Gardeners' World

About this Broadcast

Season 2026, Episode 14

A special programme from Birmingham in the heart of Gardeners' World Live - an annual celebration of practical gardening and bold design. Monty Don is joined by Frances Tophill, Adam Frost, Arit Anderson and Sue Kent. The team explore standout gardens, meet the people shaping the future of horticulture and reveal practical takeaways viewers can try at home. Sustainability is in the spotlight as pioneering growers reveal why cork could be a game-changing material - and how it's already transforming the way they garden. There's an ambitious show garden co-designed by Professor Alice Roberts, bringing the story of evolution to life through plants, and a first-time designer whose passion for railways has inspired a unique garden guaranteed to turn heads

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Gardening Leisure Hobbies

Cast & Crew

Monty Don (Presenter)

Frances Tophill (Presenter)

Adam Frost (Presenter)

Sue Kent (Presenter)

Rosemary Edwards (Executive producer)

Sharon Fisher (Series editor)

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Did You Know..

Monty Don (Presenter)

Born: July 08, 1955 in Ivington, Herefordshire

Best Known For: Fronting Gardeners' World.

Early-life: Montagu Denis Wyatt Don was born in Berlin on July 8, 1955, where his soldier father had been posted. He and his twin sister grew up in Hampshire with their four other siblings. He went to school in Berkshire, Malvern and Basingstoke, before reading English at Cambridge. He worked as a dustman, labourer and waiter before founding his own jewellery company with his future wife, making and designing pieces which were sold all over the world.

Career: In 1988, Don moved to Herefordshire with his wife and children, and when the jewellery business collapsed, turned to working in TV and journalism. He has on has appeared on programmes including This Morning, Holiday Programme, Tomorrow's World, Real Gardens, Fork to Fork, Lost Gardens and Don Roaming. He joined Gardeners' World in 2002, and became the show's first self-taught main presenter in 2003. An author and columnist, his books include My Roots, The Jewel Garden, The Complete Gardener, The Prickotty Bush, The Weekend Gardener, The Sensuous Garden, Gardening Mad, Urban Jungle and Fork to Fork. He suffered a minor stroke in 2008, and gave up Gardeners' World until 2011. He also presents More4's Monty Don's Real Craft.

Quote: 'If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.'

Trivia: In 2008, Don became president of the Soil Association.