- Title: The 3000 Mile Garden
- Date: 10th February 1995
- Summary: The English and American summer shines some light into February this week, as the exchange of wit and wisdom between writer and horticultural expert Roger Phillips and his American friend, food writer Leslie Land covers the horticultural blossoming of the summer months. The new blooms are inspiring their artist friends. In Eccleston Square artist Gilliam Barlow is working on the meticulous painting of irises. In Maine, Leslie's friends are painting poppies, delphiniums and datura. The big issue in New England gardens is lack of rain. Bill, Leslie's partner, has to rig up an irrigation system. Naturally, there is plenty of drizzle in Eccleston Square, just in time for the first day of Wimbledon. Roger and author Robin Blackburn debate the ills of the world within the symbolic bounds of the Eccleston Square gardens. The food emphasis this week is on the great outdoors. Leslie writes to Roger about a feast of salmon cooked on hot rocks she is preparing for friends. A bathtub is the only pan big enough to accommodate the huge fish, a suitable grandiose gesture to celebrate the 4th July. Roger, meanwhile, is planning a barbecue for the residents of the square.
- Description:Between Eccleston Square,London,and Maine,USA,2 oddball gourmet gardeners correspond over a year. Development for treatment and co-producer.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Hawkshead Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 4
- Transmission Date:10/02/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s