There's a wonderful 4 part BBC documentary about Italian Gardens, presented by Monty Don. Monty travels around Italy and visits some amazing gardens. He discuss

There's a wonderful 4 part BBC documentary about Italian Gardens, presented by Monty Don. Monty travels around Italy and visits some amazing gardens. He discusses how gardens where used by the rich to flaunt their wealth and display their power. The competition between the wealthy as to who could build the most beautiful garden, resulted a sort of one one-upmanship. It pushed technology and art forward, and columnated in gardens that amaze to this day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY413RwBzB0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY413RwBzB0