Monty Don in Rome
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…
Monty Don Finds Spain’s Most Surprising Gardens
Monty Don travels across northern Spain to uncover a very different side of the country’s gardens. From Santiago de Compostela and Galicia’s grand estates to a moved garden in Asturias,…
Monty Don Discovers Greece’s Heartwarming Gardens
Monty Don reaches Greece for the final chapter of his Adriatic garden journey, where beauty has to survive heat, drought, rock, and history. From Corfu’s Venetian olive groves and wildflower…
Monty Don’s Italian Gardens
Monty Don travels through northern Italy to discover how plants, trade, wealth, and spectacle transformed the country’s gardens. From Padua’s historic botanical garden and the merchant villas of the Veneto…
Discover William Morris’ First Masterpiece | The Red House & the Birth of Modern Architecture
Uncover the story behind The Red House, a groundbreaking architectural masterpiece that changed the course of design history. This stunning Victorian-era home, designed by renowned architect Philip Webb for the…
Narrow garden magic – how a garden designer transforms their own garden
Long, narrow gardens are difficult to get right. In this video, garden designer Edmund Jackson takes us through the transformation of his own garden from a weed-infested corridor to a…
Small Garden Design Done Right
Let’s talk about small gardens, because the reality is, most of us aren’t working with rolling acres. This particular space is 10 by 10 metres, almost identical in size to…
Passive Cooling with Breeze Blocks: A Sustainable Design Solution for Hot Climates
Inspired by traditional cooling strategies used across cultures for centuries, designer Rachel Farrington and architecture intern Maylis Vasseur looked to architectural traditions from India, Africa, ancient Persia, and South and…
Backyard Rain Garden
Everyday Engineering
Butter Wakefield’s Secret Garden Hideaway in London
Garden designer Butter Wakefield opens the gates of her extraordinary west London garden — a 32-year labour of love tucked behind her 1870s Victorian villa in Shepherd's Bush. From a…