Gardeners World

Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC Television programme about gardening, first broadcast on 5 January 1968 and still running as of 2017. 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 as did the 2016 series from episode 23, for eight episodes in total. LocationsThe show was presented until 2003 from the lead presenter's own garden. First was Percy Thrower's The Magnolias in ShrewsburyThen Arthur Billitt's Clack's Farm at Ombersley in WorcestershireFollowed by two gardens, both called Barnsdale, owned by Geoff Hamilton in RutlandNext was Alan Titchmarsh's garden at Woodroyd in Alton, Hampshire, renamed Barleywood for the programmeNext was a rented garden, called Burmans Farm at Shottery in Stratford-upon-Avon which was called Berryfields for the purposes of the programme although it was often described as a 'top secret location near Birmingham'Partly as a result of changes in the presenters, for the 2009 series the garden was relocated to Edgbaston in Birmingham. A playing-field was redeveloped and this garden was given the name Greenacre. This garden was intended to be a permanent home for the programme. In 2011, with the return of Monty Don, the base relocated to Don's own garden Longmeadow in Herefordshire.

Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC Television programme about gardening, first broadcast on 5 January 1968 and still running as of 2017. 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 as did the 2016 series from episode 23, for eight episodes in total. LocationsThe show was presented until 2003 from the lead presenter's own garden. First was Percy Thrower's The Magnolias in ShrewsburyThen Arthur Billitt's Clack's Farm at Ombersley in WorcestershireFollowed by two gardens, both called Barnsdale, owned by Geoff Hamilton in RutlandNext was Alan Titchmarsh's garden at Woodroyd in Alton, Hampshire, renamed Barleywood for the programmeNext was a rented garden, called Burmans Farm at Shottery in Stratford-upon-Avon which was called Berryfields for the purposes of the programme although it was often described as a 'top secret location near Birmingham'Partly as a result of changes in the presenters, for the 2009 series the garden was relocated to Edgbaston in Birmingham. A playing-field was redeveloped and this garden was given the name Greenacre. This garden was intended to be a permanent home for the programme. In 2011, with the return of Monty Don, the base relocated to Don's own garden Longmeadow in Herefordshire.