The Victorian Flower Garden: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: The Victorian Flower Garden
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1991-10-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-10-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 21489
• IMDb ID: tt0482149
• TVDB ID: 121011

Cast and credited roles

• Harry Dodson — Harry Dodson
• Peter Thoday — Peter Thoday

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1991-10-28; final listed air date 1991-10-28; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Victorian Flower Garden on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.