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India

Highlights: the great Mughal tomb gardens, the sumptuous water palace gardens at Deeg, the Edwin Lutyens-designed garden city of New Delhi, the spice and tea gardens of Kerala and a 1930s throw-back English suburban garden on the site of an old railway station

Monty sets off on a technicolour tour of India, taking in some of the most opulent and heavenly gardens in human history, including perhaps the most famous architectural garden in the world, the Taj Mahal. As he travels through the spectacular landscapes of tea country, arid plains and urban mayhem, Monty's quest to gain insight into India's own epic cultural journey leads him from the majestic tomb gardens of the Mughal emperors and the pleasure gardens of the Hindu Maharajahs, to the quaintly nostalgic heritage of the British tea planters and a unique rock and sculpture garden little known in the west.

Gardens:

16. Taj Mahal and the Mehtab Bagh, Agra
17. Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra
18. The Monsoon Palace Gardens, Deeg
19. Jal Mahal, Jaipur
20. Hindu Temple Shrine Garden, Jaipur
21. Mr Abraham's Spice Garden, Thekkady, Kerala
22. The Old Railway Garden, Munnar, Kerala
23. The Rock Garden, Chandigarh

Official tourism site

India

South America

Highlights: Burle Marx's garden in Rio de Janeiro, the jungle city of Manaus and the floating gardens of the Amazon in Brazil, Buenos Aires and a ranch on the Pampas in Argentina. Finally, an amazing coastal garden in Chile...

South America, almost twice the size of Europe, is a continent with the most diverse climate and range of landscapes on the planet. It's also home to more than 50,000 endemic plant species but is a land under intense ecological threat.

Monty starts his journey in Rio de Janeiro to see the private garden of Brazil's greatest artist, Burle Marx, before travelling by boat to the ingenious floating gardens of the Amazon. He also takes in a crumbling traditional 'estancia' in the wind-swept Pampas, before finally ending his journey on the craggy Pacific coast of Chile where one man has created a garden completely in tune with its landscape.

Gardens:

24. Brazil - Burle Marx's Copocabana Promenade, Rio de Janeiro
25. Brazil - Burle Marx's Sitio Garden, Rio de Janeiro
26. Brazil - The Floating Gardens, The Amazon
27. Brazil - Bacu's Forest Garden, The Amazon
28. Argentina - Estancia Dos Talas , The Pampas
29. Chile - Bahia Azul, Los Vilos

Official tourism sites

Brazil
Argentina