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There’s a distinctly festive feel at Longmeadow as Monty creates a Christmas container and pots up some wintersweet, one of the best scented shrubs for the colder months.

Toby Buckland shares his winter survival guide to make sure gardens thrive in spring, with tips on mulching, storing potted plants over winter and a nifty hack for a dragging greenhouse door or garden gate.

Frances Tophill joins a Christmas wreath-making workshop at a garden in Oxfordshire to hear how social and therapeutic horticulture is helping people recovering from severe mental illness.

Arit Anderson catches up with Tom Allen, who may be known for his sharp sense of humour, but he also has a passion for gardening. He affectionately refers to his vegetable patch as his ‘mini farm’ and even makes his own garlic cordial to keep slugs at bay.

There’s also a day in the life of a young flower farmer in Norfolk, growing an impressive 500 different varieties of dahlia.