Gardeners' World - Season 01

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.

British summer time means that, from Saturday, we all have an extra hour to get out in our gardens in the evenings just as the early spring display is coming into its own.

Monty Don is at Longmeadow in the Spring Garden and show us spring flowers: Leucojum aestivum, Summer snowflake; Helleborus x hybridus, Lenten rose; and Fritillaria meleagris, Snake's head fritillary.

Spring gets into its stride and Longmeadow is bursting into life. Monty Don prepares for the summer by sowing hardy annual seed directly into the spring-warmed soil.

As spring gets well underway, there are enough beautiful flowers popping up in the countryside to inspire any gardener. At Longmeadow, Monty Don adds to his collection of fritillaries.