#1 – Earthly Joys
John Tradescant the Elder rises from practical gardener to trusted servant of powerful Jacobean patrons. His work for Robert Cecil and later George Villiers gives him access to court while expeditions across Europe expand his collection of plants and curiosities. Tradescant’s loyalty is tested as patronage…
#2 – Virgin Earth
John Tradescant the Younger inherits his father’s vocation, collection and connection to the royal household. As England moves toward civil war, he travels to Virginia in search of plants and encounters Indigenous communities whose land is being transformed by English settlement. Returning to a country divided…