We're visiting Marion Rothschild, a distinguished naturalist from a famous family to hear her ideas about conservation and the regeneration of native plants. Together we walk about the estate, encountering the herd of rare Pere David's deer, visiting greenhouses, meeting the tame owl. The conversation glides and hovers, settling now on art, now on science. In the air around there's a humming, rustling and fluttering, as birds, butterflies and insects are loosed from memory, conjured from flights of fantasy. And there's another sound.
Cameras click and whirr as two American naturalists record the fleeting moment.
Jim Hughan has a passion for growing plants. He and his wife Marge owned a garden supply shop in the centre of Ararat for over 50 years. They have a large garden and for some years also ran a floristry business. Their lives have been sustained by their passion for growing things. This program is about a garden and a way of life admired and remembered.