The WORST episodes of Gardeners' World

Every episode of Gardeners' World ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Gardeners' World!

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.

Last Updated: 7/4/2025Network: BBC TwoStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Episode 21

Season 43 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/3/2010

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#2 - Episode 12

Season 43 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/4/2010

With summer on the horizon and everything in the garden growing like fury, there is plenty to be getting on with in the garden at the moment and Gardeners' World has some timely advice for borders, veg patches, boggy areas and even compost heaps. Plants which thrive in the moist conditions of pond margins are looking at their best right now and Toby Buckland recommends varieties which not only add a splash of colour but also have great foliage.

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#3 - Episode 13

Season 43 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/11/2010

Toby Buckland is removing wall-flowers and digging up spent tulips, and has plenty of ideas for colourful replacements which will give dramatic flowers and foliage well into the first frosts of autumn. There's plenty of summer gardening advice for lawns, fruit gardens and shrub care from the experts at the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens at Wisley.

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#4 - Episode 14

Season 43 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/18/2010

Gardeners' World Live comes to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, offering something for everyone, from high-end design to helpful hints for ordinary gardeners. Toby Buckland visits the jewel in the crown of Gardeners' World Live, the RHS Floral Marquee, meeting passionate plantsmen and women from around the country. Whether it's a tried and tested favourite or something rare and unusual, Toby discovers the plants and the stories behind them. Joe Swift tours the show gardens, from the large and aspirational to the small and inspirational, finding the best ideas to take away and try out at home. Carol Klein gives her guide to propagation, with tips on how to turn one plant into many. And Alys Fowler meets the nurseries offering the best edibles at the show. And the ever popular Gardeners' World Plant Swap is back. Toby, Carol, Joe and Alys meet viewers and visitors wanting to swap their spare plants.

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#5 - Gardening on the Edge

Season 43 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/2/2010

Toby Buckland visits some of his favourite coastal gardens and discovers how, despite the tricky and tempestuous locations, the gardens around the coast of Britain are at the forefront of horticulture and are amongst the most beautiful in the country.

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#6 - Episode 16

Season 43 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/23/2010

Gardening magazine. Toby Buckland gets stuck into building an ingenious herb spiral - an easy build with a cunning design allowing all the herbs you like to cook with to be grown in one small but beautiful planter. Joe Swift is in the vegetable patch harvesting crops like peas, early potatoes and salad that are ready to eat, but he also has top tips on sowing exotic Chinese veg now to ensure there are crops to eat well into the autumn.

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#7 - Episode 18

Season 43 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/6/2010

It's the holiday season and there's no better time for Gardeners' World to take to the road, so when Toby Buckland and Carol Klein heard about a community of gardeners in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire with some of the commonest garden problems, they didn't need asking twice to head out and see if there was anything they could do to help. Toby concentrates on the gardens and allotments. Carol gives advice on issues ranging from propagation to pruning.

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#8 - Episode 19

Season 43 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/20/2010

Toby shows how to increase the numbers of butterflies coming to your garden by planting the right flowers. Carol takes a look at the more decorative members of the potato family.

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#9 - Episode 20

Season 43 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/27/2012

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#10 - Episode 11

Season 43 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/21/2010

Toby Buckland shares his top tips on how to get a bumper tomato harvest, as well as his ideas for where to plant shrubs with purple, gold and silver leaves to ensure that they flourish in your garden. Carol Klein continues her investigation into plant families as she delves into the nettle clan, while Alys Fowler uses a Native American Indian technique for growing tender vegetables. Plus a final chance to see the rhododendrons at the Leonardslee garden in West Sussex.

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#11 - Episode 22

Season 43 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/10/2010

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#12 - Episode 23

Season 43 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/17/2010

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#13 - Episode 24

Season 43 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/24/2010

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#14 - Grow to Show

Season 43 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/1/2010

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#15 - Episode 26

Season 43 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/8/2010

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#16 - Episode 27

Season 43 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/15/2010

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#17 - Episode 28

Season 43 - Episode 28 - Aired 10/22/2010

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#18 - Episode 2

Season 43 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/12/2010

Toby Buckland plants climbing and rambling roses around a new pergola at Greenacre, while Joe Swift maintains the prairie border and divides the perennial sunflower Lemon Queen. The Royal Horticultural Society demonstrate rose pruning techniques at Hyde Hall, and at Glebe Cottage, Carol Klein has tips on growing irises as she prepares the flowers for summer.

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#19 - September 11, 2009

Season 42 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/11/2009

As some plants complete their life cycle in the garden, it's the perfect opportunity for the gardener to reap a bountiful seed harvest. Toby Buckland explains which plants to go for and how to collect and store them. For Carol Klein, late summer is the time when some plants are looking their most spectacular and, at Glebe Cottage, it's the Japanese anemone which is shining out from her borders. Joe Swift offers design tips for seating areas, and Toby joins him to make one with a contemporary edge at Greenacre. Plus, the garden of the first of the five finalists in the BBC Gardener of the Year competition is revealed.

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#20 - September 18, 2009

Season 42 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/18/2009

18/23. Toby Buckland and Alys Fowler plan for spring

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#21 - September 25, 2009

Season 42 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/25/2009

19/23. The judges visit the third finalist in the BBC Gardener of the Year competition.

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#22 - October 2, 2009

Season 42 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/2/2009

20/23. Toby Buckland is inspired by the Orient and adds Japanese azaleas to Greenacre.

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#23 - October 9, 2009

Season 42 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/9/2009

21/23. Toby Buckland plants a hazel nut tree and harvests the seeds from annual flowers.

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#24 - October 16, 2009

Season 42 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/16/2009

22/23. Toby Buckland explains which plants need wrapping up for the winter.

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#25 - October 23, 2009

Season 42 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/23/2009

23/23. It's all systems go at Greenacre as the team get the garden ready for the winter ahead.