At Longmeadow,Monty Don shares his tips on how to feed the birds over the coming months, plants raspberries both in the ground and in a pot, and makes a start on lifting his tender salvias. Joe Swift visits a nurseryman in Essex who loves to experiment with ornamental grasses, and Arit Anderson meets Fergus Garrett, head gardener at Great Dixter, to discover how the planting and garden management have increased biodiversity. The programme also features a Staffordshire couple with a fondness for Japanese maples and a man whose love of dahlias has taken over his back garden in Stockport.

In the first of two special programmes, Monty and the Gardeners' World team look back at the horticultural highs of the latest series and celebrate the very best inspirational gardens and gardeners up and down the country. There's also another chance to see what viewers were getting up to in their gardens throughout the year when they shared their own home videos.