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The Victorian Flower Garden

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First Aired:June 3, 1991
Seasons:1 season
Episodes:8
Status:Ended

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.

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Cast

Peter Thoday

Peter Thoday

Harry Dodson

Harry Dodson

Seasons

E1Flowers and Decorative Plants

Jun 3, 1991

Flowers and Decorative Plants

E2Exotic Plants

Jun 10, 1991

Exotic Plants

E3Cut Flowers

Jun 17, 1991

Cut Flowers

E4Wedding Flowers

Jun 24, 1991

Wedding Flowers

E5Victorian Technology

Jul 1, 1991

Victorian Technology

E6Flower Arranging

Jul 8, 1991

Flower Arranging

E7Autumn Colour

Jul 15, 1991

Autumn Colour

E8A Grand Musical Evening

Jul 22, 1991

A Grand Musical Evening

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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.

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