Around the World in 80 Gardens

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  • BBC Two
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  • Documentary Home and garden

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Mexico and Cuba
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In his first journey, Monty travels to two very different but neighbouring countries. Mexico is one of the most plant-rich and artistic cultures on the planet - from the ancient water .. show full overview
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Australia and New Zealand
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Monty travels to two of the youngest gardening cultures in the world. But it's not just about dreamy climates and wonderful plants. Monty sets out from the aptly named Botany Bay to .. show full overview
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India
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Monty sets off on a technicolour tour of India, taking in some of the most opulent and heavenly gardens in human history, including perhaps the most famous architectural garden in the .. show full overview
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South America
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South America, almost twice the size of Europe, is a continent with the most diverse climate and range of landscapes on the planet. It's also home to more than 50,000 endemic plant .. show full overview
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The United States of America
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Monty Don continues his extraordinary journey with a visit to the richest and most powerful nation in the world: the United States of America. There, he meets garden guerrillas who are .. show full overview
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China and Japan
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Monty samples the very different approach of one of the world's great gardening civilisations: China and Japan. His researches lead him to the ancient scholars' gardens of Suzhou, as .. show full overview
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The Mediterranean
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Monty Don continues his journey with a trip to the Mediterranean - cradle of European civilization. In Italy, he visits some of the elaborate high Renaissance gardens which have hugely .. show full overview
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South Africa
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Monty revels in the amazing flora that we've inherited from one of the most plant-rich zones in the world, including the strange King Proteus, South Africa's national plant. He also .. show full overview
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Northern Europe
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From the floral wonders of Britain’s Sissinghurst Castle, to the garden palette of impressionist painter Monet, to the quirky individuality of two of Monty’s most admired contemporary .. show full overview
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South-East Asia
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Since the nineteenth century, Western gardeners have harboured a stereotype image of the perfect exotic garden and Monty visits the pre-eminent of these - the mysterious Jim Thompson's .. show full overview

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