Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens on ABC and ABC iview S1E2 – Monty Don travels across the southern part of Spain from the island of Mallorca to the Costa del Sol and then inland ending in one of Spain’s most famous cities and the capital of Andalusia, Seville.
Starting in Mallorca, Monty visits four very different gardens: a historic one with the elements of water and fantasy enjoyed in past times; a garden made out of the harshest of landscapes by a Swiss woman intent on creating a Mediterranean garden; an iconic modern garden created by one of Spain’s leading designers, and one created for parties and the holiday lifestyle.
From here Monty travels to the mainland and visits an astonishing UNESCO site where hundreds of thousands of palms are grown and still tended using methods established centuries ago.
He then heads to the Costa del Sol and Estepona to see how the enterprising local council have transformed their town, pushing cars out of the urban area and putting back the elements that had first drawn people to it.
Monty ends his journey in Seville where behind the city’s walls are historic well-tended gardens as well as parks that shade city dwellers from the 40-degree heat even in springtime. He visits a palace as colourful and flamboyant as its owner and another that reflects the strong Italian connections of another Spanish family as well as seeing out shade from one of the city’s well-tended parks.
Production credit: AHA PRODUCTIONS for BBC
Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens on ABC and ABC iview – Friday 14 February at 7.30pm
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Monty Don’s Spanish Gardens on ABC and ABC iview S1E2
