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Monty Don visits gardens in Florence and the sun-scorched Tuscan countryside; he discovers how renaissance gardens were created as works of art and how a group of ex-pats mistakenly reinforced the idea that formal Italian gardens were flowerless.

Monty Don's Gardens

Italy: Florence

Monty Don begins his tour of Italy's magnificent gardens in and around Rome, the power base of emperors and popes; he explores gardens that are among some of the most extravagant ever created and busts myths while visiting the grand Villa Farnese.

Italy: Rome

Monty Don turns to France's famous artistic tradition to see what influence it has had on the country's gardens; he travels to some of the most celebrated artists' gardens, including the one created by impressionist Claude Monet.

France: The Artistic Garden

Monty Don learns how the French's love for food influences their gardens; he travels to some of the most famous kitchen gardens and talks to gardeners about this style of planting, and he enjoys some of the best produce the land has to offer.

France: Gourmet Gardens

Monty Don travels to Istanbul and is dazzled by the Ottoman Empire gardens.

Paradise: Part 2

Monty Don begins his quest in Spain where he discovers the basic building blocks for paradise gardens; in Morocco, he sees a variety, including an enormous, royal-walled meadow, and he uncovers the mystery behind their creation in the Iranian desert.

Paradise: Part 1

Monty Don returns to Japan in autumn and explores how one location protects its garden from the coming winter; he visits rooftop gardens, takes lessons in bonsai and moss balls and learns how the Japanese weave nature into their urban jungles.

Japan: Autumn

Monty Don travels to Japan in spring to trace the history of Japanese gardens, including the world-famous flowering Cherry Blossom Trees at Kenroku-en in Kanazawa; he learns the secrets of creating a Zen landscape.

Japan: Spring

Monty Don visits gardens distinctive to the climates of the desert heat of the American West, including the Palo Christi Garden in Scottsdale, Ariz.; he then travels to Seattle to tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass under the city's cloudy haze.

America: The West

Monty Don explores Colonial-era, English-style gardens at Middleton Place in Charleston, S.C., as well as the historic Monticello in Charlottesville, Va.

America: The South

Monty Don begins his journey in a Missouri prairie before visiting the Lurie Garden in Chicago; he explores an enthusiastic community garden in Brooklyn; he explores the Chanticleer Garden in Philadelphia, one of America's most famous gardens.

America: The East

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British author and world-famous gardener, Monty Don, goes on a stroll through parks, pavilions, and gardens as he ponders the philosophy and design of American gardens in New England and beyond.

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