Monty Don’s Italian Gardens
SPRING is in the air and if you’re seeking inspiration for your tired plot, the horticulturalist’s four-part “grand garden tour” of Italy is the programme for you.
This week Monty Don whose own garden is greatly influenced by those of Italy, continues his journey from south to north, this time visiting Florence and the sun-scorched countryside of Tuscany. He finds out how, like a piece of sculpture, Renaissance gardens were created to be works of art. He also discovers how a group of Edwardian expatriates mistakenly reinforced the idea that formal Italian gardens were flowerless.