Episode 8

In a special edition of Gardeners’ World, Joe Swift and Rachel de Thame are in the North Wessex Downs spending the day at Malverleys, a stunning garden transformed in just 14 years by a very talented head gardener. Spring is a busy time, and there is plenty for them to muck in with. Joe is planting plugs and getting involved in some essential pond maintenance, while Rachel shows a clever way of growing tulips and repots some beautiful orchids.

Arit Anderson is in the heart of Manchester, discovering how, against the odds, the creation of the city’s newest park has inspired a garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

In the Peak District, there’s a couple ripping up the rule book on veg growing - and wow, does it work! And meet a gardener who has transformed a long-forgotten plot into an incredible secret horticultural hideaway.