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.
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: Great food, amazing views Disadvantages: chaotic organisation, expensive
The Secretgarden is one of the most popular hostels in Quito and can be found in the San Blas area of the city just beside the old town and a half hour walk from the mariscal tourist area.
The hostel is in a beautiful old style colonial house and on entering the hostel it is bright and airy with a small pond and garden. The reception is on the 4th floor so a long walk up at Quito's altitude (2850m). The hostel has a small computer room and common area and a roof terrace with reception, a bar and tables for breakfast and dinner.
The rooms themselves are fairly mediocre and can vary in quality. The dorms have between 4 and 7 beds and there are 2 twin rooms and about 6 doubles, one of which is en suite. The front half of the house was the original hostel and the rooms are far more welcoming, often painted bright colours and the bathrooms ...
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 ...
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