HGTV Present Recreating Eden series 2

**"* D* <d*@icangarden.com>**

Hi everyone, just thought I would let you know about the upcoming series
again.  This was so good last year and they have done it again.  The sad
part about it is that HGTV has not renewed them for another year yet!
Jennifer Jenson from Merit Motion Pictures said they really could use any
help they could get in promoting this series...her email is
jennifer@meritmotionpictures.com  if you would like to contact her.  Here is
the line up...

"A Tuscan Dream" - Vancouver Restaurateur, Umberto Menghi discovers his own
paradise at his vineyard Villa Delia, in the hills of Tuscany, Italy.
Sunday, April 11, 2004 - 7pm ET

Vancouver restaurateur Umberto Menghi has created his very own paradise in
the form of a seventeenth century villa he has recently restored in his
native homeland of Tuscany. Surrounded by miles of vineyards and olive
trees, Villa Delia is a cooking school, a luxury resort and a second home
for Umberto and his family and fulfills the dream of uniting his love of
food and fine wine together with his love for the Tuscan countryside.

 "A Perfect Life" - How Marjorie Harris' urban garden changed her life in
Toronto, Ontario.
Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 7pm ET

Marjorie Harris, editor-in-chief of Gardening Life Magazine credits the 19 x
100 foot plot of land behind her house in Toronto for changing her life.
This beautiful urban garden is recognized across the country for its beauty
and lushness and has been a source of inspiration for much of Marjorie's
writing.

"Garden of the Gods" - Photographer, Freeman Patterson finds joy and healing
in his garden in Shamper's Bluff, New Brunswick and in Namaqualand, South
Africa.
Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 7pm ET

According to world-renowned Canadian photographer, Freeman Patterson
"gardening is an act of creation and the primary responsibility of our lives
is to be creative." Where ever he roams Patterson combines his love for
gardening with his passion for photography. As we travel from Shamper's
Bluff, the beautiful river valley he calls home, to a wildflower reserve in
Namaqualand, South Africa, where he regularly teaches photography seminars,
we are invited to observe the beauty of nature which has brought joy and
healing to Freeman's life.  

"Planting Peace" - Captain Dick Steele creates a rhododendron paradise and
transforms lives through the power and beauty of plants at Bayport Farm,
Nova Scotia 
Sunday, May 2, 2004 - 7pm ET

Captain Steele believes that beauty has the power to transform us. After
surviving two major wars as a Naval Officer, Steele rediscovered the beauty
and serenity of earth through one of the world's oldest plants - the
Rhododendron. Now recognized as one of the great plant breeders in North
America, the 89 year old Captain has not only transformed Bayport Farm and
nursery into a magnificent Rhododendron forest, he has used the power and
beauty of plants to transform lives.

"A Garden Legacy" - Canadian Writer, Wendy Thomas and Trevor Owen nurture
their ancestral garden at Park House on the Island of Mull.
Sunday, May 9, 2004 - 7pm ET

For Canadian garden writer Wendy Thomas there is nowhere she would rather be
than in her garden at Park House on the Island of Mull. After dedicating
over five years of her life to fighting the ancient feudal system in
Scotland so she and her partner could rightfully claim his family home,
Wendy proudly maintains the garden with a great reverence for the work of
those who have come before her.

"Seed of Hope" - At a 911 memorial in Pennsylvania, New York landscape
designer, David Kamp creates a healing garden that has the power to
transform many lives.
Sunday, May 16, 2004 - 7pm ET

David Kamp's life in New York City was the envy of all landscape architects.
He had a high profile job, a great future, and worked on rewarding projects
like the Australian Parliament Buildings. But in the 1990s he left all of
this behind to start his own business dedicated 
to the creation of healing gardens and discovered his true passion in life.
David believes that nature is essential to human health and well-being and
he now applies this philosophy to all of his projects including a 9/11
memorial in Pennsylvania which is helping to heal an entire community.

"The Jurassic Gardener" -  Former CFL football player Gerry Herron trades in
the fast life for the gardening life in Kelowna B.C.
Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 7pm ET

Tired after years of living the fast life of socializing, traveling, and
working around the clock, Gerry Herron, former football player with the BC
Lions, decided to re-focus his energy into his own backyard. From what was
once a shady gravel pit, Gerry has created an Eden that defies nature and
breaks all rules of gardening.

"A Charmed Life" - Thomas Hobbs creates beauty with orchids at his
Southlands Nursery in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 7pm ET

Thomas Hobbs began growing seeds at the age of five years old, owned his
first greenhouse at the age of ten, and began breeding orchids by the time
he was fourteen. Formerly the founder of the renowned "Thomas Hobbs Florist"
in Vancouver, and author of the book "Shocking Beauty", Thomas is now the
proud owner of "Southlands Nursery", a nursery which he claims has enabled
him to live a "charmed life". The nursery is the culmination of a lifetime
of loving and growing plants, and from it Thomas proudly supplies gardens
all over the world with his creations.

"The Garden of Cosmic Speculation" - Charles Jencks combines a fascination
with science and nature at Portrack House, Scotland.
Sunday, June 6, 2004 - 7pm ET

Charles Jencks, the internationally renowned architectural critic and
designer has transformed a Scottish estate into one of the most original and
important gardens of the 21st Century. He has created a unique Eden he calls
the "Garden of Cosmic Speculation" where his interests in sculpture,
architecture and landscape combine in making his garden a work of
"Cosmogenic art".

"The Garden that Love Built" - The Abkhazi Gardens are the result of a
passionate love affair between Prince Nicolas and Princess Peggy in
Victoria, British Columbia.
Sunday, June 13, 2004 - 7pm ET

Princess Peggy and Prince Nicolas Abkhazi were long time friends whose
relationship, due to life circumstances, was never permitted to go beyond
the writing of letters. After the war though, their paths crossed once
again, but this time resulted in deep found love and marriage, and a new
life in Victoria BC where they created their own Eden. After the Abkhazi's
deaths, the garden risked falling into the hands of developers only to be
saved by the passionate people of Victoria, including Valerie Murray who has
dedicated her life to the well-being of the garden and preserving the memory
of this romantic story.

"The Garden of Earthy Delights" - Marcia Donahue combines art and nature in
her garden in Berkley, California.
Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 7pm ET

Artist and gardener, Marcia Donahue regards earth and plants as ideal
artistic materials, a philosophy which has guided her to produce a wildly
whimsical garden that not only serves as her personal paradise but also as
her living canvas to express her art. Donahue is also a founding member of
the Hortisexuals, a group of gardeners from across North America who share a
mutual admiration of the eccentric and a disdain for the conventional.

"Touched by Luck" - How one risk resulted in life-changing good fortune for
a young American couple on the island of Bali.
Sunday, June 27, 2004 - 7pm ET

In 2002, Ben Ripple, an organic farmer, decided to take a risk and gave
$200.00 to a woman in distress in exchange for suspicious airline coupons.
Luckily enough the coupons turned out to be good for travel anywhere in the
world and Ben, accompanied by his future wife Blair, decided to fly to Bali
for their "dream" vacation. While on the island, they were offered 8 acres
of land for free, found work on a local movie set which enabled them to
start their own business, and eventually became in the short period of 18
months successful owners of an organic farming operation on the island of
Bali. Now their tremendous array of crops number over eighty and the fields
measure over 10 acres. What was intended as a vacation quickly turned into a
life transformation.

"The Garden of Egan" - Kieran Egan creates a Zen garden in Vancouver, BC.
Sunday, July 4, 2004 - 7pm ET

In the heart of suburban Vancouver is an oasis of calm, a place where one
can contemplate life and enjoy time going by. This piece of Eden, which was
originally a backyard playground, is now a backyard Zen garden created by
Dr. Kieran Eagan. Author of "Building My Zen Garden", Kieran takes us on a
journey from how what he originally envisioned as a small strip with some
stones eventually grew into a pond with a small stream, a waterfall, and a
tea-house.

Donna Dawson
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