The Victorian Flower Garden (Complete Series)

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  • @sarahmacdiarmid7488
    @sarahmacdiarmid7488 11 місяців тому +146

    I had the privilege of working for Mr Dodson, with Mrs Dodson and small team of gardeners, about 35 years ago. They were a great couple to work with and for! He was indeed a lovely man. He was always courteous and hard working, soooo knowledgeable and yes indeed, always looked very dapper!

    • @Canuckmom128
      @Canuckmom128 5 місяців тому +4

      @@sarahmacdiarmid7488 Aren’t you lucky. Harry Dodson was an incredible wealth of knowledge. I remember watching these programs on PBS when they were first broadcast. Listening to Harry, Ruth Mott and Peter T. was like taking a trip in a Time Machine, back to Victorian England, and then to WWII with Ruth in her Victory Garden. I love History, and to hear it from those who lived it is very special.

  • @LadyCoyKoi
    @LadyCoyKoi 10 місяців тому +78

    They don't make educational and whimsical documentaries like this lost gem. This has so many gardening ideas and tips. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @maruminc
    @maruminc 11 місяців тому +75

    this has to be the loveliest documentary about plants and gardening i’ve ever seen. thank you so much for posting it. it’s a gift to the soul and one that’s full of useful tips too.

  • @annepersun800
    @annepersun800 10 місяців тому +27

    I came upon this by accident and I am so glad I did. Love, love, love everything about it! The historical information, gardening knowledge, the plants, the glasshouse and the historical tools. I'll definately watch this series over and over. ❤

    • @Charlesdebouts
      @Charlesdebouts 6 місяців тому +2

      From France, so happy to find some Pearl like this one to keep faith in garden, humans and kindness. A moment of peace for my heart .

  • @MarySchlotter
    @MarySchlotter 10 місяців тому +25

    This was absolutely beautiful. Food for every gardeners soul. Now I must watch it again.

    • @rebit6511
      @rebit6511 8 місяців тому +1

      Yes, it's a meal of tlc and good feeling vibes

  • @MarleneCurrie-j5e
    @MarleneCurrie-j5e Рік тому +49

    I know Harry Dodson is one of your heroes Sean and watching this film I can understand why. What a lovely softly spoken, smartly dressed gentleman he was from a distant era.

  • @elisabethbenders-hyde5286
    @elisabethbenders-hyde5286 11 місяців тому +22

    How lovely to see Peter and Harry again. I purchased the BBC series years ago but sadly lost track of it. So sad to read that the walled garden has been let go, the glass houses no more, and the boiler house collapsed. Given the show's popularity, I would have thought they were a priority to save. Thank you for putting these chapters on for everyone to enjoy.

    • @LadyCoyKoi
      @LadyCoyKoi 10 місяців тому +5

      That is why we are known as the species with no past. We keep failing at saving historical landmarks and historical artifacts. So disconnected from history.

    • @CM-sy3to
      @CM-sy3to 8 місяців тому

      All preservation must be privately done with a hand-picked and trained successor. The government and non-profits only look to destroy the beauty through neglect, then complain of upkeep expenses so they can sell the estate to one of their own.

    • @Canuckmom128
      @Canuckmom128 5 місяців тому

      @@LadyCoyKoiAgreed. If it weren’t for private donations, Bletchley Park would have fallen into ruin. Bletchley freakin Park…one of the most pivotal locations for Britain in WWII. It beggars belief - and yet you have to go through YEARS of Council approvals, etc, to build a shed in a field. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤯

  • @clairhonnor6211
    @clairhonnor6211 10 місяців тому +14

    Gardening, an escape to soothe the soul.

  • @AnnNortham
    @AnnNortham 11 місяців тому +19

    How I loved this series was back and it made a life time dream, what happy memories it brings back, for me it exceeds all gardening programmes since.

  • @jimtigwell4265
    @jimtigwell4265 Рік тому +25

    I've always been a big fan of Harry Dodson, he reminds me of my Dad (Sadly died too young), he had a similar early career, training under my Grandad who was a head estate gardener. My Great- Grandad was also a gardener who worked mainly at vicarages, which were often quite large affairs in those days.

  • @fionasaunders7646
    @fionasaunders7646 9 місяців тому +5

    Watched this series initially many years ago and also had a tape. Fortunately had the privilege of living in Brereton Hall in Cheshire and occasionally spending holidays at Glendoick in Perthshire,both had gorgeous walled gardens and fabulous glass houses. So thankful for those wonderful days .

  • @FAIRGROUNDFUNFAIRS
    @FAIRGROUNDFUNFAIRS 5 місяців тому +3

    Harry Dodson was my gardening idol learnt loads from his programs

  • @ChristineHillier67
    @ChristineHillier67 5 місяців тому +2

    Evening Sean, I don't know whether you will see this comment,but thank you so much for putting the series on your channel.i loved it from start to finish,learnt a few things on the way and was in awe of Harry Dodson's creations and growing skills, this was an amazing and pleasurable series to watch.Thanks once again 😘💜

    • @seanjamescameron
      @seanjamescameron  5 місяців тому

      Search my channel and you'll also find an interview with Peter and Harry's funeral.

    • @ChristineHillier67
      @ChristineHillier67 5 місяців тому

      Ok, will do! Enjoy the rest of your evening Sean 💜

  • @cherylprice1790
    @cherylprice1790 Рік тому +20

    Thanks for putting it on. It's lovely, and I love old glasshouses like that.

  • @debbeetapner7613
    @debbeetapner7613 11 місяців тому +14

    Thank you for posting this absolutely wonderful gem Sean. The flower plants remind me of the so many small victorian cottage terrace house gardens I would pass in our road as a child. The glasshouses are such a pleasure to see ❤, my grandparents were not wealthy just what one would call everyday working folk. My grandad built a large lean--too glasshouse on the back of the house that doubled up as a flower and veggie growing room and a family summer dinning room, it was a place that I recall always smelled beautiful.

  • @helentucker6407
    @helentucker6407 Місяць тому +2

    Wow! All together in one long beautiful film 👍 👍 👍 👍

  • @ferret5772
    @ferret5772 10 місяців тому +6

    Thank you Sean for putting this up online a truly wonderful series, I'm a qualified horticulturist who never worked in horticulture , life led me down a different path but 30 odd years later i wonder what if and still love these programmes.

  • @rosa2266
    @rosa2266 11 місяців тому +7

    an 'Auricular Theatre' 🙏 🌸🏵🌸🌼 what heaven on earth is this glimpse into history. Thankyou Sean

  • @debradevine3949
    @debradevine3949 20 днів тому

    How wonderful to see your vlog. I have been traveling the last two months and thoroughly missed them. Happy you have a new drier plot and still beside your cousin. My favorite will always be your home garden and Little Doris. ❤❤❤

  • @trevordickson8617
    @trevordickson8617 Місяць тому +2

    This show was such a wonderful find. My first garden love was double hollyhocks when I was a child. I couldn't believe such a beautiful flower existed as I only ever saw them in books. The victorian garden is how I've always wanted my gardens to be. The techniques & plants featured here, I hope, should never be lost. Thank you to the poster of this video. 🪻🌻🌷❤️👍

  • @kitsutherland6445
    @kitsutherland6445 11 місяців тому +7

    Wonderfully informative series with whimsically romantic music. Thank you

  • @sheirabarbieri9098
    @sheirabarbieri9098 8 місяців тому +2

    I remember when this series aired on Canadian television 25+ years ago. I loved it so much, I bought the books that complemented the show. I still have them and think of this series so fondly...especially when it is planting and harvest season! I just adore Harry Dodson!

  • @mariemorgan7759
    @mariemorgan7759 11 місяців тому +6

    Fantastic vintage video, thank you so much! Love everything British Victorian since I was a kid.💕🇬🇧🌹

  • @dawnsutton8131
    @dawnsutton8131 11 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for posting. I live in a victorian house, I can now with confidence top it off with a victorian garden. Saint wait to plan it out and get started.

  • @RudiiAnn
    @RudiiAnn 7 місяців тому +2

    Wow, he reminds me of my son, if you read this I just will say I'm proud that you have done this. Remember your a man and the world needs our men. I always tell my son get up and do something for someone else. Something that will effect someone in a big way but is so small to you . Mow grass for someone that maybe can't, buy some food for someone that might be hungry. Hell talk to someone that might need someone to talk to. It just feels good to be good. And be strong ,you can't let weaknesses get you, be stronger than any temptation. Real men don't let others choose how there life goes be the one in the group they talk about not doing the stupid stuff lol. We need good guys

  • @gardensenglishanddance
    @gardensenglishanddance 11 місяців тому +8

    Thank you so much for this wonderful series!

  • @lynns4426
    @lynns4426 Рік тому +11

    Thank you so much for sharing this. 😊

  • @mesandz2623
    @mesandz2623 7 місяців тому +2

    What a gem.

  • @MikeJones-zt3kb
    @MikeJones-zt3kb 11 місяців тому +6

    How exciting to see again, these episodes have in mine and sure many minds a special place, I absolutely adored these series, in 1979 I left school and began an apprenticeship at Abergele Hospital as an engineer, but took a great interest in the gardens, they had a walled garden with vegetables and flowers just like Harry's slightly larger, these take me right back to very happy days

  • @babs331176
    @babs331176 10 місяців тому +3

    Sean thank you so much for posting this. It’s one of my favourite series. Xxx

  • @amyheckathorn7172
    @amyheckathorn7172 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for putting this series up, I am loving it! My 2x great-grandparents left England in 1897 with my great-grandmother who was only 2.5 years old. My 2x great-grandfather had been a farm laborer in Somerset, England. It has been interesting insight into how they may have lived. Interestingly, this 2x great-grandfather later helped set up my Granddad (his first grandchild) in farming. My grandparents lived with them when they were first married. My grandma always said my 2x great-grandfather would not let his wife have any flowers at all in their house & yard. That must have been so hard on her considering standard cottage life when she was raised. The way Harry teaches and explains reminds me a bit of my Granddad.

  • @GrowingLikeGrandad
    @GrowingLikeGrandad Рік тому +3

    Thanks for putting this back on. I was halfway through when you had UA-cam issues and everything was deleted.

  • @technologyt.angela.8150
    @technologyt.angela.8150 11 місяців тому +6

    This was wonderful! Many thanks from America.

  • @mattszalwinski6869
    @mattszalwinski6869 Рік тому +7

    So Sean, in one of your more recent videos, you mentioned that one of your goals for 2024 is to dress smarter. Watching this video, I'm wondering if we're going to see you out in your new allotment in Wales, doing your gardening videos in a suit and tie! Imagine the comments you'd get. . . "I think a blue tie would go better with that suit," " Sean, the green button-down shirt is my favorite. . ." 😂😂

  • @meenaxisanga
    @meenaxisanga 11 місяців тому +4

    Beautiful plant and nice information Thanks

  • @Mary.P77
    @Mary.P77 3 місяці тому

    Love this opening. The music is divine and soothing! I wish I had found your channel sooner…🪻🪻🪻🪻

  • @helenscoffield
    @helenscoffield 11 місяців тому +5

    I loved this series!

  • @matthewStapleton
    @matthewStapleton 11 місяців тому +5

    Wow, that was amazing. Thanks for sharing

  • @debradevine3949
    @debradevine3949 11 місяців тому +4

    Outstanding!!! Loved it.

  • @moiragoldsmith7052
    @moiragoldsmith7052 11 місяців тому +4

    A favourite series! Thank you so much for sharing this xx

  • @arhodes2866
    @arhodes2866 8 місяців тому +2

    Thankyou for showing this documentary. So interesting.

  • @Canuckmom128
    @Canuckmom128 5 місяців тому

    Thank you, Sean, for posting this. I watched this series, and VKG, Victorian Kitchen and Victory Garden way back in the day, when they were first Broadcast on PBS, which we in Ontario, Canada, used to get via Membership in a station from Plattsburgh, NY. This is now like taking 2 Time Machine trips back to the late 80s and then to Victorian England. Harry was a Master (and SUCH a hard worker). What a wealth of knowledge, as was Ruth Mott. Cheers.

  • @peacefulgarden
    @peacefulgarden 3 місяці тому

    Thank you again for this treasure Sean. It is absolutely fascinating 👀

  • @jamieward775
    @jamieward775 Рік тому +5

    This is great. Thanks. Will you be putting on the Victorian kitchen garden. Have a fantastic new year Sean. 👍🌻

    • @seanjamescameron
      @seanjamescameron  Рік тому +1

      No ‘they’ won’t allow it.

    • @helenscoffield
      @helenscoffield 11 місяців тому +1

      @@seanjamescameron aww....sorry to hear it. I had just asked this too.

  • @michelejohnston9593
    @michelejohnston9593 Місяць тому

    Thank u for sharing! Just complete Master Gardener training and I'm going to play the video on Sunday for my fellow classmates! We are getting together at my home for a clipping party for propagation!

  • @melcee22
    @melcee22 11 місяців тому +3

    thank you!! Please please upload the kitchen garden!!!

    • @seanjamescameron
      @seanjamescameron  11 місяців тому

      BBC won’t allow that one to be uploaded but I’ve found it on dailymotion website.

    • @melcee22
      @melcee22 11 місяців тому

      @@seanjamescameron oh bummer! Thanks though!

  • @jeanpatterson4283
    @jeanpatterson4283 10 місяців тому +1

    These are absolutely fabulous series. Been looking for them. Thank you from Cape Town.

  • @rebit6511
    @rebit6511 8 місяців тому

    Astonishing- I am moved by this collection-it's like listening to and being with my Uncle Harry. A real throwback. So interesting and inspiring..... I love the behind the scenes access.

    • @rebit6511
      @rebit6511 8 місяців тому

      I'm now relishing the Auricula Theatre feature- I tried in Cornwall to do this. Wasn't a success!!! Hard to do....

  • @TheEnchantedDuat
    @TheEnchantedDuat 9 місяців тому +1

    OOOh thankyou Thankyou :) Raven

  • @VictoriaN72
    @VictoriaN72 11 місяців тому +4

    ❤so beautiful--all of it❤

  • @j.b.4340
    @j.b.4340 7 місяців тому

    50:09, I love that thought. A bit of home.

  • @bethzolin6046
    @bethzolin6046 7 місяців тому

    Used to love watching this, and the companion piece about Victorian kitchens with Mrs Mott.

  • @janetdonohue7150
    @janetdonohue7150 9 місяців тому +1

    Fascinating. Thank you so much .

  • @lobstah44
    @lobstah44 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for posting this treasure.

  • @waynejones750
    @waynejones750 7 місяців тому

    I absolutely loved this program 😊

  • @rosegreensite
    @rosegreensite 11 місяців тому +6

    I love this series! Thank you for sharing. Any possibility of uploading Victorian Kitchen Garden series? Thanks 🌹

    • @seanjamescameron
      @seanjamescameron  11 місяців тому +1

      No, the powers that be keep taking that one down.

  • @helenscoffield
    @helenscoffield 11 місяців тому +3

    Would it be possible for you to find the victorian Kitchen garden series?

    • @seanjamescameron
      @seanjamescameron  11 місяців тому +2

      I have it but it’s not allowed on UA-cam. The producers keep taking it down every time anyone posts it.

  • @binagarten4667
    @binagarten4667 9 місяців тому

    What a place England must have been and there love of the garden. Alas all paved over in many places to make way for extensions, cars and then we wonder why there is a flooding issue.

  • @OfftoShambala
    @OfftoShambala 8 місяців тому

    Oh how I wish I didn’t have to go to work today! I’ll have to watch this in bits.

  • @booksknitsthings
    @booksknitsthings 9 місяців тому +1

    Lovely film 🎥 🌿🌱🌻

  • @TokoKemp
    @TokoKemp Місяць тому

    Nice to see you too see this nice🙂🙃😉😇

  • @simpletruths5322
    @simpletruths5322 2 дні тому

    Thank you ❤

  • @lianagilbert61
    @lianagilbert61 7 місяців тому

    i couldn't love this more!

  • @jimmason1072
    @jimmason1072 Рік тому +3

    Another excellent series by the BBC....( I wonder why the young lady from the First Garden series didn't come back for this series Alison I think her name was)

  • @garyp8471
    @garyp8471 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing this, i would of loved to of met Harry Dodson, what he didn't know bout gardening eh.

  • @petermurray4193
    @petermurray4193 11 місяців тому +3

    I loved all of the four series involving Chiltern and the gang, Peter's bit on the fern fever I always enjoyed, wonder what happened to cherub?

  • @dismith73
    @dismith73 Місяць тому

    Peter Ralph Thoday 30 October 1934 - 5 May 2023

  • @Al-ImprovEd2022
    @Al-ImprovEd2022 10 місяців тому +2

    Was it common to wear a coat and tie back then when gardening?

    • @seanjamescameron
      @seanjamescameron  10 місяців тому +5

      Yes.

    • @twpsy634
      @twpsy634 8 місяців тому +3

      I am in my 80s and this is exactly how I remember my grandad. Tweed jacket, cord trousers, woollen pullover and flannel shirt .He lived and gardened into his 90s and never let his standards drop. I can still remember cuddling up to him and the sweet scent of his pipe tobacco. Most of these men had been in the armed forces during the First World War and that discipline of keeping themselves neat and tidy stayed with them . A truly unforgettable generation the like of which we will never see again.

    • @Al-ImprovEd2022
      @Al-ImprovEd2022 8 місяців тому +1

      @@twpsy634 thank you for a wonderful memory. Feel free to share others.

  • @geraldinefields1730
    @geraldinefields1730 10 місяців тому

    Thank you.

  • @francymurphy2887
    @francymurphy2887 7 місяців тому

    So good

  • @SharkSandwich451
    @SharkSandwich451 11 місяців тому +6

    It’s killing me that he’s gardening in a 3-piece suit.

  • @louisecockell3101
    @louisecockell3101 9 місяців тому

    Can you tell me the name of this house/estate? And thankyou for posting this beautiful series it’s such a breath of fresh air. I could listen to Harry all day such lovely gentleman.

  • @cathydeguzman313
    @cathydeguzman313 8 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @goingtheextramile0
    @goingtheextramile0 10 місяців тому

    👍