The Victorian Kitchen Garden (1987) is a documentary web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Victorian Kitchen Garden online in HD.
The Victorian Kitchen Garden — Storyline
This wonderful series goes behind the high redbrick walls of Chilton Foliat in Berkshire, where Harry Dodson carefully recreates a traditional Victorian kitchen garden. Using traditional tools Harry painstakingly transformed the weed-choked ground into a gardener's and cook's delight solving many horticultural mysteries along the way and showing how gardeners dealt with pests and how they grew exotic fruits and vegetables for the household all year round.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Harry Dodson, Peter Thoday
The Victorian Kitchen Garden — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1987-09-16 |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 8.5/10 (2 votes) |
The Victorian Kitchen Garden — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: The Beginning (1987-09-16) — Once every big house had its walled kitchen garden. In an age before imports and deep freezers, the head gardener and his staff had to supply the household throughout the year. Tod
- E2: January (1987-09-23) — Harry remembers his life in the walled gardens and his rise from garden boy to head gardener. In the garden he tackles the winter jobs – building hot beds to bring on early crops o
- E3: February (1987-09-30) — Winter locks the garden in its icy grip. It is an opportunity for repairing tools. Peter shows the range the Victorian gardener had at his disposal. Harry turns his attention to th
- E4: March (1987-10-07) — Harry and Peter draw up a cropping plan for the coming year. Harry expects to plant over 25 different crops including what he calls his 'fussy pieces', salsify and scorzonera. Trac
- E5: April (1987-10-14) — It was called 'the hungry gap'. While the staff were fed tired offerings from the root store, the head gardener had to play a horticultural conjuring trick to provide his master wi
- E6: May (1987-10-21) — A wet May frustrates Harry's attempt to sow seeds on the open land. Under glass he starts on the cultivation of what the Victorians called 'the noblest production of the kitchen ga
- E7: June (1987-10-28) — 'Flaming June' lives up to its name. Harry is kept busy manipulating the blinds and ventilators of the glasshouses, to protect the emerging tomatoes, cucumbers and melons. Peter sh
- E8: July (1987-11-04) — The soft fruit is ready for picking – morello cherries and black, red and white currants, red and yellow raspberries. Gooseberries, too, are ripening fast. Peter visits Goostrey in
- E9: August (1987-11-11) — The preoccupation of the Victorian gardener during August was getting water to his plants. The invention of the India rubber hosepipe transformed his task. Harry is helped, too, by
- E10: September (1987-11-18) — September is the month that brings cook the widest choice of fruit and vegetables. Although a time of plenty, little goes to waste. What is not eaten is stored for the winter month
- E11: October (1987-11-25) — One October morning Harry walks to the garden to gather a choice melon and an artichoke-like vegetable called a cardoon. Harry has entered both in the autumn show at the Royal Hort
- E12: November (1987-12-02) — Whenever the family was in its London residence, it still received fresh vegetables from its country garden. Harry shows how he used to pack a hamper to be put on a train and deliv
- E13: December (1987-12-09) — Christmas occupies much of the head gardener's time. Harry ensures he has a plentiful supply of produce for the festive meals by stockpiling well in advance. In the forcing house c
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does The Victorian Kitchen Garden have? 1 season(s) with 13 episodes.
Where can I watch The Victorian Kitchen Garden? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
