Around The World In 80 Gardens -  South Africa This spectacular series continues with Monty Don heading off to one of the most plant-rich zones in the world: South Africa. He's on the eighth leg of his incredible global journey. Visiting 80 of the world's most celebrated and stunning gardens, from ancient to modern, large to small, and grand to humble. Whilst there he takes a journey to the Drakensberg Mountains to see some botanical treasures in their natural environment, views the strange King Proteus, South Africa's national plant and traces the garden-story of the Dutch colonists who settled in South Africa in the nineteenth century. Highlights in this episode include: the Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens in Cape Town, some native treasures in the Drakensberg Mountains, plus a school vegetable garden in a Johannesburg township.