Monty Don's British Gardens

Monty Don's British Gardens is a 5 part series featuring our favourite TV Gardener Monty Don that was first shown in BBC2 on Friday 10 January 2025.

The series over the 5 episodes sees Monty visiting 60 gardens all over the United Kingdom in the most comprehensive coverage of Great Britain's much loved Gardens as well as hidden gems.

This hour long programme starts on the North West Coast of Scotland and in the final episode ends up in the South West of England.

Strangely they are making all episodes available to watch after the first episode has screened on 10 January 2025.

Monty has had a very busy year filming the 60 gardens for this series, as well as publishing a new book, a Book Tour and all this on top of presenting Gardner's' World as usual.

This series Monty has likened to his last one Monty Don's Spanish Gardens due to the diversity of climates found in the British Isles which effects what can be grown successfully in each region.

Monty has previously done a series on British Gardens in 2015 where he visited gardens for his 4 part series The Secret History of the British Garden.

In this series he looked at the history of the gardens starting in the 17th Century and looking at changes over the next 400 years , which each episode devoted to a Century.

I think when we think of the different regions that Monty is visiting we can all think of well known and favourite gardens we have visited that should be included, but there are so many of them I wonder how many are going to be in this series?

I will update each episode as they are revealed and hope to find out as the series goes on some new hidden gems to visit!

Episode 1 North West Coast of Scotland and the North East Coast of England

The Photo from Drummond Castle in Perthshire So that on Monty visit list.

Its also been on social media that he visited Little Sparta in South Lanarkshire Scotland.

There are so many gardens in Scotland but the specific area covered could include the stunning Inverewe Gardens and the Late Queen Mother Residence, the Castle of Mey Gardens.

North East England could include the gardens at Alnwick Castle with the stunning Water Cascade

Episode 2 North of England to Northern Ireland

Monty himself declared he had visit the Mount Stewart Gardens in County Downs Northern Ireland.

Episode 3 Wales to Norfolk

The photo gives this one away Monty definitely visiting Biddulph Grange Garden near Stoke on Trent!

It has also been on Social Media he visited Chatsworth Gardens as well as Wollerton Old Hall Garden in Market Drayton.

Episode 4 The Home Counties and London

Friar Park the private residence of the Late George Harrison has the most amazing rockery is this the one in this photo?

On Social Media it has been stated he visited Battersea Power Station Roof Gardens.

Rewilders Knepp Estate in Horsham also had a visit.

Episode 5 The South West of England

Wildside Garden at Buckland Monachorum, Devon has already taken to Social Media to say they feature in this episode.

Also reported is St Just in Roseland Churchyard a very pretty churchyard at St Mawes Cornwall.

Monty will not only be looking at conventional gardens but will also exploring the unusual and questioning what even is classed as a garden.

From extravagant gardens to simple allotments, gardens in harsh climates where they have had to adapt to dry gardens and even gardens on a boat!

Monty is looking at all different tastes and styles and rumour has it, he is even covering the British Garden Gnome!

After many other series of gardens abroad, this series is long awaited and will be interesting to see what of the many amazing places there are in the United Kingdom which ones make it into Monty Don's British Gardens

Presenter

Monty Don

Special Guests

Gardens visited