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Part 2 of a BBC 3 part documentary on the role plants played in the evolution of our planet. Currently available on YouTube +
Part 3 of a BBC 3 part documentary on the role plants played in the evolution of our planet. This episode focuses on how grass has shaped our world and the crucial role it played in human evolution. Currently available on YouTube +
A TED talk. Pam Warhurst, cofounder of Incredible Edible, talks about growing food locally by planting on unused land throughout the community. +
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A entertaining and educational documentary that follows two friends efforts to grow corn commercially. Along the way they explore the history and economics for growing corn and how government policies on corn have changed our entire food landscape. +
Learn more about the fantastic world of funji. Both the oldest and largest living organisms on earth are funji. +
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46 episodes on five discs, a combination talk, how-to, travel, and reality show about gardening with Roger Swain and Paul Tukey. +
Toby Hemenway discuses downside of rise of agriculture and how permaculture can provide an alternative.
Free Online viewing. +
A very high quality BBC production, a range of topics, but the plant parts are great. +
After ten years as a London bus driver, Ken Fern moves to the country and starts vegan-organic Permaculture garden with an emphasis on creating an ecologically sustainable environment based largely on perennial plants. You can read more about the foundation he established at: http://www.pfaf.org/ Watch free online. +
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A TED talk by Roger Doiron, founder of Kitchen Gardeners International, about why you should grow a garden and how it can help re-localize our food. +
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Alan Titchmarsh leads us on a tour of England's intriguing but not well known gardens. +
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2-DVD set, Penelope Hobhouse England's leading garden writer, designer, historian, and lecturer, and host of The Art and Practice of Gardening explains the principles of graden design as she tours famous gardens. +
Steve Brookes an award wining garden author. He presents money saving and innovative tips and show how to grow edibles not matter how small your garden is. +
World renowned gardener Joe Maiden shows how to plan and maintain your garden. +
Documents our obsession with fruits, and our search for them.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/53036651 +
6-DVD set, Tour 58 English gardens +
Wonderful book and movie by David Attenborough who also did Planet Earth. Explores many odd and unusual plants with great timelapse video and narration. Sadly the video version does not seem to be available in the USA at the moment +
A highly rated move about bees. +
Has won awards at over 30 film festivals. A documentary that follows Midwestern farmer John Peterson's journey from conventional to organic farming +
A wonderful and classic story of growing up and healing in the garden. Several movie versions are listed in the Wikipedia article. +