The Victorian Flower Garden
Horticulture lecturer Peter Thoday and Harry Dodson present this series demonstrating how simple and exotic flowers were cultivated in the Victorian era. Re-enactments are used to explain how the head gardener would supply the lady of the house with the blooms she required, in addition to decorating the dining and mansion rooms and sometimes conservatories with suitable flowers. Harry also recreates the displays which would have been used for decorating Victorian weddings, musicals and funerals.
Cast: Peter Thoday, Harry Dodson
Season 1
8 episodes
- 1. Flowers and Decorative PlantsFlowers and Decorative PlantsCCJun 3, 1991
- 2. Exotic PlantsExotic PlantsCCJun 10, 1991
- 3. Cut FlowersCut FlowersCCJun 17, 1991
- 4. Wedding FlowersWedding FlowersCCJun 24, 1991
- 5. Victorian TechnologyVictorian TechnologyCCJul 1, 1991
- 6. Flower ArrangingFlower ArrangingCCJul 8, 1991
- 7. Autumn ColourAutumn ColourCCJul 15, 1991
- 8. A Grand Musical EveningA Grand Musical EveningCCJul 22, 1991
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The Victorian Flower Garden
Horticulture lecturer Peter Thoday and Harry Dodson present this series demonstrating how simple and exotic flowers were cultivated in the Victorian era. Re-enactments are used to explain how the head gardener would supply the lady of the house with the blooms she required, in addition to decorating the dining and mansion rooms and sometimes conservatories with suitable flowers. Harry also recreates the displays which would have been used for decorating Victorian weddings, musicals and funerals.
Creators and cast
- Cast
- Peter Thoday, Harry Dodson
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Audio languages
English
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