The Secrets Gardens Keep

From Venice to Plumstead, remarkable stories lurk behind ivy-covered walls.This episode of the Garden Log leaps the wall of an abandoned garden on the island of Giudecca to tell of gout, roses, princesses, pills, Gertrude Jekyll's sister and tioletless Austrian.It also visits South London where behind closed doors a secret slice of Mesoamerica is growing.Here are some remarkable picture of The Garden of Eden in Venice to look at while you listen.