Urban Food Growing in Havana, Cuba from BBC’s “Around the World in 80 Gardens” (2008)

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Urban Food Growing in Havana, Cuba from BBC's "Around the World in 80 Gardens" (2008)

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Garden number 5. Cuba – Alberto's Huerto, Havana. An urban vegetable garden in the space left by a collapsed building.

Around the World in 80 Gardens – BBC

Around the World in 80 Gardens was a television series of 10 programmes in which British gardener and broadcaster Monty Don visited 80 of the world's most celebrated gardens. The series was filmed over a period of 18 months and was first broadcast on BBC Two from 27 January to 30 March 2008. A book and DVD based on the series were also published.

These food gardens were featured the series:

Garden number 32. USA – Liz Christy Garden, Manhattan, New York. The first community garden in New York City, founded in 1973 by local resident Liz Christy on a vacant lot on the corner of Bowery and Houston Street.

Garden number 49. Italy – Elio's vineyard, Tivoli. A private fruit and vegetable garden.

Garden number 51. Morocco – The Aguedal, Marrakech. Royal vegetable gardens dating to the 12th century, irrigated with water from the Ourika valley, with water stored in large central cisterns.

Garden number 58. South Africa – The Company Garden, Cape Town. Originally created to provide fresh food to passing ships, using water from natural springs; now a city park.

Garden number 77. Singapore – Wilson Wong's Community Garden. An urban vegetable garden created as a community project.

List of all 80 gardens from the show here.

A DVD of the series and a book are available at the TV Show website here.