A historic Cumbrian hall will take centre stage in this week’s edition of BBC2’s Gardener’s’ World.
A film crew visited Holker Hall and Gardens in the South Lakes last month for the show.
They followed Holker’s professional gardening team preparing for Holker’s recent Springfest event.
The visit will be aired on Britain’s longest-running gardening show this Friday, May 16, on BBC2 at 8pm.
Head gardener Matthew Murgatroyd said the TV producers were attracted to the venue after seeing its Instagram page featuring the team of professional gardeners at work.
He said: “They wanted to see how a modern professional gardening team worked in a stately home environment.
“We believe firmly in traditional methods where they’re efficient and sustainable what we’re not frightened to use technology or try new things if they make us more productive or greener in our gardening.”
The footage of the iconic Cumbrian venue, home to some of Britain’s most important trees and national collections, features all six of the historic homes’ gardeners getting the 17-acre garden ready for the two-day Gardens and Outdoor Living Festival held over the May bank holiday weekend.
Matthew said it was a balancing act getting the work done and accommodating the film crew.
He added: “We knew that thousands of people were soon to descend on our gardens and there was a lot still to do to be fully ready – but the film crew were great and let us get on with our jobs.
“They didn’t want filming sequences staged, their goal was to capture us working in our natural environment. We can’t wait to see the finished edit!”
Gardener’s World is hosted by national treasure Monty Don and attracts more than 2.2 million viewers.
The programme featuring Holker Hall and Gardens and its gardening team airs on BBC2 on Friday at 8pm and will also be available on BBC iPlayer.
