Secret History of the British Garden
World-famous gardener and horticultural expert Monty Don explores the stories behind four of the country's most important gardens, unpacking their fascinating secrets to reveal how the British garden has evolved over the past 400 years.
The 17th Century
Monty Don uncovers the extraordinary stories behind Britain's seventeenth-century gardens. Starting his journey at the sole surviving garden of the 1600s, Levens Hall in Cumbria.
The 18th Century
On his journey through four hundred years of Britain's garden history, Monty Don arrives in the eighteenth century, an age that gave rise to the landscape garden, created on a scale that had never been seen before.
The 19th Century
Monty Don explores the extraordinary transformations that occurred in garden design throughout the 19th century. As a result of an expanding empire, scientific and technological innovation, and social change, British gardens became more exotic.
The 20th Century
Monty Don concludes his journey through Britain's gardening heritage by looking at how the nation's gardens have evolved over the last hundred years. He looks at the profound effect that two world wars had on our attitude to gardens and gardening.
