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Monty Don explores different aspects of Japanese gardens.

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Monty Don's Japanese Gardens: Series 1: Episode 1

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Monty Don enjoys the spring cherry blossom festival as he explores Japanese gardens.

Monty Don travels to Japan in spring to trace the history of Japanese gardens from early boating gardens, through Buddhist temples and Zen gardens, right up to a modern tea house.

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.

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Monty Don travels Japan through spring and autumn in search of its most beautiful gardens.

Monty Don travels Japan through spring and autumn, in search of its most beautiful gardens and to discover what is at the heart of the West's enduring fascination with them.

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