Product Description

The enchanting Miss Audrey Hepburn is your personal guide to the world s most sumptuous, stunning and spectacular gardens in this Emmy Award-winning series now available on DVD for the very first time. Gardens of the World was filmed on location around the world, including:- Claude Monet s garden at Giverny; George Washington s Estate at Mount Vernon; the ancient moss temple garden Saiho-ji in Kyoto Japan; gardens at Mottisfont Abbey, Tintinhull House, Chilcombe Garden, Hidcote Bartram Village and Hidcote Manor in England; the Keukenhof Garden and the Tulip Fields of Lisse in the Netherlands, Villa Pancha in the Dominican Republic; Giardini di Ninfa and Villa Gamberaia in Italy; La-Roseraie de L Haÿ-les-Roses, Chateau de Courances, Jardin du Luxembourg, and Jardin du Luxembourg in France. The 8 episodes explore:- Roses & RoseGardens Formal Gardens Tulips & Spring Bulbs Country Gardens JapaneseGardens Flower Gardens Tropical Gardens Public Gardens & Trees The Complete Series on 2 dvd s This was the last production Audrey filmed before she died on the 20th January 1993 The series was Directed by Bruce Franchini and following Audrey s illness in 1992, Michael York stepped in as co-narrator. Emmy Award winning programme Gardens of the World grew from the book by Penelope Hobhouse and Elvin McDonald, with Audrey contributing to the book's foreword.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34079 in DVD
• Brand: SIMPLY HOME ENTERTAINMENT
• Released on: 2011-04-04
• Rating: Exempt
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 192 minutes

Review
Gardens is stunning... A rose may be a rose may be a rose, but in the hands of the late Audrey Hepburn, it blossoms into a delightful garden filled with sights and sounds and poetry and tradition. --Daily Variety

Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn provides lovers of flowers, and lovers of beauty in general, with an extraordinarily generous helping of both. --The Hollywood Reporter

Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn provides lovers of flowers, and lovers of beauty in general, with an extraordinarily generous helping of both. --The Hollywood Reporter

Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn provides lovers of flowers, and lovers of beauty in general, with an extraordinarily generous helping of both. --The Hollywood Reporter

Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn provides lovers of flowers, and lovers of beauty in general, with an extraordinarily generous helping of both. --The Hollywood Reporter