Monty Don's French Gardens

Monty Don's French Gardens
GenreDocumentary
Adventure travel
StarringMonty Don
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducerBBC
Running time3 × 1 hour
Original release
NetworkBBC Two

Monty Don's French Gardens is a television series of three programmes in which British gardener and broadcaster Monty Don visits several of France's most celebrated gardens. A book based on the series, The Road to Le Tholonet: A French Garden Journey, was also published.[1]

Episodes

Episode 1: Gardens of Power and Passion

Monty Don explores the gardens of France and the ways in which they displayed the power and influence of French nobility. He finds the spirit and style of old French gardens in restored gardens, brand new gardens, and even in the heart of modern day Paris. A very important part of the powerful gardens were to be able to show the amount of wealth and power the owner of the garden has and to impress others.[2]

Historical Figures Discussed:

Places Visited:

Chenonceau Garden is located in the Loire valley of France. The garden is made up of multiple gardens, and the main two gardens were owned by prominent figures: Catherine de Medici and Diane de Poiters.

Episode 2: The Gourmet Garden

Monty Don travels across France visiting numerous gardens specialising in fruit and vegetable production. He unfolds the French's love of food has influenced their garden designs and core purpose. In doing so, he explores themes of form versus function; growing for consumption, for market, and for aesthetic; and terroir (location, climate, and soil). In this episode, he visits the following gardens and sites:[3][4]

In comparison to the first episode of the series, Monty Don is focused less on the roles of the rich and powerful in developing France's garden aesthetic. Instead, he employs a social history of France, rather than a political history, to develop a sense of French gardens and their relationship with food.

Episode 3: The Artistic Garden

In the final episode of the mini-series, Don once again travels across France in search of the country's most venerated gardens. This segment focuses on the relationship and intersections between gardens and art. Don visits the gardens of two of France's most famous artists - Paul Cézanne and Claude Monet - to explore how their landscapes influenced their work and also tours more contemporary gardens that fuse together artistic aesthetics with the natural and doctored landscapes. In this episode, he visits the following gardens and sites:[5]

  • Giverny, the garden of Claude Monet
  • Jas de Bouffan, the home of Paul Cézanne
  • Mont Sainte-Victoire, featured in many Cézanne landscapes
  • Villa Noailles, a cubist garden
  • La Louve, Nicole de Vesian's dream Provencal garden
  • Patrick Blanc's home in Paris, featuring a tropical wall garden
  • Sericourt, near the town of Arras (creation of Yves Gosse de Gorre)
  • Le Jardin Plume (The Feather Garden) near Lyons-La-Floret
  • Don revisits Giverny in the conclusion of the episode as well to see the water lilies in bloom

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Road To Le Tholonet by Monty Don, reviewed by Alison Levey". thinkinGardens. 14 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Monty Don's French Gardens - Gardens of Power and Passion - VideoStudio". Youtube.
  3. ^ "Monty Don's French Gardens: Gourmet Garden (Episode 2)". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ^ "The Gourmet Garden ‹ Monty Don's French Gardens". subsaga.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. ^ "The Artistic Garden ‹ Monty Don's French Gardens". subsaga.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

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