In Around the World in 80 Gardens ep 8, Monty Don takes viewers on a captivating journey through the rich landscapes of South Africa. His first stop is the renowned Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, nestled at the foot of Cape Town’s Table Mountain.
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In Around the World in 80 Gardens ep 7, Monty Don continues his extraordinary journey in the Mediterranean – the cradle of European civilization. In Italy, Monty visits some of the elaborate high Renaissance gardens of stone and water which have hugely influenced western garden design. Around the World in 80 Gardens ep 7 He also visits the remains of Emperor Hadrian’s palatial retreat. Monty then looks at the artistic achievements of the Moorish culture. He travels to Marrakesh, where he visits The Aguedal – one of the oldest continuously maintained gardens in the world; and in Spain he
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In Around the World in 80 Gardens ep 6Â Monty Don visits the world’s 80 most inspiring gardens, this time in China and Japan, two of the world’s oldest gardening cultures. In China he visits the ancient scholars’ gardens of Suzhou and the awesome Yellow Mountains of Huangshang that inspired them. He visits the Imperial Summer Palace Gardens of Beijing. In Kyoto, Japan’s city of gardens, he tries to understand the Zen garden. Around the World in 80 Gardens is a BBC series that follows broadcaster Monty Don as he travels all over the planet searching for world-class gardens
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In Around the World in 80 Gardens ep 5 –Â Monty Don continues his extraordinary journey to see the world through 80 of its most inspiring gardens with a visit to the richest and most powerful nation in the world, the United States of America. He meets garden guerrillas in New York, visits a Virginian garden that reflects the birth of the nation, and finally travels west to California to see if gardens there reflect more than the glitz of the movie industry. Around the World in 80 Gardens is a BBC series that follows broadcaster Monty Don
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On Around the World in 80 Gardens ep 4 –Â Â Monty is in South America, a continent twice the size of Europe and the home of more than 50,000 endemic plant species. In Rio de Janeiro, Monty visits the private garden of Brazil’s most famous artist, Burle Marx. He views the ingenious floating gardens of the Amazon. He visits a crumbling estancia (ranch) in the windy Pampas. Monty ends his journey on the Pacific coast of Chile in a garden that sits harmoniously in its landscape. Around the World in 80 Gardens is a BBC series that follows broadcaster
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