1. Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll

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The great gardener, Gertrude Jekyll, once said: "A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust." Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and experimentation, it has been said she "changed the face of England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability Brown". In the first of three programmes, Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10-acre garden – the enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey. Penelope discusses Gertrude's influence and changing horticultural fashions with broadcaster and author, James Wong, author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, Annabel Watts Penelope also unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC sound archive: * GREAT GARDENS - Gertrude Jekyll meets Chris Serle - BBC Radio 4 - 1984 Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions and first broadcast in February 2014.