Gardeners' World - Season 53 - Episode 8
To help viewers make the most of bank holiday Friday, Monty has plenty of ideas of how to fill the rest of the weekend, from potting on seedlings to sowing tender vegetables. Rachel de Thame reviews the progress of her new kitchen garden and begins planting out peas and sowing flower seeds. For tips on growing your own at home, Nick Bailey shows how to make an easy cold frame for storing precious plants and seedlings. With mental health ever important, Joe Swift meets Will Young, whose new-found love of gardening was key to his recovery. And the team travels to Kent to meet a man with a collection of over 80 different varieties of wisteria.
About Gardeners' World
Title: Gardeners' World
First Air Date: 1968-01-05
Last Air Date: 2025-06-06
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 8.5/10 (from 4 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 16
Total Episodes: 306
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: BBC Studios Factual Entertainment Productions, BBC Studios Productions
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Monty Don
Presenter
Adam Frost
Self - Presenter
Frances Tophill
Self - Presenter
