Gardeners' World (1968)
Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC Television programme about gardening, first broadcast in 1968 and still running as of 2013. Its first episode was presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. The magazine BBC Gardeners' World is a tie-in to the programme. Most of its episodes have been 30 minutes in length, although there are many specials that last longer. The 2008 and 2009 series used a 60-minute format.
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With autumn well and truly underway, Monty shares his tips on how to get more for your money when buying perennials.
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.
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.
Planning ahead for next year, Monty plants camassias and cyclamen for a spring display and sows hardy annuals into his cut flower beds, whilst in the veg garden he plants out strawberries.
In a special programme coming from Norfolk, Arit Anderson and Adam Frost go behind the scenes at East Ruston Old Vicarage to discover how this beautiful garden was created.
Monty continues his preparations for next year by getting some daffodils in the ground, while Frances Tophill visits pioneering horticulturist Josh Sparkes at his experimental plot in Devon.
With September just around the corner, Monty's thinking ahead to next year and makes a start on adding foxtail lilies to his borders. And Rachel de Thame delves into the extraordinary world of bees.
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.
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.
As the garden starts to hit its mid summer peak, Monty prunes his philadelphus and takes cuttings. Sue Kent assesses her summer borders and takes wallflower cuttings.
Monty is getting the garden ‘holiday ready’, planting phlox and cutting back plants that have finished flowering. Carol Klein shares tips on how to increase the stocks of flowering bulbs and tubers.
The team are in Cheshire, at the biggest horticultural event in the north, the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park.
In a special programme, Gardeners’ World comes from the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.
The roses are in full bloom at Longmeadow as Monty tackles some emergency pruning needed on one of his favourite crab apples.
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.
The team are Birmingham-bound for one of the highlights of the horticultural year - the annual Gardeners’ World Live event.
Monty reveals his plans for planting up pots in his cottage garden. Sue Kent visits a unique garden in Carmarthenshire situated around a wooden house on stilts.
With summer feasts in mind, Monty reveals a new outdoor eating area he has been working on. Carol Klein visits a spectacular garden in Oxfordshire where the borders are filled with colourful annuals.
Monty is busy moving his tender succulents outdoors and makes a start on planting up his new cut flower beds. In North Yorkshire, Frances Tophill visits the gardens at Newby Hall.
Gardeners’ World comes from the RHS Malvern Spring Festival, where Arit Anderson and Joe Swift explore show gardens packed full of ideas and discover the newest varieties of plants and flowers.
Monty expands the planting on the mound and prepares for a summer display in the cottage garden. Nick Bailey explores a garden that combines historic charm with modern design.
Adam Frost continues to develop his new woodland border, ably assisted by Ash the cat. Frances Tophill travels to Buckinghamshire to explore a beautiful garden called Wind in the Willows.
Monty is repairing turf, sowing sweetcorn and planting pots for evening fragrance this summer. Adam travels to Dublin to meet musician Adam Clayton in his garden.
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.
Adam Frost takes stock of his borders and plans ahead for some year-round interest. Joe Swift travels to Birmingham to meet an allotmenteer who is passionate about growing all things Italian.
To kick off the Easter weekend, Monty is refreshing the planting on the Mound. Frances Tophill goes to Helmsley Walled Garden in North Yorkshire to revel in the spring colour.
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Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC Television programme about gardening, first broadcast in 1968 and still running as of 2013. Its first episode was presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. The magazine BBC Gardeners' World is a tie-in to the programme. Most of its episodes have been 30 minutes in length, although there are many specials that last longer. The 2008 and 2009 series used a 60-minute format.
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