The Victorian Kitchen Garden (DVD 2002)

I bought this DVD as a birthday present for my partner who had recently been given the opportunity to develop a vegetable plot within a neglected walled garden.

The Victorian Kitchen Garden DVD starts with an introduction and then you can view individual months of the year. It includes a flavour of the history and practical skills of the victorian gardeners and is a fascinating insight into their world. Harry Dodson has been a gardener all his life, and each month takes the viewer through the work that would have been done by the Victorian gardners at that time. This includes growing and propagating an amazing aray of fruit and vegetables, which many of us today would bulk at trying to achieve. The restoration of the walled garden into a productive and beautiful space is wonderful.

We have very much enjoyed watching this, and limit ourselves to a couple of months in an evening in order to make it last! We have found it an inspiring subject and would very much recommend it to anyone who has an interest in gardening, and the skills and inventiveness of the Victorian gardeners.

The theme tune is pretty good as well. It's a shame that these types of programmes are never considered for re-showing on TV. Now I'm trying to find the War Time Kitchen Garden! Enjoy!

I'd like to thank you for shipping this item out so promptly. It arrived in A1 condition and i'm very pleased.
Thanks again

We did not see these programmes when they were televised and so the dvd offers a great possibility not only to see them but to see them as many times as you like. I like to think/dream a lot about gardening and this dvd is really intersting for expert and beginners alike.

This dvd is fantastic it is a real must for any gardener, it is full of information and tips. I can't recomend it enough!!!!!
( A great present for dads!!)

very interesting for keen gardeners and beginers alike, makes you wonder if the victorians were better at it than todays gardeners are, watching the garden come to life with things that i would never have believed would grow here and then die away again was something that will stay with me a good while.....jolly good!!

Being a keen kitchen gardener - and one who somehow missed watching this series when it was on television - I was keen to watch this series. Having just finished viewing, I can recommend this to anyone with an interest in kitchen gardeing. A gentle and fascinating programme which shows the pleasures and pitfalls of gardening - especially when you have to meet the demands of those at "the big house" in Victorian times! A pleasure to watch!