Laura has her own grievances, too, in the form of a 23 year old who has lured away her policeman husband of 27 years. She has the last word – well, not a word, actually, but a final knuckle sandwich, to use an old Yank expression, delivered with precision and passion. Rosemary, whose 18-year academic position has been sneakily eliminated by her ex-boss and former beau – a double betrayal – is no shrinking violet. The gardens are lovely, but it is the gardeners who steal the show. The roses climb the walls of even the most modest cottage like praetorian guards, and spill over into the courtyards with very unmilitary abandon. Mary’s Meade transported to your big screen, complete with thatch-roofed cottages, and townspeople that still ride bicycles or thoroughbreds through the cobbled streets. Both series, now easily available on Britbox, remind us of Agatha Christie: The series has a tongue in cheek humor that keeps us from taking the murders too seriously, just like its English cousin, Midsomer Murders. And coupled with her landscaping partner, Laura Thyme (Pam Ferris), a former police constable, they manage to rake up more than their fair share of corpses, too.īut not to worry, these gals attack dark deeds and their evil-doers as forthrightly as they do a trespassing weed. Things are sure to be “sorted out” by Rosemary Boxer (Felicity Kendal), who has a doctorate in plant pathology. Why go out to weed your little garden patch, when you can sit back and watch two feisty English dames do it instead? And the magnificent gardens they work with will take your breath away, as well as the gorgeous mansions perched in their midst.Įven if the gardens do suffer from a bit of blight, fungus, or a poisonous plant or two.
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