Monty Don’s American Gardens – BBC2

By Joanne Lowles
( What's on TV )
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Monty Don’s American Gardens
(Image credit: BBC / Alexandra Henderson)

Monty explores the West Coast for the last part of his look at the scenery of the United States in Monty Don’s American Gardens on BBC2

The final episode of Monty Don’s American Gardens on BBC2 begins in Arizona (pictured top), where cacti of all varieties mark this dramatic landscape, either in the desert, or in people’s gardens, where they have replaced more traditional flowers and lawns.

After a stop in Palm Springs, Monty views gardens with some famous owners, before picking up a red convertible and heading to Los Angeles.

There he samples the glamour and glitz of gardens built to impress, before he fulfils one of his lifetime ambitions by visiting, not a garden, but a magnificent redwood forest.

Monty Don’s American Gardens

Monty visits LA’s Dawnridge garden in the last of Monty Don’s American Gardens on BBC2

Finally, in Seattle, he visits a tropical getaway for the city’s workforces, and reflects on whether he has captured what makes the definitive American garden...

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TV Times rating: ****

Joanne Lowles
Joanne Lowles
Freelance writer and editor

Joanne Lowles has been writing about TV since 2002. After graduating from Cardiff University with a Postgraduate Diploma in Magazine Journalism, she worked for All About Soap magazine covering the ups and downs of life on the cobbles, the square and the Dales. 


Next came nearly 10 years at TV Times magazine as a writer and then deputy features editor. Here she spent many happy days interviewing the biggest names in entertainment and visiting the sets of some of our most popular shows including Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife and Strictly Come Dancing. 


With a love of nature and wildlife she’s also interviewed the leading experts in this area including David Attenborough, Chris Packham and Steve Backshall. She’s also travelled the world visiting Mongolia, Canada and South Africa to see how the best in the business make the most brilliant natural history documentaries. 


Freelance since 2013, she is now is a digital writer and editor for What to Watch, previews the best on the box for TV Times mag each week and loves being constantly surprised, entertained and informed by the amazing TV that she is lucky enough to watch.