Hinter den Hecken (2018)
Season 4
Discover the most extraordinary gardens in Switzerland, each a veritable little corner of paradise hidden behind its hedges and fences. Who are the enthusiasts working to create them? What are the secrets of their success?
Released March 25, 2018
Episode 42 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: SRF
Network: RTS
Country: Switzerland
Languages:
German,
French
S4E1 - 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 so she set to work, planting, designing, building and experimenting. The result: a pretty urban garden with a distinctly romantic feel.
March 14, 2021, midnight
S4E2 - 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 oven: all done by their own hands. They work for Pro Specie Rara, a foundation protecting the genetic diversity of heritage plant varieties and rare animal breeds.
March 21, 2021, midnight
S4E3 - 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 impressive collection of chrysanthemums. Each autumn, forty-seven different varieties fill the flower garden with colour until winter arrives. An incredible spectacle unique in Switzerland.
March 28, 2021, midnight
S4E4 - An organic garden
In the Swiss region of Emmental, Susanne Schütz has been gardening organically for forty years. Twenty years ago, she discovered and put into practice a technique from Asia, using a very specific microbe to improve soil fertility and plant development.
April 4, 2021, midnight
S4E5 - Napoleon Park
The Arenenberg gardens are amongst Switzerland's most beautiful. Veritable horticultural gem, they owe their survival to a vast work of research and restoration. An agricultural college, educational gardens, an English-style garden created in the 19th century by Napoleon III and his mother Hortense de Beauharnais, all add to their richness.
April 11, 2021, midnight
S4E6 - A garden maze
In Diesse, a village in the Swiss Jura, lies a unique garden with a vast maze, glasshouse, several ponds and innumerable flowers and vegetables. The property, covering some 10,000m², is the result of the unremitting work of three enthusiasts whose guiding principle is always doing everything themselves!
April 18, 2021, midnight
S4E7 - A permaculture garden
In the Bernese Oberland, the Schweibenalp alpine garden is the largest permaculture garden in Switzerland. At 1,100 metres above sea-level, the gardeners grow vegetables and herbs, produce their own seeds and teach the principles of permaculture.
April 25, 2021, midnight
S4E8 - A lakeside rose garden
On the shores of Lake Gruyère, in Switzerland, Irène and Thomas Benz-Sommer have spent twenty-five years creating their dream garden, maintained using only environmentally-friendly methods. A paradise that is home to one hundred and seventy roses and fifty box bushes carefully trimmed to shape by Thomas.
May 2, 2021, midnight
S4E9 - 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 in central Switzerland. Today the florist and gardener not only cares for some two hundred varieties but has developed a flower-based range of sweet and savoury culinary products.
May 9, 2021, midnight
S4E10 - 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 freedom, only intervening when he has no other choice. The result has given rise to a magnificent garden in the Swiss village of Courchavon.
May 16, 2021, midnight
S4E11 - 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, perfect for looking back at some of the most memorable moments, sharing their passion and offering an opportunity to discover or rediscover some of Switzerland's most remarkable gardens.
May 23, 2021, midnight
Network: RTS
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 2140 min.
Released: March 25, 2018
Last Air Date: May 19, 2024, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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