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Pumpkins take centre stage, of course, both at Berryfields and at Joe's allotment. And Alys plants up some very tasteful window boxes in orange and black. Toby goes tuliptastic in the cottage garden, while Carol adds some extra impact to her borders at home. This programme was filmed before Berryfields was gripped by sub-zero temperatures, so that's why everything still looks lovely and colourful. But no doubt it'll be a different story on next week's show which, incidentally, is being filmed today.

Sadly, we only have the Christmas Special to film before the winter sets in, so everything in the office is beginning to wind down. Several of my colleagues (myself included) will be leaving the Gardeners' World team next week to pursue our various winter activities, while the remaining skeleton staff will start planning ahead to next year. And what a fantastic year 2009 is going to be! For the first time ever, 91Èȱ¬ Birmingham will be covering Chelsea which is no mean feat. Up until now, it has always been produced from London, but next year, it's our turn. Yippee!

In the meantime, I'm off to Morocco to visit some of the gardens Monty visited in Marrakech. I'm going to travel overland by train via Paris and Madrid and then over to Tangier by ferry. It'll be an epic journey that I just can't wait to begin. But before I go, I'd just like to thank you all for watching Gardeners' World and for your support through what has turned out to be a rather challenging but exciting year.