British Gardens in Time
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This series, narrated by
Paul Copley (Downton Abbey) takes a close look at four iconic gardens created
during four very different eras, each garden giving us a fascinating window into
a different century and the people that created it. Beginning with Christopher
Lloyd’s garden at Great Dixter, we immerse ourselves in the world of the Arts
and Crafts garden. We then move on to the National Trust gardens, as we reveal
the politics and intrigue behind the Georgian landscape garden at Stowe, travel
around the world at Biddulph Grange, the best-surviving Victorian garden in the
country, and explore the doomed Edwardian romance of Nymans, a quintessentially
English garden created by a family of German Jewish immigrants.
With expert contributions from garden designer Chris Beardshaw, historian Andrea
Wulf and National Trust Head Gardener Alan Power, we reveal these four iconic
gardens to be rich in social history, with powerful stories of escape, social
ambition, heartbreak, downfall and disaster, written
into their landscapes.
Far more than just a history of gardening, this series brings these four
glorious gardens to life, allowing us to see them through fresh eyes and gain a
greater understanding of their true significance.