Around the World in 80 Gardens
Around the World in 80 Gardens was a television series of 10 programmes in which British gardener and broadcaster Monty Don visited 80 of the world's most celebrated gardens. The series was filmed over a period of 18 months and was first broadcast on BBC Two at 9.00pm on successive Sundays from 27 January to 30 March 2008. A book based on the series was also published. The title of the series was a reference to Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days and is a spiritual successor to Dan Cruickshank's earlier television series, Around the World in 80 Treasures, first broadcast in 2005.
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1.Mexico and Cuba
27-01-20081hMonty Don visits the world's 80 most inspiring gardens. This epic garden adventure starts when Monty travels to two very different but neighbouring countries. Mexico is one of the...
2.Australia and New Zealand
03-02-20081hMonty Don continues his extraordinary journey to see the world through 80 of its most inspiring gardens. This week he travels to Australia and New Zealand, two of the youngest gar...
3.India
10-02-20081hMonty Don visits the world's 80 most inspiring gardens. In India, Monty visits the majestic tomb gardens of the Mughal emperors and the pleasure gardens of the Hindu Maharajahs. He...
4.South America: Brazil, Argentina and Chile
17-02-20081hMonty Don visits the world's 80 most inspiring gardens. This time, he is in South America, a continent twice the size of Europe and the home of more than 50,000 endemic plant speci...
5.USA
24-02-20081hMonty Don continues his extraordinary journey to see the world through 80 of its most inspiring gardens with a visit to the United States of America. His plan is to see how Americ...
6.China and Japan
02-03-20081hMonty Don continues his extraordinary journey to see the world through 80 of its most inspiring gardens, as he samples the very different approach of two of the world's great garde...
7.The Mediterranean
09-03-20081hMonty 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...
8.South Africa
16-03-20081hMonty Don visits the world's 80 most inspiring gardens. At Cape Town's famous Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens he sees the king protea, South Africa's national plant. In the Drakensber...
9.Northern Europe
23-03-20081hMonty Don visits the world's 80 most inspiring gardens: this time, in northern Europe. Monty is spoiled for choice in an area he knows so well. He views the floral wonders of Brita...
10.South East Asia: Bangkok, Singapore and Bali
30-03-20081hMonty Don visits the world's 80 most inspiring gardens, this time in south east Asia. Since the 19th century, western gardeners have loved tropical gardens. Monty visits the arche...
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