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Gardener’s World 2023 is here to bring anyone from budding gardeners to seasoned horticulturalists everything they need to make the most out of their garden, no matter the size or location.
For years Gardener’s World has been the flagship gardening show on the BBC, with a team of green-fingered experts sharing the best tips, hints and advice from the gardening world so we can get our gardens looking their best, no matter what time of year it is.
But when is the next episode of Gardener’s World 2023 on, who are the presenters and which plants will be featured? Here is everything you need to know about Gardeners’ World 2023…
Gardeners’ World 2023: when is the next episode?
The next episode of Gardeners’ World 2023 airs on Friday, August 18, 2023, on BBC Two at 8 pm.
You can catch up on past episodes of Gardeners’ World 2023 on BBC iPlayer.
In episode 21 which airs on August 18 Monty plants for pollinators in the Wildlife Garden and trims his box topiary cones. He also takes succulent leaf cuttings and continues the summer veg harvest.
Carol Klein visits stunning Italian-influenced gardens in Gloucestershire. Rekha Mistry reveals the latest triumphs and disasters in her new garden in the Peak District.
And there’s a couple whose garden is designed around their devotion to moths and butterflies, and a shared garden in London whose owners have divided the space to suit the needs of all the properties that use it.
Gardeners’ World 2023: What happened in previous episodes?
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode twenty
Episode twenty, which aired on Thursday, August 10, saw Frances Tophill in her very first garden for a summer catch-up and an update on her progress since moving in. She shared a brand new structure designed especially for her compact plot, and there was trouble afoot at her allotment when she visited for a tidy-up.
Also, Adam Frost meet a kindred spirit who explained how gardening saved his life.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode nineteen
Episode nineteen was a celebration of people who are growing their own, from vegetables to flowers, across the UK.
At Longmeadow, Monty shared tips and advice on how to get the most out of the bargain plants available at this time of year. He also looked at how some of the tropical plants have coped with 2023’s weather.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode eighteen
Episode eighteen saw Monty harvest his spuds and sow seeds for autumn veg. He also showed how to get plants for free by taking cuttings.
Adam Frost met a couple who spent decades creating a garden on the exposed chalk hills of the Yorkshire Wolds. Sue Kent was busy refreshing her garden to extend the colour and interest into late summer and autumn.
There were the windswept challenges faced by the gardeners working in an extraordinary location on a cliff edge in Penzance, as well as a gardener in Sussex who had taken the idea of outdoor living to a whole new level. Plus more of the films that were sent in by viewers.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode seventeen
Episode seventeen came from the biggest horticultural event in the north — the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park.
Joe Swift and Frances Tophill revealed the latest in garden design, as well as brought plant perfection from some of the best nurseries and growers in the country. Joe showed us how to turn the smallest of spaces into a green haven, and Frances looked at the best plants to cater for nocturnal pollinators.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode sixteen
Episode sixteen was a special programme because Gardeners’ World came from the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.
Arit Anderson, Toby Buckland and Adam Frost revealed the latest in floral fashions and shared highlights of the show gardens and floral marquee. This year’s RHS Hampton Court iconic horticultural hero was Gardeners’ World’s own Carol Klein. Over the past three months, the programme has been following Carol on her journey to create a very special garden, and here celebrated all of Carol’s efforts and revealed the end result.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode fifteen
In episode 15 Monty gave a masterclass on rambling, climbing and shrub roses. He also planted tender annuals in the jewel garden, and with hot, dry summer days ahead, shared tips for water saving and harvesting.
With the Hampton Court Garden Festival also just around the corner, Carol Klein was at home immersing herself in some of the plants she’s growing for her highly ambitious show garden.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode fourteen
With summertime at its peak, episode fourteen saw Adam plan to extend the season with plants for evening scent and share the results of his wild meadow turf experiment. In North Yorkshire, Nick Bailey discovered the range of floral beauty of Cornus kousa, the dogwood tree and Toby Buckland visited a back garden near Milton Keynes with seven ponds.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode thirteen
Episode 13 was extra special as the team went to Birmingham for one of the highlights of the horticultural year — the annual Gardeners’ World Live event. Monty Don, Arit Anderson, Adam Frost, Sue Kent, Carol Klein, Joe Swift, Rachel de Thame and Frances Tophill all brought us the best the gardening world has to offer.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode twelve
Episode twelve saw Monty make some changes to his pots in the Jewel Garden, harvest gooseberries and plant squash. Adam Frost checked out a wonderful arts and crafts garden in Leeds and Rekha Mistry revealed her brand-new garden in the Peak District and began to make plans for this challenging plot.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode eleven
In episode eleven Monty created colourful planting schemes with trailing plants. He also planted out cabbages in the vegetable garden and shareed a clever tip for dealing with your spent tulips. Toby Buckland reveled in the superb displays of roses at Mount Ephraim Gardens in Kent. And there was a return visit to the Linn Botanic Gardens in Argyll and Bute, where owner Matthew Young got some sage advice about the precious and rare trees in his collection.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode ten
Episode ten revealed it’s a good time to get tender plants in the ground now the risk of frost has passed. Monty was busy planting tropical gingers and sweetcorn and direct sowing beans. Meanwhile, Joe Swift visited a stunning walled garden in Denbighshire, Rekha Mistry shared the secrets of her success in growing aubergines on her London allotment and there was a re-visit to farmer turned nurseryman Barry Proctor as he made final preparations for his first RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode nine
Episode nine is a special program from the first big flower show of the season – the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. Rachel de Thame and Nick Bailey explore show gardens packed full of ideas and discover the newest varieties of plants and flowers that are hot off the potting bench.
There are herb specialists from Gloucestershire who believe that edibles are just as important as ornamentals in the garden, and a nursery famed for its foxgloves that also has an impressive collection of tree peonies.
Toby Buckland celebrates spring colour at Aberglasney Gardens in Carmarthenshire, and Arit Anderson spends the day with a charity group that gives horticultural work experience to vulnerable people and those with learning difficulties.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode eight
To mark the Coronation weekend, episode 8 celebrated the people who give up their time to help others. Adam visited a walled garden in Somerset to meet a group of volunteers, Monty created two different planting schemes for pots for shady spaces and Rachel reveled in the superb seasonal displays of azaleas in Shropshire.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode seven
In episode 7 Monty was busy planting umbellifers and making some changes to the dry garden. He also sowed peas and pots his dahlias. Meanwhile, Carol revealed exciting plans for an ambitious show garden she’s designing for the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode six
In episode six Frances Tophill revealed some exciting news. After years of dreaming, she finally has her very own garden and can’t wait to share her plans and get to grips with bringing this compact space to life.
Elsewhere, Toby Buckland met a man who has planted his plot with a wonderful array of fruit and nuts, and there was a gardener in Gloucestershire who is potty about the 500 pot plants she has designed specially to produce a floral firework display.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode five
In episode five Monty prepared for late spring and summer, sowing poppies and planting cornflowers for colour and interest in the paradise garden. He also harvested rhubarb and shared tips on moving shrubs.
Toby Buckland reveled in some fabulous spring planting on a visit to the magnificent landscaped gardens of Melbourne Hall in Derbyshire, while Rachel de Thame met a passionate dahlia grower who was once a florist working at the White House for the Obamas.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode four
In episode four Monty added some interest to the spring garden. He also sowed peas and shallots, had some thrifty tips for petunias, and planted lilies in pots.
Carol Klein visited Mothecombe Gardens in Devon, which has been designed specifically for pollinators, with swathes of nectar-rich daisies and lavender, while Arit Anderson joined a group of young carers at a community garden in West Sussex, where they go for respite, friendship and fun.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode three
With spring gaining momentum, episode three saw Adam Frost get to work on his veg plot and plant his first lot of potatoes, while Rekha Mistry demonstrated how to grow the perfect onion from seed.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode two
Episode two of the new series saw Monty get plenty of plants for free when he demonstrated how to make the most of herbaceous perennials. He also cut back pelargoniums that have overwintered in the greenhouse and made a start on sowing vegetables.
Gardeners’ World 2023 — episode one
The new series for 2023 saw Monty and the team return with a celebration of spring. As well as getting on with some essential rose pruning, Monty planted clematis and rocket, cut back grasses and made a start on sowing annuals for colour this summer.
Carol Klein visited Colesbourne Gardens in Gloucestershire to revel in their vibrant displays of spring colour and there was also a skateboarding gardener who had created a haven for wildlife — and herself — in her forest garden in Sheffield.
Before Gardeners’ World 2023 started, the BBC aired Gardeners’ World Compilations 2023 consisting of four episodes that took a look back over past projects and shared gardening tips. Here’s what happened in each episode:
Episode four
In episode four Monty Don showed us how almost anything that holds soil and drains water can be used to grow seasonal veg, salad crops and herbs, while Frances Tophill visited some hardy gardeners on the Isle of Man whose beachfront plots are at the constant mercy of the sea. Arit Anderson met a woman on a mission to ‘green up’ neglected urban spaces. Kate Bradbury shared her tips for attracting wildlife into our gardens, and Toby Buckland helped Sue Kent tackle some tricky jobs in the garden.
Episode three
In episode three Monty Don grew loofahs… a plant he’s never tried before. Also, Joe Swift visited a garden where the contemporary and traditional meet and Advolly Richmond discovered a stunning Japanese-inspired garden.
Episode two
In episode two, Monty Don planted tender annuals for high summer color and shared his tips for growing cherries and pruning blackcurrants. Also, Arit Anderson discovered a paradise garden in Cambridge.
Episode one
In episode one, the team celebrated the joy that gardens and gardening can bring by looking back at some of their seasonal highlights.
Gardeners’ World 2023: who are the presenters?
Monty Don
Probably the most familiar presenter currently on Gardeners’ World is Monty Don, who has been at the helm of the show since 2003. Monty is a British horticulturist, broadcaster and writer. He replaced Alan Titchmarsh as the lead presenter of Gardeners’ World, only leaving the show between 2008 and 2011 due to illness.
Advolly Richmond
Advolly is a garden writer, historian, and a regular presenter on Gardeners’ World.
Joe Swift
Joe is a garden designer, journalist and television presenter. Viewers also might know him from being a co-presenter at The Chelsea Flower Show.
Carol Klein
Carol is a renowned gardening expert, who also works as a newspaper columnist.
Toby Buckland
Toby is a TV presenter and author, and also took on the role of lead presenter of Gardeners’ World between 2008 and 2010.
Frances Tophill
Frances is a British horticulturist and has also wrtten five books on the topic of gardening.
Rachel de Thame
Rachel is a British gardener and TV presenter, and in addition to presenting on Gardeners’ World she also co-presents the BBC’s annual coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show and the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
Adam Frost
Adam is a British garden designer, he started his career working for North Devon Parks Department and then he moved to London to work as a landscaper.
Arit Anderson
Arit is a garden designer, writer and television presenter. As well as presenting Gardeners’ World, she is also known for fronting BBC One gardening show, Garden Rescue.
Nick Bailey and Rekha Mistry are also going to be joining the team for the series.
Gardeners’ World 2023: is there a trailer?
Sadly not, but if one is released by the BBC then we will add it to this guide.
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