Monty Don uncovers the dramatic story behind Italy’s greatest Renaissance and Baroque gardens. From Villa Farnese and Hadrian’s Villa to Villa d’Este, Bomarzo, and Villa Aldobrandini, he explores how cardinals used water, geometry, monsters, symbolism, and spectacle to impress their rivals. This compilation reveals how ambition, art, faith, and power created some of the most extraordinary gardens the world has ever seen.