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Gardeners’ World 2026 Episode 21 Recap

Gardeners’ World 2026 Episode 21 Recap

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On Gardeners’ World 2026 Episode 21 Recap, we find out what the largest family of flowering plants is, how frogs, newts and snakes are coexisting in the pond, where you can find some interesting, unusual and free plants for your garden, how man’s best friend can help on a date, what interesting parterre discoveries are being made across the country thanks to the drought, and we have a very generous offer from the wonderful team at Southport Flower Show.

On Gardeners’ World this week, Frances Tophill shows Dame Mary Berry around Damson Farm near Bath, before Ekin Karasin and Queen Maggie show us around their wildlife garden in North London. “Top-Tip-Toby” Buckland leaves us feeling thoroughly inadequate as he gives us some more incredible and simple tips for the garden from his place in Devon, and we spend a happy time at the wonderful Smethwick Allotments with Thindi Kaur, her dad Harjinder Singh Rana, and their friends Jagtar Singh and Mohinder Singh Hayer. Finally we visit the beautiful urban garden in Kensington designed my garden designer Michelle Brandon.

Links & Mentions

Scenes from the Garden

  • So many grapes, so little time
  • Potatoes: “hold my beer”

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Pear Glut Suggestions

“I poach them lightly in cinnamon syrup then freeze them”

“Rather like with quince, what about making some crystallised versions of the pears? Either like pastilles or the full crystalline version?”

“I like using them for tarte tatin. Poaching in water, lemon juice and sugar is good.”

“See if there’s anyone local who can juice and pasteurise them for you, you’ll need a few cooking apples to balance the flavour”

“Poach the peeled and chunked pears lightly and proceed as you would for apple pies. Bonus if you add a heaping tablespoon of sour cream to the sauce.”

“I made pear chutney last year – very nice. Found recipes on line one has chilli the other didn’t, so I made both!”

“Bottled in light syrup. Or bottled in red wine and spices.”

“My son gave me 3kg of pears last year. I did a couple of jars of poached pears in brandy syrup with the best ones, then made pear & ginger chutney which was beautiful with the Christmas cheese board.”

“We cut them up and cook in the microwave (about 6-8 minutes @800 but varies according to ripeness) adding star anise and fresh ginger cut into thin strips and I use Stevia, but for non diabetics caster sugar would be fine too -or honey to taste. This freezes really well if you make a large batch.”

Plum Glut Suggestions

“Plum Brandy🥃”

“I like to make a pastry case then put plum halves cut side down with sugar on top then cover with a crumble mix. They cut up into squares and can be frozen for an easy dessert.”

“I made plum and damson gin last year. Delicious.”

“I usually freeze some for winter puddings/ crumbles etc and I also make jam and chutneys.”

“I roast them covered in foil on 180 for 30 minutes. Just wash (leave stones) in and roast. Cool, put on plastic containers and freeze. They are amazing on granola with yoghurt.”

“Plum and meringue icecream“

“Vodka and sugar… leave for a few months”

“Red currant and plum crumble with a large spoonful of clotted cream”

“Pickled plums, great to have with cold meats on Boxing Day.”

Barbican Plant Adoptions

Chatsworth parterres
Blenheim Palace parterres

Nobody messes with Maggie

Ciaran Thapar’s substack

Garden designed by Michelle Brandon
The treehouse
The garden build
The outdoor kitchen

Scenes from The Show

Sow parsley seed
Move self-sown seedlings
Remove squash side shoots

Jobs for the Weekend

  1. Sow parsley seed
  2. Move self-sown seedlings
  3. Remove squash side shoots

Next Time on Gardeners’ World – 14th August

As the drought takes its toll on Longmeadow, Monty takes stock of his garden and has a radical rethink about what he should be growing in the future. With this in mind, he takes cuttings of some drought-resistant plants as a way of saving money. There is also a rambling rose in desperate need of a haircut and lots of produce to harvest in the veg garden, so as always, there is plenty to be getting on with.

Frances Tophill visits the picturesque village of Clovelly in north Devon, where gardening on a clifftop is not without its challenges. And in Norfolk, Adam Frost explores a walled kitchen garden steeped in history but planted with a modern eye.

On the Isle of Wight, a couple tell the incredible story of how they’ve reimagined the Victorian garden of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, while a gardener in East Anglia showcases his love of naturalistic planting.

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