The Secret History of the British Garden

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The Secret History of the British Garden: Episode 1: The 17th Century

The 17th Century

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Episode 1: The 17th Century

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Monty Don uncovers the extraordinary stories behind Britain's 17th-century gardens.

Monty Don explores the evolution of the British garden. Monty uncovers the stories behind Britain's 17th-century gardens, starting at Levens Hall in Cumbria.

Monty Don uncovers the extraordinary stories behind Britain's 17th-century gardens. Starting his journey at the sole surviving garden of the 1600s - Levens Hall in Cumbria - Monty sets out to investigate what the gardens of this age would have looked like and what influenced and inspired their creation.

Along the way, he sees a long-lost garden that - through archaeology and a German Luftwaffe photograph taken in the 1940s - reveals the hidden messages and religious beliefs of our 17th-century forebears. And Monty heads to Hampton Court, where politics, civil war and religious conflict played a key role in the evolving designs and fashions, including tastes in food, of the nation's finest gardens.

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Monty Don explores the fascinating history and evolution of the British garden.

Monty Don explores the fascinating history and evolution of the British garden, from the seventeenth century through to the modern day.

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