Around the world in 80 gardens

The British gardening audience crave information about the 'secret history' of the plants in their garden and the stories of the plant hunters who discovered many of the plants in their gardens.

In each of the programmes Monty will visit a continent or region that he regards as significant in the evolution and celebration of gardening.

He visits the winter ice gardens of Russia, the Aztec terraces of South America, the Alpine flower meadows of New Zealand, the street gardens of Havana and the grand aristocratic gardens of Europe.Monty digs below the surface of each garden as a decorative space and uncovers its hidden past and significance.

He tells the tales of plant hunters and spice traders who brought many of the exotic plants, such as rhododendron, Moroc rose, Azalea and Dahlia, to our shores.