Last Saturday we had the equinox where just for one day you get exactly the same amount of night and day: twelve hours of dark, twelve hours of light. Monty feels it's like a seesaw, and now it just tips down towards mid winter. It's not great for some of us but, there are plants that don't seem to mind at all. Plants like the cannas and tithonias - they will go on flowering until they get the first frosts.
As this winter draws to a close, work in the garden starts to step up gear and with the flowers and fruits of summer in mind, Monty gets going in his garden by planting pots of summer bulbs for colour and scent, passing on his secrets of success by using a variety of different planting techniques...
Gardeners' World returns for the start of the gardening year with Monty Don in the garden at his Herefordshire home, Longmeadow. As the charge towards spring gathers pace, Monty, along with Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Rachel de Thame, are preparing for the season ahead.
To start with, Monty reveals the changes he's made to Longmeadow over the winter and we see the effects of the snow and floods made in the damp garden and spring garden. Monty updates us on the jobs that have been done at Longmeadow over the winter including building raised beds in the top vegeta...
