Movies on Gardening and Plants

These movies explore gardening and plants and our relationship to them. They are mostly full length movies with high production values.

The Tree An Australian film about a family and a tree

Back to Eden Watch Paul Gautschi's journey with God to learn the benefits of using wood chip mulch in the garden. Free online viewing.

DIRT! THE MOVIE A humorous and serious look at the ground we walk on and our efforts to reconnect with it. Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis. Free online viewing

King Corn A entertaining and educational documentary that follows two friends efforts to grow corn commercially. Along the way they explore the history and economics for growing corn and how government policies on corn have changed our entire food landscape.

The Secret Garden A wonderful and classic story of growing up and healing in the garden. Several movie versions are listed in the Wikipedia article.

Greenfingers A British comedy and romance based on a true story of prisoners that develop a passion for gardening.

The Real Dirt on Farmer John has won awards at over 30 film festivals. A documentary that follows Midwestern farmer John Peterson's journey from conventional to organic farming

Garden Song - A portrait of Alan Chadwick, actor, master gardener, and inventor of the "Biodynamic French Intensive Method". The Secret Life of Plants A beautiful (but unscientific) look at the concept that plants have more intelligence than we suspect. Some great timelapse sequences of plants growing. The soundtrack recorded by Stevie Wonder. Free online viewing

<amazon id="B000MR9D5E">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series (2007) [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> A very high quality BBC production, a range of topics, but the plant parts are great.

Know your Mushrooms Learn more about the fantastic world of funji. Both the oldest and largest living organisms on earth are funji.

The Private Live of Plants -- a wonderful book and movie. Explores many odd and unusual plants with great timelapse video and narration. Sadly the video version does not seem to be available in the USA at the moment.

Plants for a Future After ten years as a London bus driver, Ken Fern moves to the country and starts vegan-organic Permaculture garden with an emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment based largely on perennial plants. You can read more about the foundation he established at: www.pfaf.org Watch free online.

The Great Gardens of England Collection <amazon id="B003NLQ82M">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> 6-DVD set, Tour 58 English gardens

Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn (Special Tribute Edition) <amazon id="B000H6SXS8">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> 3-DVD set, Emmy-winning PBS series Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn

Secret Gardens of England <amazon id="B003NLQ81I">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> Alan Titchmarsh leads us on a tour of England's intriguing but not well known gardens.

The Art & Practice of Gardening / Penelope Hobhouse <amazon id="B0010X5JBG">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> 2-DVD set, Penelope Hobhouse England's leading garden writer, designer, historian, and lecturer, and host of The Art and Practice of Gardening explains the principles of graden design as she tours famous gardens.

The Complete Gardener: Great Gardening Tips (2007) <amazon id="B000LAZDOC">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> Steve Brookes an award wining garden author. He presents money saving and innovative tips and show how to grow edibles not matter how small your garden is.

Homestead Blessings: The Art of Gardening (2009) <amazon id="B002SATC2C">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> For beginning gardeners, how to compost, grow large gardens, grow in containers, flowers, vegetables, etc.

DVD Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (2007) <amazon id="B000LAZDO2">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> Peter Seabrook and Anne Swithinbank cover plant selection, pest control, pruning, feeding, having year around color, and more.

DVD Encyclopedia of Roses (2007) <amazon id="B000LAZDNS">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> Peter Seabrook and Anne Swithinbank everything about growing roses.

People Places & Plants (5 Disc Set) (2005) <amazon id="B000LPS2PO">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> 46 episodes on five discs, a combination talk, how-to, travel, and reality show about gardening with Roger Swain and Paul Tukey.

Garden Story (2008) <amazon id="B0018SNYQ0">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> Rather than how-to or visits to famous gardens, this focues on how gardens change our lives.

Grow Your Own Vegetables <amazon id="0973323396">[%buy% %mediumimage%] Amazon [%buy% Amazon]</amazon> Cam Mather's Seven Easy Steps to your Own Backyard Produce Department. Cam Mather a 30 veteran of growing organic vegetables gives us a step by step guide for successful vegetable growing.