Monty Don's Japanese Gardens

Name: Monty Don's Japanese Gardens
Released: 2019-02-15
Cast: Monty Don

Network:BBC Two

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Aired on Feb 22, 2019, 9:00 PM

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Description

Monty Don visits Japan to trace the history of its gardens from early boating gardens, through Buddhist temples and Zen gardens up to a modern tea house.

Details

Status: Ended
Language: English
Runtime: 60 min
Premiered: February 15, 2019
Ended: February 22, 2019
Schedule: Friday at 9:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 2 Episodes)

Episode 1

Monty Don travels to Japan in spring. Amidst the cherry blossoms, he begins his journey through the iconic gardens of Japan. He visits one of 'the three great gardens of Japan' and the earliest surviving boating garden of the Heian period. He looks at the rolling green moss of a Buddhist garden and learns the secrets of creating a Zen landscape before visiting an unconventional garden created by a modern garden design legend.Monty continues his travels to learn about the art of Japanese stonemasonry and the famous tea ceremonies and their accompanying gardens, before finally taking a lesson in the delicate art of traditional flower arranging - which turns out to be harder than it looks.

Feb 15, 2019

60 min

Episode 2

The horticultural enthusiast explores Japan during autumn, beginning as he did in the spring, at one of the "three great gardens of Japan".

Feb 22, 2019