Recreating Eden

Recreating Eden is a Canadian lifestyle and gardening television documentary program. Its aim is to examine the physical, mental, and spiritual healing effects that gardens have on their keepers

Recreating Eden
Genre	Lifestyle - Gardening
Created by	Merit Jensen Carr Donna Gall
Narrated by	Bonnie Dickie
Theme music composer	Michael Richard Plowman Shawn Pierce
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	65
Production
Executive producer	Merit Jensen Carr
Producers	Joan Jenkinson Barry Floc'h Donna Gall David M Fox Sandra Moore
Original release
Network	HGTV(Canada Seasons 1-2) VisionTV (Canada) TVO (Canada) Knowledge (Canada) TéléMaison (France) Canal+ Poland UKTV Gardens
Release	2002 (2002) – 2008 (2008)

History

Recreating Eden was originally broadcast on HGTV Canada in 2002, but after two seasons was not renewed.^[1] It was then picked up by VisionTV for an additional three seasons.^[2] As of 2010, the series has not been renewed for a sixth season.

Community Garden Initiative

VisionTV and Recreating Eden teamed up in 2007 to create the Community Garden Initiative, a project to fund green communities in cities and towns across Canada. The program ran successfully for two years, funding six projects.

2007 recipients

• The Youth Garden in Dufferin Grove Park organized by FoodShare Toronto.
• The Garden of Lite in Winnipeg.
• The Julien Project in Guelph.^[3]

2008 recipients

• Greenest City in Toronto.
• North Central Community Garden in Regina.
• Bayview Memorial Park Stream Restoration in the township of Oro-Medonte.^[4]