This Is a Gardening Show
2026 Netflix gardening docuseries
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This Is a Gardening Show is a 2026 American documentary comedy television miniseries hosted by Zach Galifianakis and released on Netflix on 22 April 2026, Earth Day.[1] The six-part series sees Galifianakis, a hobbyist gardener of 25 years, exploring horticulture and food production through interviews with farmers, foragers, food historians and elementary-school children.[2]
| This Is a Gardening Show | |
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| Genre | |
| Directed by | Brook Linder |
| Presented by | Zach Galifianakis |
| Starring | Zach Galifianakis |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Chris Kim |
| Running time | 15–20 minutes |
| Production company | Radical Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | 22 April 2026 |
Premise
Each of the six episodes runs about 15 to 20 minutes.[1] Galifianakis travels to apple orchards to learn about genetic cloning, to tomato farms to study varietals, to forests to explore foraging, and to cornfields to discuss evolution, alongside other agricultural topics.[2] The series is framed around his stated goal of helping families understand where their food comes from and of reconnecting younger generations with the natural world.[2]
Production
This Is a Gardening Show is directed by Brook Linder, previously a director on Everybody's Live with John Mulaney, and produced by Chris Kim of PBS American Portrait.[2] Galifianakis serves as executive producer alongside Frank Scherma and Jon Kamen, with Radical Media producing for Netflix.[1][3]
The series was filmed around Galifianakis's home in rural Vancouver Island, British Columbia, an area he has frequented for around 30 years and which he has cited as having a strong gardening tradition.[4][5] Director Brook Linder told Netflix that making the show "often felt like Zach's excuse to talk to other gardeners".[2]
Reception
Writing for IndieWire, Jon Mansfield described the series as a "bite-sized hodgepodge" of Kids Say the Funniest Things, the PBS mainstay The Victory Garden and "the gentler side of Adult Swim", arguing that, in a television landscape where comedies "seem determined to raise the blood pressure", it functioned as a decompressing palate cleanser.[3] The reviewer also noted the show's interstitial sequences featuring psychedelic animated visuals, time-lapse plant footage and a soundtrack including Mac DeMarco.[3]
Tom's Guide described the series as a "charming, funny" docuseries, praising its short, "bite-sized" episodes and Galifianakis's curious, mischievous tone.[6] What's on Netflix called the show "an absolute joy to watch" and "comfort television in its purest form", arguing that the chemistry between Galifianakis and the children he interviews is consistently entertaining and that the show's brevity is its only real flaw.[7]