Blooming Good Deals

Get ready to dig into this episode of the show from a glorious garden in Oxfordshire. Eric Knowles is at Waterperry Gardens, where a pioneering horticultural school was set up for women in the 1930s. Eric hears how its founder, Beatrix Havergal, trained generations of gardeners and produced strawberries so succulent they were the envy of the Chelsea Flower Show.

With his welly boots firmly on, Eric looks back at the best garden-related antiques and collectibles bought by teams up and down the country, and reveals which made the most money in a chart countdown. In Ardingly, a red team looks to get the edge on their opponents – with a lawn-edging machine – and in Llandeilo, the blues hope to cart off loads of cash with a vintage wooden wheelbarrow.

Elsewhere, Natasha Raskin Sharp visits an underground vault where more than 16 per cent of the world’s flora is banked in the form of seeds, and Charlie Ross is hoping to achieve enlightenment when he learns about the ancient art of bonsai.