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S4.E1 ∙ Garden of the She-Wolves

Thu, Feb 15, 2007

Le Jardin de la Louve in Bonnieux, France was named after its sagacious creator Nicole de Vesian who, over a ten-year period, transformed what existed as an inhospitable landscape into a garden that is admired by people all over the world.

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S4.E2 ∙ The Mona Lisa of Parterres

Wed, Aug 08, 2007

For generations, the ancestors of the Ruspoli family have lovingly preserved what are among the world's most unique Renaissance parterre gardens on the grounds of Castello Ruspoli, a 16th Century castle located in Vignanello, Italy.

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S4.E3 ∙ Cultivating Writers

Tue, Feb 20, 2007

The Santa Maddalena Foundation was established to honor Gregor von Rezzori. To this day, the foundation's estate and gardens remain a coveted retreat for Writers and Botanists from around the world who seek solace in this enchanting place.

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S4.E4 ∙ Against All North Atlantic Odds

Sun, Feb 11, 2007

Gurry Helgadottir traveled down a variety of potential career paths in life before horticulture emerged as the one that she chose. Living in Iceland, she and local gardeners have a chance to work with flora that is both unique and vibrant.

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S4.E5 ∙ The Renaissance Gardener

Thu, Mar 01, 2007

60 percent of the world's commercially grown flowers originate from the Netherlands. The van Noort's are anomalies in the business, resorting to hybridizing and growing flowers the old-fashioned way, relying on the human touch to garden.

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S4.E6 ∙ The Namer of Names

Thu, Feb 22, 2007

For Anna Pavord gardening is a joyful pursuit, allowing the soil to mark her time and achievements. Living with her family in a 300-year-old country home, Anna relishes the ability to feel the years pass through her agricultural pursuits.

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S4.E7 ∙ Horticultural Impresario

Wed, Aug 01, 2007

Tim Smit believes there is a fundamental connection between all living things that Humanity has yet to grasp. Through his impressive work, Tim strives to arouse peoples' spiritual hunger in a way that prompts them to question everything.

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S4.E8 ∙ A Garden Gallery

Wed, Sep 12, 2007

Humanity's joy for gardening could perhaps stem from our collective memory from time immemorial where we remember paradise. On Bainbridge Island George Little and David Lewis share their love of gardening and their paradise with the world.

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S4.E9 ∙ An Island Eden

Thu, Feb 08, 2007

A bit of happenstance led Melanie and Colehour Bondera to find their home in Hawaii where they proceeded to raise a family and create Kanalani Ohana Farm, and organic farm focused on sustainability and living in harmony with the land.

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S4.E10 ∙ When Everything That's Old Is New Again

Tue, Feb 27, 2007

When Tim and Rupert took ownership of Barnsley House and Gardens, they implicitly understood the responsibility before them as caretakers of Rosemary Verey's legacy. With the estate now open to the public, Rosemary's dream lives on.

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S4.E11 ∙ A Garden Symphony

Tue, Feb 13, 2007

The story of how Lady Susan Walton and composer Sir William Walton came to be married aligns perfectly with how their symphonious garden was created. It involves intuition, a bit of whimsy, and a connection best expressed through Nature.

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S4.E12 ∙ The Lost Pears

Sun, Feb 25, 2007

The unique agricultural Eden that Isabella Dalla Ragione and her family continue to preserve at the Parco di Archeologia Arborea in San Lorenzo di Lerchi contains within its very soil the memories of their family vision and legacy.

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S4.E13 ∙ Spirits of Nature

Sun, Mar 04, 2007

Like a seed dispersed by the wind, Dorothy MacLean found a new home and lifetime pursuit in Scotland at what eventually became the Findhorn Foundation, a spiritual community where Humanity's connection with Nature is at the center of life.

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