Last in a series of 13 films, in which a walled garden is restored and worked as it was 100 years ago.
Presented by Peter Thoday with Head Gardener
Harry Dodson. December
Christmas occupies much of the Head Gardener's time. Harry ensures he has a plentiful supply of produce for the festive meals by stockpiling well in advance. In the forcing house, chicory and rhubarb are ready and in the glasshouse there are prized pineapples. Harry gathers, too, quantities of holly and ivy to make elaborate garlands and wreaths for the big house.
But it is also the final month of the project, and Peter and Harry look back over the achievements of the year and reflect on what the garden has meant to them.
Producer KEITH SHEATHER
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