
Monty Don's Paradise Gardens
Monty Don sets out to explore the wide variety of gardens offering a slightly different vision of paradise.

Monty Don sets out to explore the wide variety of gardens offering a slightly different vision of paradise.

Monty begins in Spain at the Alhambra, finds a wide variety of paradise gardens in Morocco, including an enormous royal walled meadow and a tiny garden in the heart of the town; exploring the ruins of Cyrus the Great's palace in Iran.

As this winter draws to a close Monty gets going in his garden by planting pots of summer bulbs.

Monty discusses the equinox and how it affects certain plants.

In this weeks Gardeners World Monty plants a mix of white flowers in the writing garden.

Monty opens the programme in the Dry Garden with the Rosa 'Madame Grgoire Staechelin'.

Monty plants bulbs to brighten dark winter days and gives advice on planting garlic for next year.

Montys gives his recommendations for bulbs to plant now which will thrive in pots and bring colour.

Monty shows us how to harvest and store potatoes and he adds late summer colour to the cottage garden.

Monty starts planning for the Spring and gives advice on the care and maintenance of wildlife ponds.

Monty revisits his container vegetable garden and gives advice on how to get a good crop of pumpkins.

Today is a special programme which comes from all four of the Royal Horticultural Society gardens.

Monty harvests his loofahs, plants tulip bulbs in pots and gives a masterclass in making leafmould.

Monty makes additions to his Spring garden and plants up a container to give interest from now until Spring.

In the second of three programmes Adam and the team celebrate the joy that the gardening year brings

In the first of three programmes Monty and the team celebrate the joy that the gardening year brings

Monty Don investigates gardens belonging to celebrated artists.

Monty Don investigates how the French love of food has influenced their gardens.

Monty Don tells the stories behind France's important historic gardens.

Monty Don meets with the founder of the garden society, the Grandi Giardini Italiani.