Greatest Gardens

Season 1

Hosts Diarmuid Gavin and Helen Dillonare on the trail to find out who has the best private garden in Northern Ireland.

Episode 1
E1
Episode 1Diarmuid and Helen are in Counties Down and Antrim. They cast their expert eyes over a stunning compartmentalised paradise behind a Georgian terrace house in Hillsborough, a reclaimed quarry in Carrowdore and an ambitious river landscape in the shadow of a stunning modern house in rural Antrim.
Episode 2
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Episode 2Our two favourite experts are let loose in County Londonderry and north Antrim. They enjoy a Jane Austen-style Georgian garden in Derry, a bijou Islamic-style sanctuary in Portstewart and great lakeside splashes of colour near Glenwherry.
Episode 3
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Episode 3Diarmuid and Helen encounter an astonishing mixed bag of great private gardens in County Down. First off, on the banks of Strangford Lough, they visit a large estate containing a 200-year-old walled garden. Their next destination is an eccentric garden dominated by alpine rock plants, behind a modest house in Bessbrook. Finally, they visit Castlewellan, where they encounter a mature garden peppered with lots of comic touches.