Rent Great British Garden Revival: Tropical Gardens with James Wong (2013)
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2h 57min
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- Synopsis:
A selection of top television gardeners attempt to inspire the nation to save Britain's rich gardening heritage.
Lawns - Sarah Raven
Sarah Raven explores the relationship between the British and their lawns. She visits Worcester College, Oxford, to catch a glimpse of lawn perfection and the winner of Britain's best lawn competition.
Tropical Gardens - James Wong
On his revival James meets like-minded tropical plant geeks, including one man who appears to have defied the laws of nature by creating a tropical paradise in his back garden in Norfolk.
Topiary - Rachel de ThameRachel meets a topiary-obsessed woman in Kent who has transformed her garden using amazing topiary creations g and witnesses the hedge handiwork of a man in north London who is causing a buzz in the local neighbourhood with his living sculptures.
Roof Gardens - James Wong
James Wong, meanwhile, is up on the roof. He uncovers and the hidden horticultural past of the capital's rooftops, visits a woman who has moved her entire garden to her rooftop apartment and heads to Birmingham's new city centre library with an innovative rooftop addition.
Herbaceous Borders - Chris Beardshaw
Chris visits a garden which is a true labour of love, originally designed by one of our most celebrated garden designers, Gertrude Jekyll. Chris also tries to teach two non-gardening students the key design elements of this truly iconic British garden feature.
Kitchen Gardens - Alys Fowler
Alys Fowler celebrates the glories of the kitchen garden. More than an allotment or a neglected veg patch at the bottom of the garden, she thinks the kitchen garden should be a place of great ornamental beauty that provides food all year round.- Actors:
- Rachel de Thame, Carol Klein, James Wong, Toby Buckland, Joe Swift, Diarmuid Gavin, Tom Hart-Dyke, Chris Beardshaw, Alys Fowler, Christine Walkden, Charlie Dimmock, Monty Don, Sarah Raven, Matt James
- Directors:
- Various
- Producers:
- Bridget Boseley, Lindsay Bradbury
- Narrated By:
- Sarah Raven, James Wong, Rachel de Thame, Chris Beardshaw, Alys Fowle
- Studio:
- Dazzler
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
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