardening Show is bigger and better than ever with 17 stunning Show Gardens and more plant nurseries in the Floral Marquee than Chelsea. Joe looks for advice and ideas for his allotment, whilst Carol is plant hunting in the Floral Marquee.

#3 - Episode 18

Season 59 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/16/2026

#4 - Episode 17

Season 59 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/10/2026

Gardeners’ World comes from the very first RHS Badminton Flower Show, set in the beautiful South Gloucestershire countryside.

#5 - Episode 13

Season 59 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/12/2026

As summer hits its stride at Longmeadow, Monty Don brings a burst of colour to the Jewel Garden. Arit Anderson visits a striking garden in Greater Manchester packed with clever design solutions.

#6 - Episode 5

Season 59 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/10/2026

Spring is bursting into life as Frances returns to the beautiful Damson Farm, where the garden is waking up in spectacular style.

#7 - Episode 4

Season 59 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/3/2026

Monty’s on hand with wheelbarrows of practical gardening advice and inspiration, while Ashley Edwards heads to a magical spring garden in Horsham to share his love of the season of renewal.

#8 - Episode 2

Season 59 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/20/2026

Spring is in full stride at Longmeadow, and Monty gets straight to work — bringing new borders to life, reviving winter-worn houseplants and priming his pelargoniums for a standout summer.

#9 - Episode 1

Season 59 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/13/2026

After the long, dark days of winter, Monty is back at Longmeadow to celebrate spring. Adam Frost reveals his new garden, and Arit Anderson goes behind the scenes at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

#10 - Episode 32

Season 58 - Episode 32 - Aired 11/21/2025

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 a favourite herbaceous perennial.

#11 - Episode 31

Season 58 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/14/2025

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.

#12 - Episode 30

Season 58 - Episode 30 - Aired 11/7/2025

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

#13 - Episode 24

Season 58 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/12/2025

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

#14 - Episode 23

Season 58 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/29/2025

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.

#15 - Episode 29

Season 50 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/13/2017

Monty Don adds gooseberries to his fruit garden, divides and moves herbaceous perennials and advises on the best bulbs to plant for cut flowers next year. Frances Tophill meets a couple who have devised a meticulous method of protecting tender plants over the winter, while Adam Frost gives design tips on placing and planting trees. Nick Bailey explores a myriad of colour in leaf, bark and berry when he travels to Bluebell Arboretum in Leicestershire, and Arit Anderson is in Yorkshire where she finds out about a project using innovative techniques for producing food.

#16 - Episode 18

Season 58 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/25/2025

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.

#17 - Episode 13

Season 50 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/16/2017

Gardeners' World celebrates its 50th anniversary with a full hour of gardening from Gardeners' World Live at the NEC. Monty kicks off the party and is joined by the whole team, who will be bringing you all the show has to offer. Joe Swift and Adam Frost take a look at the show gardens and we meet garden designer David Stevens, who has created a garden showcasing 50 years of changing trends in our back yards. Carol Klein is in the floral marquee looking at the plants which have defined the decades, whilst Rachel de Thame, Flo Headlam, Alan Power, Nick Bailey and Mark Lane explore the show features including the Gardeners' World-themed borders and other floral displays. Monty and Alan Titchmarsh meet to talk about their experiences as the nation's head gardener and Mary Berry reveals the winner of the golden jubilee plant award.

#18 - Episode 15

Season 50 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/30/2017

Rachel de Thame joins Monty Don at Longmeadow to add more medicinal planting to the herb garden - especially those that bees love. She also investigates how gardeners can aid honey bee conservation and protect the nation's favourite pollinators. Monty visits a garden in Herefordshire to see a collection of Siberian Iris, which inspires him to create a new Iris patch, adding warmth and splash of colour into his dry garden. The green-fingered experts also discover a garden containing a stunning collection of clematis Montana. Plus, Nick Bailey reveals how to plan, design and build a border fit for any garden, while in Somerset, Carol Klein visits the home of Margery Fish, the writer who exercised a strong influence on the informal style of the cottage garden, before her death in 1969.

#19 - Episode 19

Season 50 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/4/2017

There are plans for propagating and planting at Longmeadow this week when Monty Don plants up a new bed of irises and takes pelargonium cuttings. Nick Bailey brightens up a dull and shady space at the side of a terraced house and gives advice on plants that will thrive, Carol Klein pays the first of two visits to West Yorkshire to meet a couple whose outstanding planting has resulted in a garden full of late summer interest and Joe Swift takes a close look at a sloping and shady town garden to find out how the owner has designed this difficult space. We also meet a gardener in Dorset who took on the challenge of an overgrown coastal garden to create an Italianate idyll and take an in-depth look at one of the most colourful of summer stalwarts - the pelargonium.

#20 - Episode 26

Season 50 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/22/2017

As the Autumn Equinox arrives, along with celebrating the season's apple bounty Monty Don plans for Christmas by planting bulbs to brighten the dark winter days ahead. He also offers advice on planting garlic for next year. Carol Klein celebrates the sedum, one of the autumn season's highlights, while Adam Frost provides an update on the development of his Lincolnshire garden. The programme also visits a garden in Gloucestershire, which is a haven for moths and butterflies, while Alan Power handles the summer work at Stourhead.

#21 - Episode 30

Season 50 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/20/2017

As the nights become colder, Monty Don advises on what plants need protection and how to nurture tender plants over the coming months. He also plants tulips and wallflowers for late spring colour. Carol Klein celebrates ornamental grasses, Adam Frost travels to Peterborough to find out about the work of a Children in Need project for disadvantaged and vulnerable youngsters, while Nick Bailey gives a guide on how to build a cold-frame for an affordable price. Plus, a visit to an enthusiast in Surrey who grows thousands of South African succulents in his back garden.

#22 - Episode 7

Season 51 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/27/2018

Monty Don begins to divide ornamental grasses, offering advice on what to do with containers that are past their best. He also plants up a colourful alpine trough and gives tips on what to sow now in the vegetable garden. Nick Bailey travels to Shropshire to assist a viewer whose border has become a tangle of shrubs. Plus, Frances Tophill makes progress on her shared allotment in Bristol as she prepares the beds for sowing her first crops and Arit Anderson visits an extraordinary high-rise building in Milan that has been designed as a living forest.

#23 - Episode 8

Season 51 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/11/2018

The programme pays a visit to the RHS Malvern Spring Festival to see this year's hottest garden designs and the season's must-have plants. Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Adam Frost explore the event, sampling the best from the floral marquee and show gardens. Meanwhile, at Longmeadow, Monty Don plants herbaceous perennials for summer colour and gives timely advice on how to care for carnivorous plants. Plus, Frances Tophill catches up with the growing trend for greening up indoor spaces with house plants.

#24 - Episode 9

Season 51 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/18/2018

Monty Don adds plants to give height and drama to his cottage garden borders, while Carol Klein's plant of the season is the delicate dog's tooth violet. Joe Swift travels to the Trellisick garden in Cornwall to meet a special garden volunteer and Adam Frost returns to Leicestershire to monitor the progress of the new-build garden.

#25 - Episode 10

Season 51 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/1/2018

With summer on the horizon, Monty Don plants up pots for summer colour, as well as giving his box hedging a seasonal cut. Frances Tophill offers an update on her shared allotment as she checks on the progress of crops, Mark Lane heads to Suffolk where he gives advice on the elements of successful woodland planting design and Nick Bailey travels to a garden in Cheshire to answer a viewer's query about how to plant up a rocky area of their garden. The programme also visits Worcestershire where a garden has been given a tropical twist and the final garden in the Every Space Counts competition is revealed.