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The Garden Chronicles

Season 1
Expert gardeners explore the designs and stories behind enchanting garden spaces. Awe-inspiring blooms, charming architectural features and anecdotes intertwine to create a fascinating look at how the gardens came to be.
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  1. S1 E1 - Oak Spring

    May 5, 2022
    10min
    TV-G
    Experts share a unique garden in Upperville, VA, once belonging to Rachel Lambert Mellon. Half an acre in size and enclosed by lime-washed walls, this beautiful garden includes water features, a stunning trellis and a 120-foot crabapple arbor.
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  2. S1 E2 - Blithewold

    May 5, 2022
    10min
    TV-G
    Blithewold is a historic, 33-acre Arts and Crafts garden in Bristol, RI, along the picturesque Narragansett Bay and features a vast array of plantings, stone archways and winding paths leading to charming "garden rooms" around every corner.
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  3. S1 E3 - Sleepy Cat Farm

    May 11, 2023
    9min
    TV-G
    An elaborate 13.5 acre stroll garden in Greenwich, Connecticut features a vast array of garden rooms, including a spectacular vegetable garden, a limonaia (a greenhouse for lemons!), unique statuary and rare plant species.
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  4. S1 E4 - High Elms

    May 11, 2023
    9min
    TV-G
    Gioia Browne has spent over two decades curating a spectacular private garden at her historic 1690s home in Little Compton, RI. The Arts and Crafts style garden features a variety of tranquil spaces, including border, rock, bog and woodland gardens.
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  5. S1 E5 - Winterthur

    May 11, 2023
    9min
    TV-G
    H.F. du Pont designed this 60-acre estate in the Wild Garden style in collaboration with female landscape pioneer, Marian Cruger Coffin. Mass plantings of native and exotic plants, ancient trees and formal elements make up a landscape of serene vistas.
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  6. S1 E6 - Morris Arboretum

    May 18, 2023
    10min
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    Explore a historic collection of gardens in Philadelphia, PA that was inspired by late 1800s designs and plants from Europe and Asia. Highlights include a subterranean Victorian fernery and some of the oldest trees in cultivation in North America.
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  7. S1 E7 - Chanticleer

    May 18, 2023
    9min
    TV-G
    Explore an inventive pleasure garden in a historic setting with a number of ever-changing landscapes, including a Mediterranean-inspired garden, a Pond Garden and a Ruin Garden that showcases handcrafted furniture and art.
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  8. S1 E8 - Andalusia

    May 18, 2023
    9min
    TV-G
    Historic Andalusia Gardens and Arboretum, set on the Delaware River just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a serene paradise of spectacular formal gardens and has woodlands that have evolved over the past two centuries.
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Meghan Cassin

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