Gardeners' World - Season 56 - Episode 8
To mark the coronation weekend, this episode celebrates the people who give up their time to help others. Adam Frost visits a walled garden in Somerset to meet a group of volunteers who are gardening alongside those who need help to transform their lives. At Longmeadow, Monty creates two different planting schemes for pots for shady spaces, transplants grasses in the Jewel Garden, and plants out his favourite varieties of tomato.
About Gardeners' World
Title: Gardeners' World
First Air Date: 1968-01-05
Last Air Date: 2025-03-28
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 8.5/10 (from 3 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 16
Total Episodes: 297
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
