Gardeners' World Winter Specials - Episode Guide

In the first of three special programmes, Monty and the team celebrate the joy that the gardening year brings with a selection of brand new stories.

Adam Frost finds a world of inspirational planting designed to shine in winter when he visits Cambridge University Botanic Garden; Joe Swift heads to a garden in north London that was inspired by a holiday to the Grand Canyon; Nick Bailey extols the virtues of evergreen planting, which come into its own at this time of year; and Kate Bradbury shows us how we can look after the wildlife in our garden over the winter months.

We catch up with the three sisters from Dorset we met last year, who share the joyful highs and occasional lows of their gardening year; we head to Somerset to see how a garden designer achieves not one but two glorious peaks in her own garden; and we get tips on growing perfect peonies from a passionate plantswoman in the Welsh borders.

There's also a chance to see what viewers have been getting up to in their own gardens.

Adam Frost and the team celebrate the joy that the gardening year brings with a selection of brand new stories.

Nick Bailey visits the winter garden at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire; Frances Tophill discovers the largest cultivated collection of Mediterranean plants in the great glasshouse at the National Botanic Garden of Wales; and Carol Klein immerses herself in the exuberance of high summer at Kelmarsh Hall Gardens in Northamptonshire.

Meanwhile, Arit Anderson meets a couple in the Pennines who have created a garden on the most challenging of plots, and Rachel de Thame shines a light on a plant that dazzles in the depths of winter – witch hazel.

We visit an artist in County Wicklow, Ireland, who curates his garden like a living canvas, and we meet a passionate gardener in Wiltshire who has taken her love of tulips to a whole new level.

There is also a chance to see what viewers have been getting up to in their own gardens.

Monty celebrates the joy that the gardening year brings with a selection of brand-new stories, and the team get into the Christmas spirit.

At Longmeadow, Monty creates a winter interest container filled with seasonal favourites. Rachel de Thame is joined by florist Arthur Parkinson as they spend a festive day making Christmas decorations with plant material sourced from the garden; Carol Klein meets comedian Joe Lycett at his home in Birmingham and talks to him about his newfound love of gardening; and Adam Frost looks at the ground cover plants which are the perfect backdrop to the border at this time of year.

Advolly Richmond heads to Cumbria and uncovers the fascinating history behind the topiary gardens at Levens Hall, while Sue Kent digs out her Christmas jumper and prepares for the big day as she creates some festive gardening gifts.

We visit a nursery in Yorkshire who specialise in growing one of the most popular houseplants at Christmas – the poinsettia - and we also find out what viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.

In the first of four special programmes celebrating the joy that the gardening year brings, Monty harvests his favourite winter veg, demonstrates how to take hardwood cuttings and plants up a container with tulips for a display of spring colour.

Joe Swift meets TV presenter AJ Odudu and discovers her passion for houseplants, Carol Klein visits RHS Rosemoor in Devon, a garden with enough colour and texture to brighten even the darkest of winter days, and Sue Kent and Toby Buckland take an inspirational trip to Piet Oudolf's garden at Hauser & Wirth in Somerset.

The head gardener at West Dean Gardens in West Sussex shares his tips on growing ranunculus, and there's a look at an incredible collection of bamboo at Trebah Garden in Cornwall. There's also a chance to see what viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.

Frances Tophill and the team continue to celebrate the joy that the gardening year brings throughout the seasons.

Rachel de Thame visits Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire, a garden designed to look its best in winter. Arit Anderson hears how the principles of rewilding can increase biodiversity in our own gardens on a trip to the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, and Nick Bailey meets a man whose potting bench is more like a laboratory bench where he grows hardy orchids from seed.

There's a gardener in Worcestershire who has amassed an astonishing collection of cacti and succulents, and a couple of friends in London share their passion for growing cut flowers. There's also a chance to see what viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.

Adam Frost demonstrates how to build a rose arch, mulches his beds and plants a blackcurrant to train up a fence.

Frances Tophill visits RHS Wisley in Surrey to witness the seasonal colour that heathers can provide in the winter months. Carol Klein immerses herself in a sea of roses at Hanham Court Gardens near Bristol, and there's a touch of the Mediterranean in Devon as Toby Buckland harvests a crop of home-grown olives.

There's a catch-up with three sisters from Dorset as they plant up their new borders and a visit to a spectacular display of tulips in Norfolk, as well as a chance to see what viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.

Monty Don gets stuck into some winter jobs and demonstrates how to store dahlia tubers, plants out a clematis and plants up a container for winter colour and scent.

Nick Bailey shows that a conifer is not just for Christmas on a visit to Great Dixter in East Sussex. Rachel de Thame joins gardener and florist Arthur Parkinson as they create some spectacular seasonal table decorations using plant material sourced from the garden. And at Spetchley Park in Worcestershire, Advolly Richmond reveals the intriguing story of influential plantswoman and gardener Ellen Willmott.

Joe Swift visits a garden in Cumbria designed to shine in winter through its inspirational planting that favours structure over colour, and there's a masterclass in growing food for a year-round harvest from a gardener in Ceredigion. There's also a chance to see what viewers have been getting up to in their gardens.

Monty has advice on how to pot up one of the stars of the festive season - amaryllis - and Carol Klein champions one of winter's most spectacular shrubs, witch hazel.

Adam Frost visits Mary Berry at home to hear about another of her great passions in life, gardening. She shares her love of cut flowers as well as some tips on freezing herbs.

Monty Don and the team are not only celebrating the joy of the gardening year but also Christmas! Monty has tips on how to clean garden tools, while Rachel de Thame marvels at some magical topiary.

Frances Tophill and the team celebrate the joy that the gardening year brings throughout the seasons.