The impact of gender in gardening with a look at the psychology behind using a mower to trim the lawn.

Tom Fort charts our obsession with the garden lawn.

Concluded by Jeff Rawle.

The Grass is Greener: An Anglo-Saxon Passion is written by Tom Fort.

Abridged by Andrew Simpson.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001. Show less