Around The World In 80 Gardens
This spectacular series sees Monty Don set off on an incredible global journey to visit 80 of the world’s most celebrated and stunning gardens. From ancient to modern, large to small and grand to humble, Monty lurches from continent to continent during his horticultural pilgrimage.
In his first journey, Monty travels to two very different countries in South America. Mexico is one of the most plant-rich and artistic cultures on the planet – from the ancient water gardens of Mexico City to the modernist extremes of Luis Barragan and his surrealist fantasy garden hidden in the rainforest. But it’s not all grandeur on this trip – Monty also visits Cuba, where the fading colonial grandeur is being replaced by its very own green revolution and community gardening.
Monty’s odyssey continues when he visits Australia and New Zealand and drops in on Rupert Murdoch’s 99-year-old mother and her garden in Melbourne. Then it’s on to the ancient tomb gardens and water palace gardens in India; Amazonian gardens in Brazil; public gardens in the US; zen and ancient gardens in China and Japan; renaissance gardens around the Mediterranean; a school vegetable garden in Johannesburg; parks in Northern Europe and finally down to south-east Asia.
Monty’s odyssey continues when he visits Australia and New Zealand and drops in on Rupert Murdoch’s 99-year-old mother and her garden in Melbourne. Then it’s on to the ancient tomb gardens and water palace gardens in India; Amazonian gardens in Brazil; public gardens in the US; zen and ancient gardens in China and Japan; renaissance gardens around the Mediterranean; a school vegetable garden in Johannesburg; parks in Northern Europe and finally down to south-east Asia.
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