Great Gardens of Europe: Season 1, Episode 1 - ProjectFreeTV

1 - 1: Hortus Botanicus

A look at the continent's finest horticultural sites, beginning with the Dutch city of Leiden's Hortus Botanicus, one of the world's oldest botanical gardens. The programme reveals its role in sparking the popularity of the Dutch tulip and explores how it transformed European horticulture with exotic plants from the Far East, and examines its legacy in medicinal research