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July 8, 2014 Monty, Rachel and Joe preview the Royal Horticultural Society's 2014 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show before the gates open. In the first of three programmes Monty takes a look around the newly planted Palace kitchen garden and discovers what Henry VIII would have demanded for dinner. Joe gets a flavour of the large show gardens and Rachel reveals the coveted title of Rose of the Year.
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July 5, 2014 Monty welcomes us to his garden at Longmeadow and offers some timely tips on keeping gardens at their best right through to the end of the season, Carol meets wildlife enthusiast Steve Head to discover more about the wildlife that depend on the habitat our garden ponds provide and Joe gets an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the private gardens at Eton College, that counts prime minister David Cameron amongst its long list of VIP ex-pupils.
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June 30, 2014 Angus goes back to school to demonstrate some of the basics of potting up plants to give them the best chance of success, Jane explores a garden started and run by an African migrant to benefit other new Australians by helping them engage with their new community, and Josh is showing how to take advantage of tricky spots in the garden with a range of herbs for every situation. Also, Jerry and an arborist look at some spectacular old trees and demonstrate some techniques for how to manage them in their old age while John visits one of the most visited private gardens in Australia, Bolobek, in the foothills of Mount Macedon.
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June 28, 2014 With the garden growing before his eyes, Monty has plenty to be getting on with at Longmeadow. In preparation for beautiful late summer grass borders, he fills the gaps that the diseased box hedges have left with grasses he has raised from seed. Joe casts his designer's eye over a city garden in London and highlights the key principles to be kept in mind when making the most of a small space, and pay a visit to a stunning arts-and-crafts-style garden, High Glanau Manor near Monmouth, where colour and proportion come together in perfect harmony.
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June 27, 2014 Costa finds out all about the history of one of Australia's oldest and most famous horticultural exports - the Granny Smith apple. Sophie drops in on a friend whose garden is well advanced for its young age, and gets some tips on how he's done it, and Tino looks at what's done well in the new patch, and shows how to turn failures into opportunities for more planting. Also, Jane is in the Dandenong Ranges visiting a large garden that's filled with colourful treasures around every corner, while Josh introduces one of his favourite stories from the GA archives involving a productive garden, a cheeky local and an even cheekier nickname.
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June 21, 2014 With the Wimbledon tennis championships just around the corner, Joe meets the gardening team responsible for the spectacular floral displays at this world-renowned event. Carol is in Cornwall meeting a couple that grow a huge range of gloriously scented honeysuckles from all over the world. She compares our native varieties with the Mediterranean and American hybrids, and learns which of them are most suited to our own gardens, and Monty is at home at Longmeadow, with some timely seasonal tips for getting the very best from our flowers and vegetables.
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June 16, 2014 Jerry's making some much needed changes in his garden, removing trees while planting and propagating others, Jane is getting stuck into some essential winter maintenance to keep plants thriving and Angus explores a gorgeous cliff top garden on Sydney's northern beaches with a view as iconic as the native plants growing in it. Also, Sophie profiles a useful genus of plants to provide a burst of blue as the weather cools down - Ceratostigma, and Tino visits a coastal gardener who has harnessed the sea's bounty to create a thriving and colourful cottage garden.
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June 14, 2014 Carol and Joe are at Gardeners' World Live in Birmingham. Joe casts an expert eye over the spectacular show gardens, while Carol focuses on the delights of the floral marquee. Meanwhile, Monty catches up with various tasks at Longmeadow to ensure that his garden stays in tip-top condition all summer long.
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June 10, 2014 Jerry shows how to successfully propagate a few of his favourite and highly productive subtropical vegetables, Angus gives some pointers to a gardener who is creating a range of habitats to attract local animals into her urban garden and Josh explains that the time for pruning perennials is also a great time to propagate, and shows how simple it is combine the two. Also in this episode Tino shows how to get tender plants through the winter for a head start on spring while Jane explores Frogmore Gardens near Trentham, home to one of country Victoria's most exciting and colourful gardens.
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June 7, 2014 Monty and the team celebrate the start of summer as they indulge in the stunning array of colour and scent beginning to take over our gardens. Carol continues her celebration of great plants and the people who champion them - in this episode she's at Glendoick near Perth enjoying their wonderful collection of flamboyant rhododendrons, and Joe visits world-renowned opera venue Glyndebourne in Sussex. He meets the head gardener, and is given an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of their gardens only days before the opera season begins and the gates open to the public.
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