Monty Don’s Paradise Gardens Network: BBC Two, BBC iPlayer (UK) Season One, Episode 2 Release Date: January 26, 2018 (United Kingdom) 59 min | Arts Culture Travel Documentary | TV Series (2018 - ..) (ENG/SUB ENG) Episode 02 In Turkey, Monty is dazzled by a display of the Ottoman Empire’s favourite flower - the tulip - and learns of its sacred significance. At Topkapi palace, he sees how this sacred value was extended to all plants and landscapes in a way that created gardens that rejoiced in nature. Travelling to India, Monty encounters a new type of spirituality in the tomb gardens of the Mughal Empire, slips in a visit to the Taj Mahal, rides an elephant up to a spectacular Hindi fort and visits a Mughal pleasure garden. Back in the UK, he sets out to see how the concept of Paradise gardens have fared in places as varied as Bradford, Somerset and Highgrove, home of the Prince of Wales. #BBCTwo #BBCiPlayer #MontyDon #Arts #Culture #Travel@zdenek1964 #Travel@britblood
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