The BEST episodes of Gardeners' World season 55
Every episode of Gardeners' World season 55, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gardeners' World season 55!
Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC television programme about gardening that continues to this day. The first episode was filmed in 1968, presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. Most of the episodes of the show are 30 minutes long, though there are many specials that last longer.
#1 - Episode 17
Season 55 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/7/2022
This week, in a special programme, Gardeners’ World comes from the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. Adam Frost, Carol Klein and Joe Swift reveal the highlights of the show gardens, meet the designers and growers and share the season’s must have flowers and plants on display at the biggest flower show in the world. We also catch up with Gardeners’ World presenter Sue Kent, who has designed and created her first ever show garden.
#2 - Episode 32
Season 55 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/28/2022
Monty harvests his loofahs, plants tulip bulbs in pots, gives a masterclass in making leafmould and reflects on the gardening year. Carol Klein joins a special autumn colour tour at the National Arboretum in Gloucestershire, an indoor gardener shares their passion for terrariums, and from north Somerset comes a look at the work involved in creating a spectacular autumnal display from seasonal produce. Also, more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#3 - Episode 31
Season 55 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/20/2022
Monty plants a mix of white flowers in the writing garden, demonstrates how to prune a climbing rose and reviews what’s been happening in the vegetable garden. Adam Frost celebrates seasonal colour on a visit to a garden in Essex, and Sue Kent pots up allium bulbs in readiness for spring and replants a tricky border with lavender she’s grown from cuttings. A gardener in Surrey shows an exotic oasis in his back garden, inspired by travels abroad, and a grower in Ceredigion shares her passion for salvias. Also, more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#4 - Episode 30
Season 55 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/14/2022
Monty starts work on revamping the writing garden, plants crocus bulbs and harvests pumpkins. Frances Tophill visits a plant conservation centre responsible for preserving key historical plants.
#5 - Episode 29
Season 55 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/7/2022
Monty plants mahonia for winter colour and scent, demonstrates how to take salvia cuttings and introduces a special addition to Longmeadow. Toby Buckland visits an allotment in Bristol to find out how gardening is helping to improve the quality of life for people with dementia and their carers. Advolly Richmond explores the origins of the historic Japanese Garden at Cowden in Clackmannanshire. There's a back garden in Leeds which has been transformed into a tropical oasis, and a grower in Ceredigion shares her passion for salvias. Also, more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#6 - Episode 28
Season 55 - Episode 28 - Aired 9/30/2022
Adam Frost shares the progress that's been made in his garden. Frances Tophill heads to the beach to reveal what gardeners can learn from the coastal plants which have evolved to cope with more extreme conditions. She also meets a head gardener in East Sussex who’s experimenting with drought tolerant plants in our ever-changing climate. There's a tree champion in Gloucestershire who has planted and cared for hundreds of fruits trees on a mission to revive lost orchards, plus a wildlife gardener in Bristol with a passion for birds. Also in the programme, more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#7 - Episode 27
Season 55 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/23/2022
Monty plants garlic, demonstrates how to divide crocosmia and sows ornamental grass seeds. Adam Frost visits Lowther Castle in the Lake District and finds out about its garden restoration project, Toby Buckland meets a passionate gardener in Devon who has created and nurtured her garden over the last sixty years, and a dahlia enthusiast in Cheshire shares the joy of drying her blooms. In Bristol is a garden where the wildlife takes centre stage, and more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#8 - Episode 26
Season 55 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/16/2022
After a short break, Monty’s back at Longmeadow. With a change of seasons, he demonstrates how to prune summer fruiting raspberries, divides perennials and plants daffodils and hyacinths in containers. Carol Klein visits a glorious walled garden in Shropshire, where self-seeding plants have been used to great effect. The celebration of the Queen’s Green Canopy continues as JJ Chalmers heads to North Yorkshire to meet two people for whom trees have played a significant role in their lives. There's also a couple who have created a tropical garden paradise in Lincolnshire. In south London, a gardener shares the huge array of unusual vegetables she’s been growing on her allotment, and Gardeners’ World viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#9 - Episode 25
Season 55 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/9/2022
In this special episode, Rachel de Thame and Arit Anderson explore the role gardeners can play in having a positive impact on wildlife in their gardens, allotments and communal green spaces. Nick Bailey meets an entomologist on a mission to change our perceptions of common garden pests, Kate Bradbury shows how she gardens in harmony with wildlife on her allotment, and there's a look at a city garden where the wildlife is flourishing. Ther's also meet a gardener in Kent who wants to share her plot with as many creatures as possible, and viewers share the joy that wildlife brings to their gardens.
#10 - Episode 24
Season 55 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/2/2022
Adam Frost and Advolly Richmond celebrate the horticultural genius of William Robinson in the gardens of his former home, Gravetye Manor in Sussex. Fresh off the back of her success at Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, Sue Kent gives her own garden some TLC and creates a special container display using small pots. There's also a passionate grower in London who uses every available space in his garden to grow a vast range of vegetables, and in Manchester is a gardener who is inspiring his local community after transforming the alley behind his house into a floral paradise.
#11 - Episode 23
Season 55 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/26/2022
This week’s Gardeners’ World comes from Adam Frost’s garden. Arit Anderson discovers a paradise garden in Cambridge which has become a focal point for the local community, and with climate change in mind, Frances Tophill looks at the role coastal plants can play in our gardens. There's a passionate grower in Somerset who has a unique take on companion planting in his productive plot, and in Wolverhampton is a gardener who, through clever design and planting, has transformed a long narrow plot into a magical space to get lost in. Also, more Gardeners’ World viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#12 - Episode 22
Season 55 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/19/2022
As summer marches on, Monty gets stuck into more seasonal jobs at Longmeadow. Adam Frost revels in the range of produce growing in a Victorian walled kitchen garden in Somerset, Joe Swift visits a garden in West Sussex that has been completely redesigned to make the most of views over the South Downs, and The Repair Shop’s resident horologist Steve Fletcher shares his passion for gardening We also meet a gardener from Lancashire who loves growing clematis, and Gardeners’ World viewers share what they have been getting up to in their gardens.
#13 - Episode 21
Season 55 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/12/2022
Monty undertakes more seasonal jobs at Longmeadow. Arit Anderson meets a garden designer in Somerset who has worked in harmony with nature to create a garden on a former brownfield site, and Rachel de Thame explores the London garden of hairstylist Sam McKnight. A grower from Suffolk shares her obsession with tomatoes, and there's a gardener who has created a Japanese-inspired garden at his home in Bristol. And more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#14 - Episode 20
Season 55 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/5/2022
Monty sows rocket, harvests chillies and tomatoes, and demonstrates how to take semi-ripe cuttings. Adam Frost shows how his new garden is shaping up, Frances Tophill meets a head gardener in south London where gardening sustainably in response to climate change is high on the agenda, and there's a self-confessed 'plantaholic' in her flower-filled garden in Kent. The celebration of the Queen’s Green Canopy continues with a visit to a tree champion in Worcestershire who holds the national collection of gingko biloba, and more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#15 - Episode 19
Season 55 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/29/2022
Monty shows how to deal with drought, takes fuchsia cuttings and demonstrates how to summer prune fruit trees. Advolly Richmond reveals the important role that trees have played in gardens throughout history on a visit to Longleat. There's also a catch-up with three sisters in Dorset who developed a love of gardening during lockdown - this time, they plant up two beds, one for sun and one for shade. Also, there's a look at a national collection of heleniums in Berwickshire, and more Gardeners’ World viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#16 - Episode 18
Season 55 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/21/2022
Monty is back at Longmeadow, getting stuck into some seasonal jobs. Arit Anderson and Nick Bailey present highlights from RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in Cheshire. They share the latest design advice from the show gardens and the must-have plants of the season from the flower-filled floral marquee. Also, Carol Klein salutes the floral glories of high summer when she visits a garden in Somerset, and we meet another tree champion as we continue our celebration of the Queen’s Green Canopy.
#17 - Episode 1
Season 55 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2022
Monty and team share the best practical gardening advice, meet passionate plantspeople up and down the country, and provide inspiration with visits to some of the UK’s most remarkable gardens. At Longmeadow, Monty embarks on an exciting new project, sows perennial seeds and gives a tree planting masterclass. Adam Frost visits a garden in Suffolk, where an imaginative selection of evergreen planting creates structure and interest all year round, and Frances Tophill celebrates a national collection of cyclamen in a garden on the edge of Dartmoor. At Exbury Gardens in Hampshire, we meet the head gardener who shares his love of camellias, and we visit an extraordinary garden in Kent inspired by the famous borders at Great Dixter. Viewers also share what they have been getting up to in their gardens.
#18 - Episode 16
Season 55 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/1/2022
Monty plants out sweetcorn, checks in on his container veg and creates a display with fuchsias. Nick Bailey visits a nurserywoman and gardener in Cheshire who uses perennials as the stars of the garden to provide interest throughout the year. With only a few weeks to go, Sue Kent shares an update on the progress of her first ever show garden, destined for the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. And there's a gardener in Somerset who couldn’t live without roses in her garden. Also tonight, more Gardeners’ World viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#19 - Episode 15
Season 55 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/24/2022
Monty plants out annuals in the jewel garden, adds agapanthus to the mound and finds a new home for his pelargoniums. Adam Frost visits an innovative kitchen garden at the Tottenham Hotspur training centre in north London, which provides fresh produce for its players, coaches and staff. In Wiltshire, Carol Klein is at a glorious garden where alliums are the stars of the late spring border. Plus a gardener in Leicestershire who loves her high maintenance garden and more Gardeners’ World viewers sharing what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens.
#20 - Episode 14
Season 55 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/17/2022
The team head to Birmingham for one of the highlights of the horticultural calendar - the annual Gardeners’ World Live event. Monty Don, Arit Anderson, Nick Bailey, Adam Frost and Rachel de Thame inspire us with the best design tips from the show gardens and explore the wealth of plants on offer in the floral marquee. We catch up with Frances Tophill, who has designed and created her very first show garden, and we also meet expert growers who share their passion for penstemons and hydrangea.
#21 - Episode 13
Season 55 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/10/2022
Monty turns his attention to the containers in the jewel garden, plants courgettes and clematis and checks up on his bees. Arit Anderson meets a woman on a mission to green up unloved and neglected outdoor spaces in west London, and Nick Bailey continues his journey through the world of the iris - this time turning his attention to Siberian and water irises. We also meet a gardener in Somerset who has created the cottage garden of her dreams, and more Gardeners’ World viewers share the joy their gardens bring them.
#22 - Episode 12
Season 55 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/3/2022
Monty Don shows how to get the best from tomatoes planted in grow bags and demonstrates how to divide agapanthus, and we catch up on developments in the recently revamped dry garden. Adam Frost shares the progress at his new plot and tackles planting in a shady border against a north-facing wall. Frances Tophill meets a couple in Worcestershire who’ve created a garden inspired by their travels around the world. We visit an allotmenteer in Lancashire who has a productive and bountiful harvest of vegetables all year round. In Cornwall, we meet a window cleaner on a mission to champion trees, and more Gardeners’ World viewers share the joy that gardening brings them.
#23 - Episode 11
Season 55 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/20/2022
Monty shows the range of vegetables that can be easily grown in containers if you are short on space, moves ornamental grasses and sows zinnias. Nick Bailey gives us an insight into the bearded iris in Buckinghamshire, and Sue Kent shares an update on the progress of her first ever show garden, destined for the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. We meet a gardener in Lincolnshire with a passion for tropical plants, and there is another chance to see what Gardeners’ World viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.
#24 - Episode 10
Season 55 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2022
There’s been a huge surge of interest in houseplants over the last couple of years, so Frances Tophill and Nick Bailey celebrate the joys of indoor gardening in a special programme from Oxford Botanic Garden. Rachel de Thame visits a nursery in Devon which specialises in growing the ever-popular orchid. We meet an interior designer in London, whose use of houseplants at home has allowed him to reconnect with nature. A self-confessed plantaholic gives us a tour of the indoor jungle he’s created at home in Worcestershire, and we meet a gardener in Manchester who gardens on his balcony 18 floors up. We also look at the latest trends and must have houseplants of the moment, giving the best practical advice on how to care for houseplants and showing how to grow your own for free.
#25 - Episode 9
Season 55 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/6/2022
Gardeners’ World comes from the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. Adam Frost and Arit Anderson reveal the highlights of the show gardens and this year’s must-have flowers and plants on display in the Floral Marquee. We meet a pond plant specialist in Lincolnshire who is exhibiting at the festival for the first time, and in the run-up to the show, we visit a family nursery with a passion for the jewel-like auricula. Carol Klein celebrates the range of blossom on show at this time of year at Batsford Arboretum in the Cotswolds, and in Worcestershire Nick Bailey revels in one of the stars of the early summer garden – the peony.