Wild Flowers and Front Gardens

S1 E1: In the opening episode Monty Don is on the campaign trail for wild flowers. 98% of wild flower meadows have been lost since the first part of the twentieth century – a shocking statistic – which he believes all gardeners can do something about. On his revival he tries his hand at making hay the old fashioned way in a Coronation Meadow, visits the largest biodiversity hotspot in the world - Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank and shows us how to grow wild flowers, even if we don’t have a garden. Also in tonight’s show, Joe Swift is determined to return our front gardens to their former glory. He bases his campaign at the award-winning Rockcliffe Avenue in Whitley Bay and shares his tips on how to transform front gardens in a few simple steps; he discovers that greener streets reduce pollution and hits the road to get the message across in his Great British Plant Giveaway. Please note, this version may differ slightly from the UKTX version.