| This week, inspiration comes from a luxurious BBC garden series, 'Around the World in 80 Gardens' that is now showing on TVO.  Monty Don British gardener and broadcaster, Monty Don, is your congenial guide to 80 of the world's most spectacular – and often unexpected – gardens. Don challenges himself – and us – to think about what a garden really is. "If I have learned only one thing from my travels around the world it is that no garden is an island. Context is everything," says Don. | Potpourri  garden ideas that are fresh, fun, even fragrant |
"Each garden is placed in context, horticultural preconceptions are abandoned and Monty is constantly surprised by the unexpected locations where gardens thrive," (TVO, 2013).
First aired in 2008, this 10-part series is in no way dated. In fact, Don's examination of the growing role of native plants in the sustainability of several featured gardens echoes the thinking of many gardeners today.
Every continent is represented is this tour of public and private gardens in ten regions of the world. See a list of gardens and notes.
You can find past episodes online. But be warned, the archive time is limited.
Episode 1 – until May 12, 2013
Episode 2 – until May 19, 2013
Episode 3 – until May 26, 2013
"A vivid account of travel, adventure, beauty and the pursuit of knowledge," (TVO, 2013).
Truly inspiring!
First aired in 2008, this 10-part series is in no way dated. In fact, Don's examination of the growing role of native plants in the sustainability of several featured gardens echoes the thinking of many gardeners today.
Every continent is represented is this tour of public and private gardens in ten regions of the world. See a list of gardens and notes.
You can find past episodes online. But be warned, the archive time is limited.
Episode 1 – until May 12, 2013
Episode 2 – until May 19, 2013
Episode 3 – until May 26, 2013
"A vivid account of travel, adventure, beauty and the pursuit of knowledge," (TVO, 2013).
Truly inspiring!
Regions of the world in the series:
1 Mexico and Cuba
2 Australia and New Zealand
3 India
4 South America
5 United States of America
6 China and Japan
7 Mediterranean
8 South Africa
9 Northern Europe
10 South-East Asia
Photo credit:
Monty Don. 2007. By jo-h (Flickr [1]) [<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0">CC-BY-SA-2.0</a>], <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMonty_Don_Left.jpg">via Wikimedia Commons</a>
What inspiring gardens have you visited? Share in a comment.
