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October 14, 2017 Jerry explores the exciting world of euphorbias, a family that includes plants of all sorts of shapes and sizes, Costa shows why it's important to pick the right sized pot for your plant, and Jane visits a long-running gardening club that works with students at the local primary school. Millie visits an historical nursery to find out what it takes to raise the perfect seedling and meet a passionate nurseryman who grows plants to build and restore wetlands.
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October 14, 2017 Monty plans for next year's fruit harvest when he adds gooseberries to the fruit garden he planted earlier in the year. He also divides and moves herbaceous perennials and advises on the best bulbs to plant now for cut flowers next year. Frances Tophill meets a couple who have filled their garden with tender plants and devised a meticulous method of protecting them over the winter, and we catch up with Adam Frost in his own garden when he gives design tips on placing and planting trees. Nick Bailey explores a myriad of colour in leaf, bark and berry when he travels to Bluebell Arboretum in Leicestershire, and Arit Anderson is in Yorkshire, where she finds out about a project using innovative techniques for producing food. We also visit Warwickshire to look at their collection of hardy chrysanthemums and to see how they can bring much-needed late colour into our gardens.
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October 8, 2017 Tino supplements the seasonal offerings at the patch by planting a range of true-blue edible Tassie plants, Jerry talks about the cabbage white butterfly parasite, and Jane meets a gardener who has created a spectacular plant-filled garden in an unforgiving, inland climate. Millie talks about poisonous plants, Costa discovers a vibrant oasis filled with lush trees and leafy understorey created from a road closure in inner Sydney and Sophie gets native plant advice from a conservationist who propagates endangered species in his back garden.
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October 8, 2017 The beginning of October is a good time to plan for next year and Monty begins the process of taking out plants which are in the wrong place and either moving or dividing others. He also gives advice on making leaf mould from fallen leaves and how to use it. Frances Tophill helps a gardener whose plants are not thriving where they are planted, and Joe Swift visits a small garden full of great design tips. Nick Bailey meets a soil zoologist to find out about the abundance of life which lives under our feet, Adam Frost is on a community allotment in Manchester where growing food is providing solace and support to refugees, and we travel to Staffordshire to visit a cottage garden which has been planted with a particular emphasis on colour.
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September 30, 2017 Monty shows how to prune and train the exuberant summer growth of climbing roses and makes the most of the seasonal warmth by planting perennials and sowing annuals for next year's flowers. Frances Tophill visits a viewer's garden to give advice on how to prune unruly shrubs and Nick Bailey investigates a brand new way of combating Himalayan balsam, one of the UK's most invasive weed species. Stourhead in autumn is a horticultural highlight of the year and Alan Power gives us a behind-the-scenes tour while Arit Anderson travels to Yorkshire to find out how scientific research has uncovered the super powers of plants, and we meet a gardener who has dedicated his allotment to growing his own beer.
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September 30, 2017 Costa repurposes an old bath tub to make a palace fit for soil royalty - worms! Jane visits Australia's newest quarantine facility to find out what happens to plants when they're imported into the country, Sophie profiles an old-fashioned favourite - the cherry plum, and Millie plants up a challenging narrow space at the side of her house with some of her useful and ornamental favourites. Finally, meet a couple who have dedicated their lives to growing and advocating for Australia's amazing native plants.
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September 24, 2017 It is the autumn equinox and, along with celebrating the season's apple bounty, Monty Don is planning for Christmas, planting bulbs to brighten dark winter days. He also gives advice on planting garlic for next year. Carol Klein celebrates the sedum, one of the autumn garden's highlights, Adam Frost gives us an update on the development of his Lincolnshire garden, and we travel to Gloucestershire to visit a garden which is a haven for moths and butterflies, and also catch up with Alan Power, who guides us through the summer work at Stourhead, and Shaish Alam winds up his growing season with a bumper harvest.
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September 24, 2017 Jane explores the fascinating new world of native Australian bonsai, Tino shows how to protect maples from aphids and Josh learns about an exciting and modern tool to help identify insect visitors in home gardens and Sophie visits a couple in the Barossa Valley who have thousands of roses in their beautiful collection.
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September 16, 2017 Monty's thoughts turn to spring as he gives his recommendations for bulbs to plant now that will thrive in pots and bring much-needed colour next year. Monty also shows how to prune summer fruiting raspberries. Frances Tophill travels to Norfolk to visit a gardener who, at 97, still gardens every day, Adam Frost takes a look at a new garden at RHS Wisley which has been planted up with tropical plants and Carol Klein is in Buckinghamshire helping a viewer who is struggling to find plants that will thrive in heavy clay soil. Alan Power guides us through seasonal spring highlights at Stourhead, and we visit a tiny garden in Essex which is packed with plants, ponds and seating areas.
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September 16, 2017 The Gardening Australia presenters answer commonly asked gardening questions, Costa takes Sophie to visit one of his favourite gardens - a community project in Darwin that grows food, skills and friendships, and Millie explains why it’s not always a good idea to remove caterpillars from plants. Guest presenter Carolyn Blackman visits a spectacular nursery and gives us her top tips for planting design while Jerry picks up a great tip on achieving perfect drainage for plants in any garden. Josh lends Millie a hand to build a frame for climbing plants that will create a beautiful small-garden screen.
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