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5 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Gardening legend Marjorie Harris has spent over fifty years tending the same plot of land while writing best-selling books and journalism on the subject. Now in her mid-80s, she's made the difficult decision to downsize and say farewell to her beloved home garden. She embarks on the next chapter of her life (and maybe even a new book!), gardening on a balcony twelve stories up in the air in downtown Toronto. John Thompson's design aesthetic originates from his many years spent in Japan, where he worked as a carpenter and studied gardens. He specializes in constructing serene pathways, stone stairs, and wooden structures with the perfect gardening views. He has designed gardens for many celebrities, often building them around places of meditation.
Episode 2
Harry Burton retired in his fifties to start an orchard on Salt Spring Island. He's amassed an impressive collection of hundreds of apple varieties from around the world, many of which he grafts by hand, including rare red-flesh varietals. He organizes an annual festival to share his 'apple love' with the greater community. Gardening has always been in the family for Kathy Leishman. Her current oceanfront home on Bowen Island was designed as three separate gardens: a drought-resistant seaside garden, a central gravel garden, and a woodland garden. She celebrates the serendipity and wildness of her plants. Her garden is a testament to a lifetime of horticultural study and experience.
Episode 3
Justin Dunning was raised in nature, and continues to be inspired by it. He is a collector of carnivorous plants, including sarracenia pitcher plants and sundews. He surveys unexplored bog ecosystems in the remote mountains of Vancouver Island to help develop the knowledge base of rare and undiscovered plants. Mary Gore is a Toronto accountant ever in search of a creative outlet. She shares the rewards of her glorious outdoor space with others by starting a non-profit which supports the creative growth of performing artists, using her garden as a platform to share their music.
Episode 4
Rick Durand has dedicated his life to the breeding of trees. His expansive work has beautified and protected the prairie cities and towns where he was raised. Underlying all this work is a mission to develop tree diversity through scientific testing. As we see, this long-term approach eventually leads to an important discovery. Marion Jarvie learned the importance of gardening when she was a young child in wartime England. In her adult life, she has taught her distinct "no-nonsense gardening" methods to both new and experienced gardeners for many decades. Gardening design, maintenance, and the all-important proper pruning techniques are the subjects most requested by her students.
Episode 5
Lorna Crozier's latest poetry book was inspired by her garden and its connection to her late husband. His presence is still tangible in the plants he tended, which continue to thrive. At her book launch in Victoria, she shares her innermost feelings about the garden they created together. Autumn in Quebec's Eastern Townships is one of Canada's great natural displays. It is here that artist Patterson Webster creates art and sculpture made from metal, rocks, inverted trees, and words. Visitors are given a space to contemplate the present moment, while exploring the area's rich history and of those who lived and worked this land over the centuries.