A series of 13 films presented by Peter Thoday with Head Gardener Harry Dodson 9: August
The preoccupation of the Victorian gardener during
August was getting water to his plants. The invention of the India rubber hosepipe transformed his task. Peter visits Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire to find out about Thomas Rivers , the 19th-century nurseryman. Producer KEITH SHEATHER BBC Bristol (R)
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES