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The Landscape Man stars expert gardener Matthew Wilson as he helps couples design and create bold and beautiful gardens.
The first show follows the story of plant lovers Keith and Ros Wiley, who work all by themselves to create their grand and extraordinary vision in their four-acre field. They carve canyons, build a Mexican style courtyard and dig a new lake, but they face a heroic battle against time, money and nature to create one of the most ambitious and stunning new gardens in Britain.
In this episode, Jason and Demetra Lindsay battle against winter snow, a tiny budget, and acres of brambles to restore the grounds of their 900-year-old castle in Essex to their former glory. With lakes to dredge, ponds to dig, lawns and beds to lay, and thousands of flowers and shrubs to plant, Matthew rolls up his sleeves to help them bring back some magic to this beautiful, but neglected historic landscape.
Landscape gardener Matthew Wilson helps couples take on mother nature to create beautiful new landscapes in their own private outdoor spaces. Forget gardening, this is landscaping on an epic scale. In this episode, Clive and Debbie Morris have grand ambitions: to create the best garden in Suffolk. Clive and Debbie have a big budget to match their big aspirations, they even want to bring an award-winning garden design back from Chelsea Flower Show and into their 25 acres. They've got a top designer in place and a determination to get the best, but will perfectionist Clive see his dreams of gold winning landscape come true?
In this episode, Matthew helps Ed and Vanessa Adams as they seek to tame a wild cliff top landscape in Guernsey, and transform it into a beautiful outdoor space the whole family can enjoy. But it won't be easy as the area is an impenetrable jungle of brambles and bracken. One of them wants to take nature on. The other wants to save it all. Will they be able to bring these two ideals together to create the landscape of their dreams?
Landscape gardener Matthew Wilson helps Anne and Geoff Shaw bring their overgrown and wrecked garden in Sussex into the 21st Century. With the help of a bold designer, they're bringing a modern vision to an area of outstanding natural beauty, complete with sunken gardens, tennis court and pool complex. But they face planning nightmares, financial crisis and heartache as they struggle to create their dream landscape.
Landscape gardener Matthew Wilson helps Sarah and Trevor Woods turn their back on town life for the wildness of remote Wales, where they hope to transform a five acre plot into an idyllic garden and farm, and live off the land. What they didn't bank on however was having to endure the coldest winter for 12 years, while living in a caravan. With virtually no money and little experience they'll have to battle the elements to try to create their functional, but beautiful, natural landscape. Matthew Wilson is there to try to guide them through the process and help to create a beautiful farmyard.
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A spectacular journey which uncovers how the Viking era has left its imprint on the way of life and landscape of Norway, and the parallels observed in Lorraine’s home nation of Scotland to this day when it was once sieged under Norse rule. Lorraine will meet people along her travels that are keeping the rich history of Norway alive through folk traditions and Nordic tales, and immerse herself in the crafts and culinary delicacies of the region. The TV icon will sail north along the coast to see what natural beauty it offers, spotting whales and eagles, in hopes to end her journey with a Northern Lights (aurora borealis) spectacle.
It is a nationwide search to find the best landscape artist. Filmed at picturesque locations around the UK, contestants paint National Trust properties for a chance to win a £10,000 commission for a British institution's permanent collection. Through several rounds, winners are selected to advance to the semifinal, and then to the final. Judging the competition are British art historian Kate Bryan, independent curator Kathleen Soriano, and award-winning artist Tai-Shan Schierenberg.
No two volcanoes are alike; each one has its own distinctive landscape, climate, and geological context. Just as unique are the people we meet along the way who help us comprehend how greatly our planet – and our lives – have been shaped by volcanic phenomena. For the scientific aspect of each episode, we explore the very diverse range of questions raised by volcanic phenomena in such varied fields as earth sciences, climatology, biodiversity, oceanography, geography, agronomics, and archaeology. The cultural part of the show delves into mythology, religion, philosophy, folk and artistic traditions, cooking, and ways of life.
From the Californian desert to the rainforests of Alaska, naturalist and writer Louis-Marie Blanchard sets out on a 5,000-kilometre journey in the footsteps of ecological pioneer John Muir. Through the emblematic landscapes that Muir helped to save, he sets out to meet the men and women who keep alive his fight to preserve the wilderness. A journey of initiation, poetry and commitment, driven by a deep and intimate admiration for the man who changed his life.
