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Sean discovers how Hampton Court Palace is home to the last stable of working Shire horses in London.

He sees the work of ‘Operation Centaur’, a project set up to promote the use of Shire horses in the countryside, as an alternative to machinery.

Sean hears how the horses are able to work in otherwise inaccessible places such as woodland slopes. 

Despite their size, the horses can step round saplings and fallen logs, or avoid ancient anthills during bracken rolling – all with low noise disturbance, soil compaction, impact on flora and carbon footprint.

Ellie is out and about at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

The flower show stretches over more than 30 acres of the Palace’s parkland, displaying plants from every corner of the globe.

Not only is it the largest flower show in the world - it also stands out from the rest, with its roots in environmental issues and growing your own food.

Ellie explores some of this year’s stand out gardens and meets the people behind the designs whose passion make the flower show the amazing spectacle it is.

When it comes to selling our Great British produce at home or abroad, the future of UK farming will hang on striking new trade deals after Brexit.

Tom looks at the prospects of a free trade agreement with the US – and why some farmers and food producers in the UK find that a hard prospect to swallow.

He visits Ford Farm cheesemakers in Dorset to see how they have successfully exported their product across the Atlantic – but also hears the worries they have about cheaper imports flooding the UK market.

Meanwhile, Tom brings together two sides of the debate – NFU president Minette Batters and Matt Kilcoyne, from think-tank The Adam Smith Institute – to see if they have any common ground.

And he hears from Washington trade expert Daniel Griswold to find out what any deal could offer the US…

Towering lupins, with their vibrant flowers, are always a draw to keen gardeners at the flower show but they’re now also in demand with farmers…and for entirely different reasons.

Adam finds out how lupins could be about to change both arable and livestock farming… as a replacement for soya in animal feed.

He’s visiting south Devon where Sam Walker runs a 270-acre organic mixed arable and beef farm. Sam is also currently growing lupins as part of a trial to see if they could be a feasible source of protein in feed.

For farmers like Sam, lupins provide other benefits, as useful bedding and straw and the plants’ long tap roots help make for a good seed bed for the next crop.

But could they really prove to be a lucrative alternative to soya?

Ellie finally gets to see designer Ann-Marie Powell’s finished Countryfile wildlife garden at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show.

Celebrating our 30th anniversary, the garden’s tiered design includes a mixture of landscape features and wildlife habitats representing different areas of the British Isles.

Ann-Marie takes Ellie on a tour, talking her through the ideas behind the garden's design and showing some of the 12,000 plants on display, which include more than 300 different varieties.

And the garden is already home to chaffinches, red admiral butterflies, bees and damselflies.

Sean discovers the Shire horses stabled at Hampton Court Palace aren’t only useful for regenerating wildflower meadows and working in woodlands.

They also have an important role to play in teaching pupils from local schools some essential life lessons.

Sean spends the day with a group of youngsters learning how to build relationships and develop their teamwork and leadership skills through working with the horses.

But can they pull together to figure out how best to move these huge horses…?