Re: Films and DVDs of gardens

Thanks Reg - I'll check it out!
On Monday, Jul 25, 2011, at 16:02 Europe/London, rwick1234@aol.com wrote: 


Try this link       http://www.recreatingeden.com/index.php?pid=002
      for details of the Recreating Eden series of programmes. The five
seasons cover 65 gardens and their owners world wide. The best
gardening series ever, by far !!


"Recreating Eden is the most extraordinary thing. A sumptuous
gardening/biography program, it is not just about spectacular gardens
around the world. It is also about the lives of the owners" – John
Doyle, Globe and Mail


http://www.facebook.com/RecreatingEden



The DVDs can be purchased direct from:

http://merit.myshopify.com/collections/all

Reg Wickings

-----Original Message-----
From: Rowan Adams <rowan@quickbeam.plus.com>
To: medit-plants <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:44
Subject: Films and DVDs of gardens

Following on from Ben's question on habitability, it's sad that we'll
never get to see all the gardens mentioned by people. Being there is
the thing, and books and films are never the same. But I still thought
it might be interesting to know the answers to this question.

What films or DVDs on gardens would you recommend and why?

We had a lovely television series here a year or so ago, 'Around the
World in 80 Gardens', chosen and presented by Monty Don, who's a
gardener, garden writer and TV garden presenter. His background was in
jewellery design before he got into gardens, and he's now President of
the Soil Association, the main UK organic farming organisation, so an
interesting guy. It was an excellent series. I assume it might be
available on DVD, but I taped it so I haven't even looked.

One of the best things I've seen on Mediterranean landscapes, though
not gardens, was another BBC programme in their Natural World series,
'Cork - Forest in a Bottle' (narrated by Monty Don, actually!) about
the cork oak montado landscape of Portugal. Stunningly beautiful as
well as great for growing cork and food, and superb for protecting soil
and water and wildlife. Sadly still not available as a DVD last time I
checked, but there are versions on YouTube.
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