A fascinating TV journey through eight of England's least known but most intriguing small gardens. Includes: Brantwood, Brook Cottage, Overbecks, Akenfield, Cobblers, and Hestercombe House.
A fascinating television journey through eight of England's least known but most ... more
intriguing small gardens.In the company of Alan Titchmarsh, this is a unique chance to savour the delights of some of our most charming, beautiful and diverse small garden...
They are certainly secrets that should be shared because their spectacle and splendour is ... more
inspiring on the grandest of scales. From eye-widening landscapes to the most intricate detail of specific plantings. Britain's secret gardens are carefully maintained and nurtured to accurately reflect the original work of the legendary gardeners that first created them. Featured gardens include:- Kensington Roof Garden, London.- Brook Cottage, Oxfordshire.- Calke Abbey, Derbyshire.- Hestercombe House, Somerset.- Cobblers, East Sussex.- Overbecks, Devon.
Covering the period from the publication of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" to ... more
"Winnie-the-Pooh", this book examines the lives and writings of Lewis Carroll, Kenneth Grahame, George Macdonald, Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, A A Milne and others whose works make up the Golden Age of children's literature.
Off the beaten track... eight gardens to charm, intrigue and inspire.Over the years, the ... more
beauty, diversity and imagination used in so many small English gardens has become legendary throughout the world.In this fascinating one hour television journey, one of Britain's best loved gardening experts, Alan Titchmarsh, guides us through some of the most memorable, yet least known gardens in the country, from delightful cottage gardens in Cumbria and Wales, through little oases of suburban horticulture in London and the Midlands, to magnificent water gardens in Hampshire and a spectacular hillside terrace garden in South Devon. On the way, we pay an autumnal visit to a Yorkshire arboretum, and savour the tranquility of the gardens of an outstanding Elizabethan country house in Suffolk.These gardens are all open to the public at some time in the gardening year and are, says Alan Titchmarsh, amongst the finest he has ever seen.
Postage & Packaging:£0.00 Availability:Temporarily out of stock - This item will be dispatched as soon as it arrives - We cannot guarantee Christmas delivery...
Presenting twenty-five of Charleston's private gardens in color photographs and essays, ... more
this title explores the diversity of gardening interests and styles, ranging from the distinction of a 'typical' Charleston garden and accented with the color of azaleas and camellias, to a garden containing a collection of tropical palms.
Advantages: A great film for all ages. Disadvantages: There aren't any
The SecretGarden is about a girl called Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) whos parents die in India and Mary is brought to England because her uncle Lord Archibald Craven (John Lynch), who after losing his wife is hardly at the manor, is her only living relative (he was married to her aunt who also died) and is brought to Misselthwaite manor in the Yorkshire moor by Mrs Medlock (Maggie Smith) who is a sour and strict with the rules.
While at the manor Mary finds out secrets, hears crys in the night and after a lot of snooping around the manor comes across her cousin Colin Craven (Heydon Prowse) who is the same age as Mary and is worried that he is ill and is going to die.
With the help of Martha (Laura Crossley), Mary's maid who has a kind heart, Mary learns to play outside and makes friends with Marthas brother Dickon (Andrew Knott). They ...
Advantages: Faithful adaptation of a classic novel, beautifully filmed Disadvantages: The upper and lower class divide
After her parents die suddenly, spoilt rich girl Mary Lennox is sent from India to the wilds of England to live in a stately home owned by her Uncle. Her Uncle, however, does not seem keen to have much to do with her, having recently lost his wife, so Mary is left to entertain herself, with only servant Martha and miserable housekeeper Mrs Medlock to talk to. Bored, she soon finds something to occupy her - the existence of a walled garden that has become sadly overgrown following the death of her Aunt. With the help of Martha's brother Dickon, Mary starts to bring it back to life. She also finds out that she has a cousin - Colin - who is deemed a cripple. Will Mary's new-found enthusiasm for life filter through to those around her? Or will she eventually be brought down to her level?
For anyone who doesn't know, The SecretGarden was ...
Advantages: An entertaining family film Disadvantages: None
Back to the secretgarden is the sequel to the secretgarden.
Back to the secretgarden is when Mary Lennox and Colin Craven are adults and have turnes the manor into a orphanage. Mary is in America looking for orphans to take back to England with her on an exchange and she finds a girl tending to a little bit of garden.Martha is a lot older now and is in charge of the orphanage and Martha sees a lot of Mary in this girl when Mary was her age, stubborn.
The girl gets caught about the garden and Martha gives her the key to the old doorway and the girl makes the garden pretty and tells the children to play and the garden blossoms.
Back to the secretgarden is as joyful to watch as the secretgarden and the new actors in the film are great. The film has animals in it at the end and the animals and children work well together ...
A fascinating TV journey through eight of England's least known but most intriguing small gardens. Includes: Brantwood, Brook Cottage, Overbecks, Akenfield, Cobblers, and Hestercombe House.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
TADPOLE LANE LTD.; QUANTUM LEAP
Release date
31/10/2005
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
TLP 059
Barcode
5023841000195
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
A fascinating TV journey through eight of England's least known but most intriguing small gardens. Includes: Brantwood, Brook Cottage, Overbecks, Akenfield, Cobblers, and Hestercombe House.
Compare Secret Gardens (DVD) to other similar Special Interest »
![Secret Gardens [DVD]](http://picnica.ciao.com/uk/78489182.jpg)
