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Northern Europe

Highlights: Rousham Park and Sissinghurst in the UK; France's Chateau de Villandry and Monet’s Giverny; Het Loo in The Netherlands and the personal retreat of one of Monty's favourite designers in Belgium. Finally, the most northerly botanic gardens in the world.

From the floral wonders of Britain’s Sissinghurst Castle, to the garden palette of impressionist painter Monet, to the quirky individuality of two of Monty’s most admired contemporary designers, he's forced to wonder why this part of the world is so rich in gardening glories, and how we can care for this massive horticultural heritage.

Gardens:

65. UK - Rousham Park, Oxfordshire
66. UK - Sissinghurst Castle , Kent
67. France - Chateau Villandry , The Loire Valley
68. France - Claude Monet's Garden , Giverny
69. Belgium - Jacques Wirtz's Garden, Schoten, Antwerp
70. Netherlands - Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn
71. Netherlands - The Boon Family Garden, Oostzaan, Amsterdam
72. Norway - The Arctic Alpine Botanic Gardens, Tromso

Official tourism sites

UK
France
Belgium (for the Americas)
Netherlands
Norway

South-East Asia

Highlights: The Royal Palace Gardens, the floating gardens of the 'Klongs' and the mysterious Jim Thompson's garden in Thailand; in Singapore, the City in a Garden, and the lush and spiritual garden traditions of Bali

Since the nineteenth century, Western gardeners have harboured a stereotype image of the perfect exotic garden and Monty visits the pre-eminent of these - the mysterious Jim Thompson's Garden in Bangkok. He then pushes on to Singapore, 'a City in a Garden', before finally touching down in the lush and sensuous island of Bali, where what he learns about South-East Asian gardens surprises him.

Gardens:

73. Thailand - Jim Thompson's Garden, Bangkok
74. Thailand - The Grand Palace, Bangkok
75. Thailand - The Klong Gardens, Bangkok
76. Singapore - The City in a Garden
77. Singapore - Wilson Wong's Community Garden
78. Indonesia - Pura Taman Ayun, Ubud, Bali
79. Indonesia - Traditional Home Compound, Ubud, Bali
80. Indonesia - Villa Bebek, Sanur, Bal (designed by Made Wijaya)

Official tourism sites

Thailand
Singapore
Bali