Seasons & Episodes
A French-style garden
Chur, in the Grisons, is renowned as the oldest town in Switzerland, with its historical heart still intact. Between the
A tiny garden
In Riehen, near Basel, we discover a garden that is truly tiny. In an area that's home to a large number of terraced hou
A mountain garden
Rossinière is a charming Alpine village in the Vaud, with its attractive chalets so typical of the Pays-d'Enhaut. Nearl
The biblical garden
We head for Gossau, in the canton of Saint-Gallen. One of the largest municipalities in western Switzerland it is not on
A garden of fuchsias
We discover a magnificent garden in Neuenhof, in the canton of Aargau, a municipality that grew from a small farming vil
A farmer's garden
In the canton of Berne, we discover a village that has retained its agricultural character despite the major motorway ro
A forest garden
Soleure, a town where the baroque style remains ever-present and where the age-old tradition of Swiss gardening still fl
A garden in Le Tessin
In the canton of Le Tessin, southern Switzerland, Katharina visits the village of Gudo to discover a garden where nature
A natural garden
In Wuppenau, in the canton of Thurgau, Katharina visits a natural garden where indigenous plants and animals have taken
A community garden
In Münsingen, in the canton of Berne, Katharina visits a community garden, a garden open to all those who love gardenin
The best of our gardens
Over a period of three months, Katharina Locher travelled Switzerland to discover its most extraordinary gardens, meetin
Dreams of an artist
Katharina Locher heads off to the canton of Solothurn, a forested region of northern Switzerland. In a fairy-tale landsc
Heavenly roses
In the village of Oberrieden, on the shores of Lake Zurich, Katharina Locher invites us to discover a veritable little g
A city garden
Strolling through the streets of old Berne, it's difficult to imagine that nearby grow a plethora of fruit, trees and ve
The hanging garden
We're off to the canton of Grisons, in a valley known for its innumerable villages perched high on the hillsides. The vi
A modern garden
Böckten, in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. A small village of eight hundred souls, and a very unusual garden, the frui
An alpine garden
To the mountains! Below the Strela Pass, in the Grisons, lies a unique alpine garden. At a height of 1,900 metres, this
In a monastery garden
Welcome to Hauterive Abbey. An imposing monument, it was built some nine hundred years ago on the banks of the River Saa
A collector's garden
In Sutz-Lattrigen, on the shores of Lake Biel, lie some truly beautiful gardens. The gateway to one of them is hidden by
An experimental garden
Here in the canton of Nidwalden, the hills are covered by scattered farms. We meet a couple who both cultivate and garde
A garden for living
The canton of Thurgau is sometimes described as the orchard of Switzerland. We visit a garden whose owners turned it int
Best of
Kurt Aeschbacher and Katharina Locher meet up in Zurich, accompanied by all those who had opened their garden gates, pre
The climatic experiment garden
Collecting, testing, discovering new species, redesigning and adapting, gardening has become an all-consuming passion fo
The mill garden
Yvonne and Thomas Schindler are relatively new gardeners. It was when they moved into a watermill, nestling in a garden
The English garden
It was a trip to England that sealed Sämi and Liselotte Buess's love for plants and gardening. On their 2,100-m² plot
The chalet garden
At the age of 39, Claudia Sifrig decided to drop everything and study nursery-growing. In her town-centre garden, she do
The château garden
For Stefan Bernhard it's a dream come true: today he is the gardener at the Château de Wartenfels where he maintains th
The endless garden
On her 1.5-hectare plot, Katharina Haller has created an impressively varied garden that blends perfectly into the far h
The integration garden
In this garden managed by Pastor Gabrielle Hochuli, refugees look after the kitchen garden beds, getting to know new fru
The colour garden
The garden of 83-year-old Mark Kamber is a veritable firework display exploding with a thousand and one colours. The hou
The modern family garden
Can a landscape gardener be happy with a plot measuring just 200 square metres? Simon Rüegg says yes. For his family he
The peony garden
Katharina Shepherd spent ten years living in Japan, which was where she developed her passion for peonies. In her magnif
Season's highlights
For this final programme, Katharina Locher catches up with the gardeners in an exceptional spot: the MFO Park in Zurich.
A romantic urban garden
Nine years ago, Karin inherited a house in Schaffhouse. When she moved in, the garden was something of a wilderness. And
A DIY garden
Nicole and Philippe took a meadow and turned it into an idyllic garden. Pond, kitchen garden, mini-zoo and even a pizza
The chrysanthemum garden
In the Swiss canton of Appenzell, Annemarie and Hugo Weder have created a fabulous world, a garden on four terraces with
An organic garden
In the Swiss region of Emmental, Susanne Schütz has been gardening organically for forty years. Twenty years ago, she d
Napoleon Park
The Arenenberg gardens are amongst Switzerland's most beautiful. Veritable horticultural gem, they owe their survival to
A garden maze
In Diesse, a village in the Swiss Jura, lies a unique garden with a vast maze, glasshouse, several ponds and innumerable
A permaculture garden
In the Bernese Oberland, the Schweibenalp alpine garden is the largest permaculture garden in Switzerland. At 1,100 metr
A lakeside rose garden
On the shores of Lake Gruyère, in Switzerland, Irène and Thomas Benz-Sommer have spent twenty-five years creating thei
The dahlia garden
Ten years ago, Sonja Bächler took over a collection built up by another dahlia-lover, planting it on her brother's farm
A garden in the Jura
Dieter Frank has become known as the \"merciful gardener\", preferring to leave his plants to grow and develop in total
The best of the season
For the last programme of the season, the gardeners meet up in Alfred von Ah's greenhouse. A warm and welcoming ambience
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