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1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 min. 35 sec.) ; 355562712 bytes |
| Summary |
This spectacular series continues with Monty Don heading off to the richest and most powerful nation in the world: the United States of America. This is the fifth leg of his incredible global journey, visiting 80 of the world's most celebrated and stunning gardens, from ancient to modern, large to small, and grand to humble.During his time in the USA, Monty meets garden guerrillas who are creating community gardens from derelict land in New York, a Virginian garden that reflects the birth of the nation, and he finally travels west to California, to see if gardens there reflect more than the glitz of the movie industry. Highlights: New York public gardens, the native grasses of James Van Sweden's Baltimore garden, the Prairies and the gardens of the great and good in California.PRODUCTION DETAILS:10 x 60 minutes. Executive Producers: Sarah Moors and Richard Sinclair; Series Producer: Kerry Richardson. A BBC Production |
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Broadcast 2009-05-12 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Gardens -- Design.
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Gardens, American.
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Historic gardens.
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Voyages around the world.
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United States.
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Streaming video
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Don, Monty, host
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Folsom, Jim, contributor
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Francis, Andy, director
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Hatch, Peter, contributor
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