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I loved this movie. It was refreshing to spend time on nature's beauty and the art of Cabot's creation. The film's flow was effortless and told the garden's story and shared the same vision for how visitors should take in the Garden.
Rated 4.5/5 Stars •
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
01/24/23
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For anyone who appreciates beauty in this world, this film is a must. Frank Cabot's garden is wonder, with a wide panoply of colors of paint from God, and Cabot as the applying brush. As he gently describes each section of the garden, and some of the history as to how it came to be what it is today, one is enveloped in a sea of gorgeous colors, all mixed to perfection.
This film is NOT a drama, comedy, or fictional story, nor is it really a documentary, but really just a place where one can bathe in the beauty of nature. If approached this way, no audience member can turn away from it unmoved.
Rated 5/5 Stars •
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/22/23
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Don't expect any costumed superheroes to appear in this quiet cerebral documentary. I'll admit I know virtually nothing about gardening and horticulture, yet I found this film enabled me to escape from the world and enter into the wondrous garden of Frank Cabot, some 20 acres in Charlevoix County, Quebec.
Cabot, who passed away in 2011 at the age of 86, was an acclaimed horticulturalist, garden designer, and philanthropist. Moving from Boston with his wife Anne, Cabot was a late bloomer (pun intended) in the gardening world, having started to be serious about it when he was in middle age.
Over the years, he developed a magnificent garden where he wanted those who viewed it to have a sensual and emotional experience, as well as to be engulfed in surprises as they toured. He wanted individuals to each have their own perspective on what they saw and come away with a sense of awe or perhaps even be inspired to create their own gardens.
In his latter years, Cabot was quite involved in funding charities with the proceeds of the guided tours, as well as helping to set up nature conservatories throughout America and Canada.
All in all, obviously this doc is not for everyone, but for those who just want to lean back and enjoy the beauty of Cabot's garden, and learn what it takes to create and have it flourish, then there should be rewards here for you.
Rated 4/5 Stars •
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/25/23
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Cabot is a strange people. he has a strange sense of humor.
Cabot was a business man. have franch ancesters. he earned many money, but in financial crisis, he lost half of his money.
he then retreat from business world and travel around the world. whenever he saw good gardens, he collect the idea back to his own garden. he also collect buildings. when he become interested about japanese tea house, he look for a tea house builder in the united states. and the builder told him that he need two years to find the tree, two year to dry the wood, and three years to build the teahouse. and he has the patience to do so.
this man is amasing. he has his own way of appreciating garde. he said that he want people to sit in the garden and absord the garden. he said that he do not like many people crowd together in his garde, and he welcome people to his garden. so he let people seperate into many different groups in the garden and each group of people will not see other group of people, this man is interesting
and he also created an organization to preserve the gardens whose owner's sons are not interested in garden. this man have entrepreneurship
watching the close looking of the plants and flowers at the end is great joy, great cinematography
and music is all classical great music, just the transition between music are too sudden. there is no transition at all
Rated 1/5 Stars •
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
02/09/23
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Audience Member
Cabot is a strange people. he has a strange sense of humor.
Cabot was a business man. have franch ancesters. he earned many money, but in financial crisis, he lost half of his money.
he then retreat from business world and travel around the world. whenever he saw good gardens, he collect the idea back to his own garden. he also collect buildings. when he become interested about japanese tea house, he look for a tea house builder in the united states. and the builder told him that he need two years to find the tree, two year to dry the wood, and three years to build the teahouse. and he has the patience to do so.
this man is amasing. he has his own way of appreciating garde. he said that he want people to sit in the garden and absord the garden. he said that he do not like many people crowd together in his garde, and he welcome people to his garden. so he let people seperate into many different groups in the garden and each group of people will not see other group of people, this man is interesting
and he also created an organization to preserve the gardens whose owner's sons are not interested in garden. this man have entrepreneurship
watching the close looking of the plants and flowers at the end is great joy, great cinematography
and music is all classical great music, just the transition between music are too sudden. there is no transition at all
Rated 1/5 Stars •
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
01/15/23
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