by Montagu Don (Author), Monty Don (Author), Monty Don (Author), Montagu Don (Author)
'If I have learned only one thing from my travels around the world it is that no garden is an island. Context is everything.' Monty Don visits each continent in this landmark series on gardens of the world. We are introduced to the unique floating gardens of the Amazon and the colourful alpine flower meadows of Norway, modest domestic gardens in Havana and Bali, Monet's world-famous Giverny and the Dutch tour-de-force Het Loo, the formal magnificence of Renaissance Italian water gardens, the tropical planting traditions of Thailand, and the intriguing fusion of indigenous and colonial garden cultures in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Each garden is placed in context, horticultural preconceptions are abandoned and Monty is constantly surprised by the unexpected locations where gardens thrive. A vivid account of travel, adventure, beauty and the pursuit of knowledge.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson General
Published: 25 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 0297844504
ISBN 13: 9780297844501
Book Overview: Accompanies a 10 part x 1 hour BBC2 television series for January 2008 - the most ambitious international gardening series ever undertaken by British television. The gardens chosen will include recognisable gardens of supreme beauty and interest as well as Monty's personal electic choice. Monty approaches each garden questioning what makes it special? Why do people garden and is the definition of a garden universal? Part Palin, part Cruickshank, part Gardener's World, this programme will be the first of its kind and will feature an extraordinary range of places and gardens.