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The United States of America

Highlights: New York public gardens, the native grasses of James Van Sweden's Baltimore garden, the Prairies and the gardens of the great and good in California

Monty Don continues his extraordinary journey with a visit to the richest and most powerful nation in the world: the United States of America. There, he meets garden guerrillas who are creating community gardens from derelict land in New York, visits a Virginian garden that reflects the birth of the nation, and finally travels west to California, to see if gardens there reflect more than the glitz of the movie industry.

Gardens:

30. LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY
31. Gantry Plaza State Park, New York (designed by Tom Balsley)
32. Liz Christy Garden, Manhatten NY
33. James Van Sweden's garden at Ferry Cove, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
34. Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia
35. The Huntington Botanic Garden, San Marino, California
36. Lotusland, Montecito, Santa Barbara
37. Roland Emmerich's Garden, Hollywood, California
38. The Greenberg Garden, Brentwood, Los Angeles (designed by Mia Lehrer)

Official tourism sites

New York State
Kansas
California

China and Japan

Highlights: the ancient gardens of Suzhou - the Venice of China, the stunning Yellow Mountains of Huangshang, the Imperial Summer Palace in Beijing and the zen gardens of Kyoto's Buddhist temples

Monty samples the very different approach of one of the world's great gardening civilisations: China and Japan. His researches lead him to the ancient scholars' gardens of Suzhou, as well as the awesome Yellow Mountains that inspired them. By the time he reaches the Imperial Summer Palace Gardens of Beijing he's beginning to get a little insight into the secrets of the enigmatic Zen gardens of Japan.

Gardens:

39. China - The Humble Admininstrator's garden, Suzhou
40. China - The Lion Grove, Suzhou
41. China - The Imperial Summer Palace, Beijing
42. Japan - Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto
43. Japan - Issidan, Ryogen-in Temple, Kyoto
44. Japan - Totekiko, Ryogen-in Temple, Kyoto
45. Japan - Urasenke Tea Garden, Kyoto
46. Japan - Tofuku-ji Temple Garden, Kyoto

Official tourism sites

China
Japan