Last Updated on 3 October 2026 by PeteFree
Garden Rescue returns for series 11 on Tuesday 26 May 2026 in the afternoon slot on BBC1 and this series will run for the usual 35 episodes.
Again for this series they are scheduling it alongside repeats of the previous Garden Rescue Series 10 first shown in 2025.
This means they have a break mid series to allow for other popular afternoon series to be aired but also means lots of repeats!
Leading the team of Garden Designers is our favourite Makeover Queen Charlie Dimmock who has been on Garden Rescue since 2016.
Joining Charlie Dimmock are her regular team of Garden Designers, Chris Hull, Lee Burkhill and Flo Headlam.
Lee Burkhill joined the programme in Garden Rescue Series 6 in 2021 for a few episodes before joining the team full time the following series.
Lee once caused controversy by wearing a vest top during one of the garden makeovers, Lee Burkhill is also known as the Garden Ninja for his very popular Social Media Channels.
Flo Headlam first appeared in Garden Rescue Series 7 in 2022 and this is her first Garden Makeover show.
Flo is passionate about the benefits of gardening and the benefits for Mental health and is an advocate for Community Gardening.
Chris Hull also joined the programme in 2022 for Garden Rescue Series 7 and has his own Landscape Design Company.
Chris won a Gold Medal at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2024 alongside Sid Hill for the Bowel Research UK the Microbiome Garden.
Amelia Bouquet joined Garden Recue Series 10 as a new Garden Designer and proved to be a very popular new addition.
It is unclear at the moment if she is returning for the new series and after being pregnant in the last series I hope she has a lovely new addition herself.
Garden rescue for its 10th Anniversary is making its biggest ever change to the format by having Guest Garden Designers compete against the current team.
Unfortunately not every episode but for some of the new series we get to see more new Garden Designers and some fresh new idea for you to try at home.
Diarmuid Gavin has appeared on many Garden Makeover programmes including Homefront in 1996 which was his first television appearance up until more recently for Filthy Garden SOS in 2021.
Diarmuid Gavin is an award winning Garden Designer and is the most experienced of the new Garden Designers to join the team.
Frances Tophill is best known for being part of the Garden Design team on Love your Garden and for being a presenter on Gardeners’ World.
Frances Tophill is to have her first ever Show Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2026 alongside Alan Titchmarsh and Sir David Beckham for the Kings’ Foundation.
Joe Swift trained as a Garden Designer and won Gold Medal at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2012. He appeared on Garden Invaders in 2003 but is best known for being a Presenter on Gardeners’ World.
Joe Swift already has a funny kind of connection with Garden Rescue with the surname of Amelia Bouquet and his famous Actor Father, Clive Swift and his character Richard Bucket (pronounced Bouquet) in Keeping up Appearances!
Sue Kent is best known for being a Presenter on Gardeners’ World and she wo a Silver Gilt Medal at RHS Hampton Flower Festival in 2022.
Sue Kent down to earth approach to gardening and her ability to adapt her gardening techniques to encourage us all to garden has made her a very popular TV Gardener.
Wil this change to format for Garden Rescue Series 11 bring more viewers to this already popular BBC afternoon programme, we will wait and see.
Until it is aired we will not know if any other new changes are to happen but they were appealing on Social Media for viewers to write in with their Gardening Conundrums for the Garden Experts to answer on the programme.
As the new team of Garden Designers are competing against the existing Garden Design Team I will be keeping score as the Series Progresses
New Garden Design Team 4 – 6 Original Garden Design Team
Presenters
Guest Garden Designers
Revisited Presenters
The Rich Brothers Harry and David
Narrator
Lucinda Lawrence
Landscape Contractors
Jacqui Brocklehurst
Kyle Haynes
Danny Jones
Taury Meade
Suzie Topping
Todd Gaskin
Andy Lane
Ben Pope
Carwyn Bebb
Samuel Birks
Raphael Meade
Jamie Olgivie
Wayne Styles
Jonathon Rickards
Thomas Scanlon
Revisited Landscape Contractors
Andy Dean
Russell Harris
Kyle Haynes
Jo Hobbs
Danny Jones
Wayne Perrey
Suzie Topping
Dan Valencia
James Vulgar
Kevin Watts
Mark Watts
Colin Anderson
Natalie Chivers
Stephen Griffiths
Andy Land
Paul Phillips
Ben Pope
Leigh Pugh
Luke Griffiths
Patrick Reilly
Mark Walker
Ben Winter
Episodes
Episode 1: Stockport
Episode 2: Shrewsbury
Episode 3: Croydon
Episode 4: Leicester
Episode 5: Revisited Chester, Cambourne & Petersfield
The Rich Brothers Harry and David
Episode 6: Oxford
Episode 7: Coventry
Episode 8: Wilmslow
Episode 9: Water Orton
Episode 10: Revisited Devizes, Bedhampton & Stoke-on-Trent
The Rich Brothers Harry and David
Episode 11: Henley
Episode 12: Leicester
Episode 13: Hampshire
Episode 14: Didcot
Episode 15: Revisited Hampshire, Coventry & Oldham
The Rich Brothers Harry and David
Series restarted 31 August 2026
Episode 16: Coventry
Episode 17: Powys
Episode 18: Cambridge 1
Episode 19: Cambridge 2
Episode 20: Revisited Oxford, Newport & Holmfirth
The Rich Brothers Harry and David
Episode 21: Manchester
Episode 22: Alresford
Episode 23: Chester
Episode 24: Milton Keynes
Episode 25: Revisited Cheltenham, Nailsea & Luton
The Rich Brothers Harry and David
Episode 26: Manchester
Episode 27: Tunbridge Wells
Episode 28: Oxford
Episode 29: Stevenage
Episode 30: Eton Wick
Episode 31: Stourbridge
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Hi team your all amazing .How do I contact series to enquire about garden . We have moved to a new house with a massive garden leading to beach and nothing in it except trees as ground is all sand next to beach .Also we have 2 large Newfoundland dogs who own it (used to be 3)who are working dogs for suicide prevention .No idea what to do with garden but would like a Japanese gravel type theme . Please help if possible with and ideas to keep mum and dogs happy we watch all your designs and love the programme
Look forward to your reply
Good Evening
The best place to check when applications are open for the new series is through Garden Rescue Social Media (This year the applications opened in January)
They are on Facebook under Garden Rescue and Instagram gardenrescueofficial there is a email contact on their Facebook page, or you could contact Spun Gold TV who make the programme.
They usually have certain criteria they are looking for in gardens for the programme including size, a theme and how much money you have for the budget.
Good Luck maybe we will see you and your garden in the future 🙂
What wonderful work your Dogs are doing
Thank you for reading my blog I am not from Garden Rescue unfortunately
Pete Free
Brilliant programme look forward to watching next one