Garden historian Caroline Holmes explores how former empires transplanted their plants and garden designs to the countries they ruled. (3 x 28′)
First broadcast April 2000 BBC Radio 4
Producer Mukti Jain Campion
1: The Roman Gardens at Fishbourne Palace, England
2: The Moorish Gardens of the Alhambra, Spain
3: Nuwara Eliya, the Garden City of Sri Lanka
Sheer, unadulterated pleasure for the listener – Martin Hoyle, Financial Times
Radio Choice: The Independent, The Observer, Daily Mail, The Evening Standard, The Financial Times, Radio Times
Radio 4 Pick of the Week