Hinter den Hecken
Hinter den Hecken

Hinter den Hecken

2018 7 Seasons 77 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Documentary

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?

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?

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A French-style garden

Chur, in the Grisons, is renowned as the oldest town in Switzerland, with its historical heart still intact. Between the

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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

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A mountain garden

Rossinière is a charming Alpine village in the Vaud, with its attractive chalets so typical of the Pays-d'Enhaut. Nearl

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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

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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

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A farmer's garden

In the canton of Berne, we discover a village that has retained its agricultural character despite the major motorway ro

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A forest garden

Soleure, a town where the baroque style remains ever-present and where the age-old tradition of Swiss gardening still fl

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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

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A natural garden

In Wuppenau, in the canton of Thurgau, Katharina visits a natural garden where indigenous plants and animals have taken

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A community garden

In Münsingen, in the canton of Berne, Katharina visits a community garden, a garden open to all those who love gardenin

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The best of our gardens

Over a period of three months, Katharina Locher travelled Switzerland to discover its most extraordinary gardens, meetin

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Dreams of an artist

Katharina Locher heads off to the canton of Solothurn, a forested region of northern Switzerland. In a fairy-tale landsc

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Heavenly roses

In the village of Oberrieden, on the shores of Lake Zurich, Katharina Locher invites us to discover a veritable little g

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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

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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

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A modern garden

Böckten, in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. A small village of eight hundred souls, and a very unusual garden, the frui

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Best of

Kurt Aeschbacher and Katharina Locher meet up in Zurich, accompanied by all those who had opened their garden gates, pre

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The climatic experiment garden

Collecting, testing, discovering new species, redesigning and adapting, gardening has become an all-consuming passion fo

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The mill garden

Yvonne and Thomas Schindler are relatively new gardeners. It was when they moved into a watermill, nestling in a garden

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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

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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

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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

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The endless garden

On her 1.5-hectare plot, Katharina Haller has created an impressively varied garden that blends perfectly into the far h

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The integration garden

In this garden managed by Pastor Gabrielle Hochuli, refugees look after the kitchen garden beds, getting to know new fru

EP 8

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

EP 9

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

EP 10

The peony garden

Katharina Shepherd spent ten years living in Japan, which was where she developed her passion for peonies. In her magnif

EP 11

Season's highlights

For this final programme, Katharina Locher catches up with the gardeners in an exceptional spot: the MFO Park in Zurich.

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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

EP 2

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

EP 3

The chrysanthemum garden

In the Swiss canton of Appenzell, Annemarie and Hugo Weder have created a fabulous world, a garden on four terraces with

EP 4

An organic garden

In the Swiss region of Emmental, Susanne Schütz has been gardening organically for forty years. Twenty years ago, she d

EP 5

Napoleon Park

The Arenenberg gardens are amongst Switzerland's most beautiful. Veritable horticultural gem, they owe their survival to

EP 6

A garden maze

In Diesse, a village in the Swiss Jura, lies a unique garden with a vast maze, glasshouse, several ponds and innumerable

EP 7

A permaculture garden

In the Bernese Oberland, the Schweibenalp alpine garden is the largest permaculture garden in Switzerland. At 1,100 metr

EP 8

A lakeside rose garden

On the shores of Lake Gruyère, in Switzerland, Irène and Thomas Benz-Sommer have spent twenty-five years creating thei

EP 9

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

EP 10

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

EP 11

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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