Monty Don's Paradise Gardens

Monty Don's Paradise Gardens

Reality 2018

Monty looks at what marks out a garden in the Islamic world and the influence this has had on gardens much closer to home. His journey sees him start in the historical and stunning Islamic gardens of Andalucía before heading east to the beating heart of Islam: Turkey, Iran and India.

Reality 2018

Starring Monty Don

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Monty Don begins his quest for the secrets of Paradise Gardens, in Spain, where he discovers their basic building blocks. In Morocco, he sees the wide variety of paradise gardens from an enormous royal walled meadow, to a secret inner city courtyard. And in the Iranian desert he uncovers the mystery to their creation.

58 min · 19 Jan 2018
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

In the concluding episode, Monty uncovers the different visions of paradise gardens created by other cultures. In Istanbul he is dazzled by sacred tulips and delights in nature at the gardens of the Ottoman Empire. In India he discovers the spirituality of tomb gardens and back in the UK he reveals the surprising influence that paradise gardens have had on Royal gardens and public spaces.

57 min · 26 Jan 2018

Monty Don

Host
Alexandra Henderson

Producer
Daisy Dunn

Producer

About

Monty Don's Paradise Gardens

REALITY

Monty looks at what marks out a garden in the Islamic world and the influence this has had on gardens much closer to home. His journey sees him start in the historical and stunning Islamic gardens of Andalucía before heading east to the beating heart of Islam: Turkey, Iran and India.

Information

Studio: La 2
Released: 2018
Region of Origin: United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom), English (United States)
Audio: English (United Kingdom) (AAC)