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Florence

Episode 2 of 4

Monty Don is on a grand tour around Italy, this time visiting gardens both in Florence and around the sun-scorched Tuscan countryside.

Monty Don is on a grand tour around Italy, this time visiting gardens both in Florence and around the sun-scorched Tuscan countryside. Monty discovers how, like a piece of sculpture, Renaissance gardens were created as works of art, and how a group of Edwardian expats mistakenly reinforced the idea that formal Italian gardens were flowerless.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Jan 201608:00
BBC Two

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PresenterMonty Don
DirectorPatty Kraus
ProducerPatty Kraus
Executive ProducerAlison Turner
Executive ProducerDan Chambers

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