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.
| Title | Description |
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| A teacher growing green in the South Bronx | A TED talk. Stephen Ritz, a teacher in New York's tough South Bronx, teaches kids to grow lush gardens for food, greenery, and jobs. |
| Authors@Google: John Jeavons | John Jeavons has been the Director of the GROW BIOINTENSIVE Mini-Farming program for Ecology Action since 1972. He is the author of How to Grow More Vegetablesand Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine, the primer on sustainable Biointensive Mini-Farming. Widely regarded as a food, soil, and organic farming expert, his food-raising methods are being used in 141 countries and by such organizations as UNICEF, Save the Children, and the Peace Corps.
John Jeavons website: http://www.johnjeavons.info/ Ecology Action website: http://growbiointensive.org/ |
| Back to Eden | Watch Paul Gautschi's journey with God to learn the benefits of using wood chip mulch in the garden. A short video review of the movie by Larry Hall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CjptUYhEdU |
| Bloomin In The Garden | Garden design and makeovers |
| Botany of Desire | PBS Documentary on the evolutionary relationship between plants and animals |
| A garden in my apartment | A TED talk by Britta Riley about the open-source Hydroponic Window Gardens project. |
| 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: |
| DVD Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (2007) | Peter Seabrook and Anne Swithinbank cover plant selection, pest control, pruning, feeding, having year around color, and more. |
| DVD Encyclopedia of Roses (2007) | Peter Seabrook and Anne Swithinbank everything about growing roses. |
| Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant | An amazing and fascinating exploration of symmetry in plants. |
| English Cottage and Country Gardens | Tour of some English country gardens |
| Everything You Know About Composting is Wrong: Mike Mike McGrath at TEDxPhoenixville | Mike explains in a very entertaining way some compost myths and the virtues of shredding leaves. Free Video. |
| Garden Song | A portrait of Alan Chadwick, actor, master gardener, and inventor of the "Biodynamic French Intensive Method". Looks like it is only available through the listed URL |
| Garden Story (2008) | Rather than how-to or visits to famous gardens, this focues on how gardens change our lives. |
| Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn | Emmy-winning PBS series Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn |
| Greenfingers | A British comedy and romance based on a true story of prisoners that develop a passion for gardening. |
| Greenhorns | A documentary film about young farmers. Link is just the trailer |
| Grow Your Own Vegetables | 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. |
| Homestead Blessings: The Art of Gardening (2009) | For beginning gardeners, how to compost, grow large gardens, grow in containers, flowers, vegetables, etc. |
| How to Grow a Planet (Part 1) - Life from Light | Part 1 of a BBC 3 part documentary on the role plants played in the evolution of our planet. Currently available on YouTube |
| How to Grow a Planet (Part 2) - The Power of Flowers | Part 2 of a BBC 3 part documentary on the role plants played in the evolution of our planet. Currently available on YouTube |
| How to Grow a Planet (Part 3) - The Challenger | Part 3 of a BBC 3 part documentary on the role plants played in the evolution of our planet. This episode focuses on how grass has shaped our world and the crucial role it played in human evolution. Currently available on YouTube |
| How we can eat our landscapes | A TED talk. Pam Warhurst, cofounder of Incredible Edible, talks about growing food locally by planting on unused land throughout the community. |
| 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. |
| Know your Mushrooms | Learn more about the fantastic world of funji. Both the oldest and largest living organisms on earth are funji. |
| People Places & Plants (5 Disc Set) (2005) | 46 episodes on five discs, a combination talk, how-to, travel, and reality show about gardening with Roger Swain and Paul Tukey. |
| Permaculture: Saving Humanity and the Earth | Toby Hemenway discuses downside of rise of agriculture and how permaculture can provide an alternative. Free Online viewing. |
| Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series (2007) | A very high quality BBC production, a range of topics, but the plant parts are great. |
| 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: http://www.pfaf.org/ Watch free online. |
| My subversive (garden) plot | A TED talk by Roger Doiron, founder of Kitchen Gardeners International, about why you should grow a garden and how it can help re-localize our food. |
| Secret Gardens of England | Alan Titchmarsh leads us on a tour of England's intriguing but not well known gardens. |
| The Art & Practice of Gardening | 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) | 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. |
| The Complete Gardener: Planning & Maintenance | World renowned gardener Joe Maiden shows how to plan and maintain your garden. |
| The Fruit Hunters | Documents our obsession with fruits, and our search for them. Trailer: http://vimeo.com/53036651 |
| The Great Gardens of England Collection | 6-DVD set, Tour 58 English gardens |
| The Private Live of Plants | Wonderful book and movie by David Attenborough who also did Planet Earth. 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 |
| The Queen of the Sun - What Are the Bees Telling Us? | A highly rated move about bees. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| The Tree | An Australian film about a family and a tree |
| Urban Gardening - Ann Tanaka | Master Gardner Ann Tanaka talks about a wide range of urban gardening topics with a focus on what works in Hawaii. Free online viewing. |
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A highly rated movie on bees.
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
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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.