The BEST episodes of Gardeners' World season 57
Every episode of Gardeners' World season 57, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gardeners' World season 57!
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 27
Season 57 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/27/2024
Frances Tophill is back at Powderham Castle in Devon. As well as planting up a new herb bed, identifying and collecting seedlings, dividing perennial plants and making a comfrey liquid feed, she explains how to help tackle the decline of butterflies and pollinators in gardens. Carol Klein visits a garden brimming with late summer colour, and Joe Swift meets a young couple who’ve transformed their urban space into a lush green oasis. There's a visit to an extraordinary haven of peace for people recovering from life-changing surgery, and there's a mother-and-daughter team who create houseplant displays with a difference.
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#2 - Episode 10
Season 57 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/17/2024
Monty is busy moving his tender succulents outdoors and makes a start on planting up his new cut flower beds. He’s also on a mission to grow Himalayan poppies in a shady border which have a reputation of being difficult to grow. Adam Frost travels to Leicestershire to meet a couple who have created a garden boasting a year-round display of bulbs, tubers and corms. And there’s a passionate gardener who gave up a busy city life to create the garden of her dreams from scratch. In North Yorkshire, Frances Tophill visits the gardens at Newby Hall to marvel at their display of candelabra primulas. Plus a visit to a mother and daughter team just south of Glasgow as they prepare to make their debut at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show with a dazzling display of dahlias.
#3 - Episode 12
Season 57 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/7/2024
With summer just around the corner, Monty reveals his plans for planting up pots in his cottage garden, shares tips on how to start your own topiary from scratch, and in the veg garden, gets some pumpkins in the ground. Sue Kent visits a unique garden in Carmarthenshire situated around a wooden house on stilts. Designed with an artistic eye, it’s a haven for wildlife with a magnificent pond as its centrepiece. Carol Klein also continues her masterclass on how we can all grow plants for free, and this time she’s taking cuttings. In a sub-tropical garden in Devon is the rare horticultural treat of a Puya chilensis in flower. And in Suffolk, there's a gardener who holds a National Collection of bearded iris created by her great-great-grandfather.
#4 - Episode 23
Season 57 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/30/2024
Monty continues his preparations for next year by getting some daffodils in the ground. He gives his summer-fruiting raspberries a prune, plants a fragrant honeysuckle on the Mound and offers up some advice on how best to deal with that gardeners’ nemesis, bindweed. Frances Tophill visits pioneering horticulturist Josh Sparkes at his experimental plot in Devon to uncover some of the secrets of sustainable food production. And Nick Bailey reveals his beautiful new border at home, which was only planted up a few months ago. There’s a head gardener in Birmingham who shares his top tips on how they keep their traditional arts and crafts garden looking glorious all year round. Plus an amateur gardener in London who loves to grow vegetables in pots.
#5 - Episode 1
Season 57 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/2024
Monty and the team are back with a new series, full of the very best practical tips and advice for all gardeners of all levels. Monty’s been busy at Longmeadow over the winter, and there are lots of new projects in the garden to share. As well as planting summer bulbs in pots, he’ll be getting some sweet peas underway and adding some space-saving fruit to his veg garden. Adam Frost visits a stunning Japanese garden that has undergone a major restoration to return it to its former glory. And there's a gardener who has recycled and repurposed lucky finds from her local tip to create a beautiful garden packed with peaceful seating areas. Frances Tophill discovers how a disused council depot site in Liverpool has been transformed into a green oasis. And we travel to the Peak District to explore a walled garden full of seasonal planting that makes the most of its spectacular setting.
#6 - Episode 8
Season 57 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/3/2024
Monty expands the planting on the mound, gathers self-sown seedlings and prepares for a summer display in the cottage garden. After a long wet spring, it’s finally time to get some seeds sown in the veg garden. Nick Bailey travels to Devon to explore a stunning garden that combines historic charm with modern design. And Arit Anderson visits Sarah Raven to discover her new dahlias, perfect for pollinators. There's an allotment gardener in North Yorkshire whose plot has become a sanctuary, and a visit to award-winning nurserywoman Derry Watkins to explore her garden and reveal her return to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show after an absence of 25 years.
#7 - Episode 2
Season 57 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/2024
As the days are getting longer, Monty is busy preparing his dahlia tubers ready for planting, cutting back fuchsias and planting out shallots. And as an alternative to box topiary, he’s on a mission to champion privet. Sue Kent travels to Hidcote in Gloucestershire in search of some inspiration for her new hot border at home. We visit an abundant kitchen garden in Whitby, where the no-dig method yields an array of unusual veg. Plus, a gardener on the south coast who, despite 56mph winds, has created his own green oasis, where he challenges his plants to survive. And Carol Klein is in her own garden in Devon, where this year she will be sharing her passion for growing plants for free. She makes a start by sowing seeds for a brand new border.
#8 - Episode 3
Season 57 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/2024
To kick off the Easter weekend, Monty is refreshing the planting on the Mound, sowing seeds for cut flowers and planting out potatoes. Frances Tophill goes to Helmsley Walled Garden in North Yorkshire to revel in the spring colour and meet the volunteers who work there. We join a couple in Cornwall who have been gardening together for over half a century and visit the home of a passionate grower of houseplants in Surrey. While in rural Northamptonshire, Nick Bailey gets started on a garden design for his new ‘forever’ home.
#9 - Episode 9
Season 57 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/10/2024
In a special programme, Gardeners’ World comes from the first big flower show of the season – the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. Arit Anderson and Joe Swift explore show gardens packed full of ideas and discover the newest varieties of plants and flowers that are hot off the potting bench. We meet the nursery owners from Devon making their Malvern debut, hoping to inspire others with their pollinator-friendly display of peat-free perennials, and visit a house-plant specialist from Hertfordshire who has tips on how to revive, rather than replace, ailing plants. Nick Bailey visits a garden in East Sussex that has been lovingly restored using a carefully composed planting scheme full of colour and imagination, and Rachel de Thame celebrates spring colour at Morton Hall in Worcestershire, a garden that has spent years perfecting the art of planting tulips to best effect.
#10 - Episode 4
Season 57 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/2024
With warmer days just around the corner, Adam Frost takes stock of his borders and plans ahead for some year-round interest. He also adds some soft fruit to his veg garden and gets some seed sowing underway. Joe Swift travels to Birmingham to meet an allotmenteer who is passionate about growing all things Italian, whilst Arit Anderson visits Charleston in East Sussex, designed as a living painting by artist Vanessa Bell. There's a couple in West Yorkshire who laugh in the face of slugs and snails to successfully grow hundreds of varieties of hostas in their garden. Plus a head gardener who, in his mid 20s, is juggling the management of not one but two arts and crafts-inspired gardens in Somerset.
#11 - Episode 6
Season 57 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/2024
Monty is repairing turf, sowing sweetcorn and planting pots for evening fragrance this summer. Adam travels to Dublin to meet musician Adam Clayton, from the rock band U2, who, when not playing bass guitar, prefers to spend time in his garden - especially when his precious collection of camellias, magnolias and rhododendrons are in full flower. There's a visit to Arundel Castle in West Sussex to marvel at their stunning tulip display, whilst in Devon, Carol continues to show how everyone can grow plants for free - this time through division. Plus a delphinium lover near Bristol for whom the colours of plants are much more important than their names.
#12 - Episode 13
Season 57 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/14/2024
The team are Birmingham-bound for one of the highlights of the horticultural year - the annual Gardeners’ World Live event. Monty Don, Nick Bailey, Adam Frost, Sue Kent, Carol Klein and Frances Tophill will all be on hand to bring the best the gardening world has to offer. There is design inspiration for even the smallest of spaces, plus big ideas on display in the show gardens, and all the latest trends and must-have plants and flowers in the floral marquee. There's an expert grower sharing her passion for orchids and a visit to a community project tackling green deprivation in the inner city, and Adam Frost reveals his headline show garden, which offers an abundance of edibles as well as being a feast for the eyes!
#13 - Episode 14
Season 57 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/21/2024
Frances Tophill is at Powderham Castle in Devon. She spends the day there with her good friend Jeanette, who has been transforming part of the walled garden into a productive growing space. As well as planting raspberries, fruit trees and climbing beans, Frances adds colour to an ornamental border and shares tips for growing herbs in containers. Toby Buckland explores the quintessentially English gardens at Wollerton Old Hall in Shropshire. He revels in its sumptuous planting, especially the undisputed stars of the summer border, the delphinium. Rekha Mistry takes us to the Inner Temple Gardens in London. It’s a place close to her heart and where she first discovered the joys of ornamental planting. An expert grower in Surrey demonstrates the wonder and artistry of bonsai. And there's a couple in Lancashire who have created an inventive and beautiful garden in a challenging space.
#14 - Episode 26
Season 57 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/20/2024
Monty gives his top tips on how to keep lawns looking their best throughout autumn, tidies up the pond, and plans ahead for a colourful spring display by potting up hyacinth bulbs. He plants garlic in a container, prunes shrub roses and enjoys the fruits of the season by harvesting pears. Rachel de Thame visits a colourful National Collection of asters in Worcester, while Adam Frost discovers how the derelict garden of Peckover House in Cambridgeshire was restored to its former Georgian beauty. There’s a gardener in Stroud who has created a serene space infused with reminders of his Tibetan heritage and a garden in Essex where water and wildlife are the main attractions.
#15 - Episode 5
Season 57 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/2024
With summer in mind, Monty plants up a seating area filled with night-scented plants and begins preparations to sow a new lawn. He also takes dahlia cuttings and sows squash for an autumn harvest. Toby Buckland visits The Vann Garden in Surrey, a springtime botanical paradise designed by Gertrude Jekyll. Sue Kent is in her own garden in Swansea as she makes a start on planting up her new hot border. There's a look at the coastal garden of celebrated author Patrick Gale and how he has transformed a farmyard into a writing oasis in Cornwall. Plus an enthusiastic collector who can’t get enough of geums, a colourful and easy to grow perennial. And there’s a chance to see another film sent in by viewers.
#16 - Episode 11
Season 57 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/31/2024
With summer feasts in mind, Monty reveals a new outdoor eating area he has been working on and gets started by planting up a delicious pot of herbs. Now that any threat of frost has past, he also plants out tender plants to give months of colour. Carol Klein visits a spectacular garden in Oxfordshire where the borders are filled to the brim with colourful annuals, while Adam Frost explains the concept behind his forthcoming show garden at Gardeners’ World Live. There’s an artist in Devon who has spent the last 25 years nurturing his garden for the benefit of wildlife. Plus a unique collection of rhododendrons cared for by three generations of the same family in Derbyshire.
#17 - Episode 18
Season 57 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/26/2024
Monty is getting the garden ‘holiday ready’ as he tackles some of the jobs to do before going away this summer. He also plants phlox in the Cottage Garden, harvesting potatoes and sowing seeds for late summer salads. As areas of gardens can start to look a bit bedraggled at this time of year, Monty cuts back plants that have finished flowering and gives the garden a refresh as the late summer season begins. Carol Klein shares tips on how to increase the stocks of some favourite flowering bulbs and tubers – for free. Adam Frost visits an Italian-inspired garden in Devon and meets the team bringing this important piece of horticultural history back to life. There's a gardener in Lancashire who, in retirement, developed a passion for that most fragrant of summer flowers, the sweet pea. Plus a visit to Surrey to explore the garden of a couple who have created a colourful oasis out of some very tricky conditions.
#18 - Episode 20
Season 57 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/9/2024
Adam Frost gets on with a few timely tasks at home in his garden. He also shares his top tips on how to build a green roof on a log store. Arit Anderson travels to Hertfordshire to visit a nurseryman who’s bucking the trend in the world of houseplants. And Joe Swift meets a garden designer in Derbyshire who has converted a derelict space into a test bed for her planting schemes. There’s a gardener in Carmarthenshire with a passion for growing her own veg. Plus a photographer who has made the most of a sloping garden in south west London.
#19 - Episode 19
Season 57 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/2/2024
As the garden starts to hit its mid summer peak, Monty prunes his philadelphus and takes cuttings. He also cuts back delphiniums, checks up on his strawberries, and planning ahead for autumn colour, plants nerine bulbs. Sue Kent assesses her summer borders and takes wallflower cuttings. Advolly Richmond visits the romantic masterpiece of Plas Brondanw, a visionary garden set in the majestic Eryri National Park. There's a gardener whose love of carnivorous pitcher plants has led to him own a collection of thousands. And near Stratford-upon-Avon is a wildlife enthusiast who uses native plants to create the perfect environment.
#20 - Episode 21
Season 57 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/16/2024
Monty gives his top tips for filling gaps in the summer borders, with an array of plants to extend the season and take the garden into the autumn and beyond. He demonstrates how to prune a species rose, takes leaf cuttings from his succulent plants and sows turnips to harvest by the end of the summer. He also checks up on his sweetcorn and cuts back summer-fruiting raspberries. Rachel de Thame explores a garden in Devon which has been transformed from a pig farm into a colourful paradise. Frances Tophill discovers the surprising medicinal and homeopathic properties of some of Britain's favourite garden plants. There's a gardener in Somerset who has turned his hand to creating quirky garden structures made from salvaged wood. And a self-confessed orchid obsessive shows off the thousands of plants in his impressive collection.
#21 - Episode 7
Season 57 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/26/2024
Adam Frost continues to develop his new woodland border, ably assisted by Ash the cat. He also gets to work on his veg plot and has a few tips on how to get the best out of the native bluebell. Frances Tophill travels to Buckinghamshire to explore a beautiful garden appropriately called Wind in the Willows. And Rekha Mistry prepares for the season ahead in the Peak District. There's a champion grower in Manchester whose life is dominated by daffodils. Plus a couple who have created their own slice of paradise on a balcony in north London, which they plan to showcase at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
#22 - Episode 15
Season 57 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/27/2024
The roses are in full bloom at Longmeadow as Monty tackles some emergency pruning needed on one of his favourite crab apples. In the vegetable garden, it’s time to harvest garlic and an early crop of beans. He also plants up some narrow borders in the new seating area with species that will thrive in poor, shallow soil. Adam Frost travels to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens to discover more about the huge restoration project taking place. Nick Bailey continues to develop the design for his new forever garden. There's a passionate couple who have dedicated a lifetime to growing and hybridising thousands of cacti, and a visit a garden in Sheffield filled with an eclectic mix of upcycled, recycled and collected treasure.
#23 - Episode 16
Season 57 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/4/2024
In a special programme, Gardeners’ World comes from the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. Nick Bailey and Rachel de Thame share highlights of the show gardens and floral marquee to inspire us all to get growing! Arit Anderson encourages us to think more sustainably as she reveals her entirely peat-free feature garden. Rekha Mistry has advice for growing veg in small spaces, and we follow RHS gold medal winner Tom Massey as he mentors novice garden designers with big ideas for their pocket planting plots.
#24 - Episode 22
Season 57 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/23/2024
With September just around the corner, Monty’s thinking ahead to next year and makes a start on adding some foxtail lilies to his borders. The winter salads he sowed last month are also ready to plant out, and in the greenhouse, there’s the conundrum of what to do about fuchsia gall mite. Rachel de Thame delves into the extraordinary world of bees and the science behind pollination. And in the heart of London, Arit Anderson visits a green oasis where texture and form take centre stage. There’s a gardener in Ross-on-Wye who gardens on a slope despite being diagnosed with osteoarthritis at an early age. Plus a couple of growers in Shropshire who have developed a newfound love of daylilies.
#25 - Episode 24
Season 57 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/6/2024
In a special programme from Norfolk, Arit Anderson and Adam Frost go behind the scenes at East Ruston Old Vicarage to discover how this beautiful garden was created half a century ago by its owners, and how they and a team of volunteers keep it looking outstanding all summer long. They pick up a host of tips and tricks along the way and tackle some seasonal jobs. Leaf cuttings come under the spotlight with Carol Klein as she continues her mission to get people growing plants for free. Rekha Mistry takes stock of her new veg garden in the Peak District after a challenging year. And a couple in Walsall share their passion for the colour green in their wonderful shaded oasis.