The BEST episodes of Gardeners' World season 42
Every episode of Gardeners' World season 42, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gardeners' World season 42!
Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC television programme about gardening that continues to this day. The first episode was filmed in 1968, presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. Most of the episodes of the show are 30 minutes long, though there are many specials that last longer.
#1 - August 28, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/28/2009
15/23. Toby Buckland returns to his coastal garden to create a seat made from sea washed pebbles.
#2 - Live
Season 42 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/12/2009
#3 - Joe's Design Made Easy
Season 42 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/6/2009
#4 - Carol's Gardening Class
Season 42 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/30/2009
#5 - Women in Gardening
Season 42 - Episode 27 - Aired 11/27/2009
#6 - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Season 42 - Episode 28 - Aired 12/4/2009
The story of the founding of the Royal Horticultural Society
#7 - October 23, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/23/2009
23/23. It's all systems go at Greenacre as the team get the garden ready for the winter ahead.
#8 - October 16, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/16/2009
22/23. Toby Buckland explains which plants need wrapping up for the winter.
#9 - October 9, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/9/2009
21/23. Toby Buckland plants a hazel nut tree and harvests the seeds from annual flowers.
#10 - October 2, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/2/2009
20/23. Toby Buckland is inspired by the Orient and adds Japanese azaleas to Greenacre.
#11 - September 25, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/25/2009
19/23. The judges visit the third finalist in the BBC Gardener of the Year competition.
#12 - September 18, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/18/2009
18/23. Toby Buckland and Alys Fowler plan for spring
#13 - September 11, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/11/2009
As some plants complete their life cycle in the garden, it's the perfect opportunity for the gardener to reap a bountiful seed harvest. Toby Buckland explains which plants to go for and how to collect and store them. For Carol Klein, late summer is the time when some plants are looking their most spectacular and, at Glebe Cottage, it's the Japanese anemone which is shining out from her borders. Joe Swift offers design tips for seating areas, and Toby joins him to make one with a contemporary edge at Greenacre. Plus, the garden of the first of the five finalists in the BBC Gardener of the Year competition is revealed.
#14 - September 4, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/4/2009
September is the month when exotic plants reach their exuberant best, and in the tropical border at Greenacre Toby shows us which plants have performed. Carol's favourite plant this week is the fiery crocosmia and she shows us the best ones to grow to set our borders ablaze. Now is the perfect time to get new lawns growing, and Toby gives us the lowdown on laying turf while Alys chooses the less expensive option of growing a lawn from seed. And Radio One DJ Sarah Cox invites us into her own garden to see how she and her family have benefited from her first year of growing vegetables.
#15 - April 3, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2009
Toby and the team begin to transform a muddy field into the nation's new back garden.
#16 - August 21, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/21/2009
14/23. Owner Lynda Brown describes the garden of Jessamine Cottage past and present.
#17 - August 14, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/14/2008
13/23. Toby Buckland visits the RHS garden at Hyde Hall in Essex, inspiring his own dry garden.
#18 - August 7, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/7/2009
12/23. Toby Buckland visits the most northern Royal Horticultural Society garden at Harlow Carr.
#19 - July 31, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/31/2009
Toby Buckland, Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Alys Fowler give a few professional pointers to help you groom your garden to perfection. Toby finds himself up to his waist in water lilies at the RHS gardens at Wisley, and shows us what water plants we should be adding to our small ponds. He also gets inspiration for Greenacre from their glasshouse, which is packed with exotic plants. Carol focuses her students' attention on the care of seedlings, shows them how to pot on plants and shares her in-depth knowledge of the most flamboyant plant in the summer garden - the dahlia. Joe is back on his allotment catching up on his crops, and in Design Made Easy, he gives advice on the best colourful climbing plants for pergolas. Alys joins Toby at Greenacre and, as well as catching up on all the seasonal gardening tasks, sows oriental vegetables.
#20 - July 10, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/10/2009
Toby visits the RHS garden at Rosemoor and gets tips on how they maintain the displays. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jrx32/episodes/2009
#21 - June 19, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/19/2009
The team revisit many of the exciting new garden areas and ambitious projects at Greenacre. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jrx32/episodes/2009
#22 - June 5, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/5/2009
Toby Buckland plants out the annual plug plants ready for a summer of vibrant colour.
#23 - May 29, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/29/2009
Toby Buckland and Alys Fowler explore ways of making gardens more bee friendly.
#24 - May 15, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/15/2009
Carol Klein's apprentices tackle root cuttings of garden favourites.
#25 - May 8, 2009
Season 42 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/2009
The team are at the 24th annual Spring Gardening Show in Malvern, Worcestershire.