<P> Gardeners' World is a long - running BBC Television programme about gardening, first broadcast on 5 January 1968 and still running as of 2018 . Its first episode was presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens . The magazine BBC Gardeners' World is a tie - in to the programme . Most of its episodes have been 30 minutes in length, although there are many specials that last longer . The 2008 and 2009 series used a 60 - minute format as did the 2016 series from episode 23, for eight episodes in total . </P> <P> The show was presented until 2003 from the lead presenter's own garden . </P> <Ul> <Li> First was Percy Thrower's The Magnolias in Shrewsbury </Li> <Li> Then Arthur Billitt's Clack's Farm at Ombersley in Worcestershire </Li> <Li> Followed by two gardens, both called Barnsdale, owned by Geoff Hamilton in Rutland </Li> <Li> Next was Alan Titchmarsh's garden at Woodroyd in Alton, Hampshire, renamed Barleywood for the programme </Li> <Li> Next was a rented garden, called Burmans Farm at Shottery (52 ° 11 ′ 29.59" N 1 ° 44 ′ 6.4" W ﻿ / ﻿ 52.1915528 ° N 1.735111 ° W ﻿ / 52.1915528; - 1.735111) in Stratford - upon - Avon which was called Berryfields for the purposes of the programme although it was often described as a' top secret location near Birmingham' </Li> <Li> Partly as a result of changes in the presenters, for the 2009 series the garden was relocated to Edgbaston in Birmingham . A playing - field was redeveloped and this garden was given the name Greenacre . This garden was intended to be a permanent home for the programme . </Li> <Li> In 2011, with the return of Monty Don, the base relocated to Don's own garden Longmeadow in Herefordshire (52 ° 12 ′ 22.4" N 2 ° 46 ′ 49.2" W ﻿ / ﻿ 52.206222 ° N 2.780333 ° W ﻿ / 52.206222; - 2.780333). </Li> </Ul> <Li> First was Percy Thrower's The Magnolias in Shrewsbury </Li>

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