With 291 Film Company (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)

1. Visionary Gardeners (2022– )

Documentary

Visionary Gardeners travels from a mountain peak, across the wintry prairies, to the coast of Lake Huron. Along the way, we're introduced to the expansive minds of those who have brought their personal innovations and visions to gardening.

Stars: Adrienne Clarkson, John Ralston Saul, Brian Bixley, Paul Spriggs

2. Landscape as Muse (2004–2009)

24 min | Documentary

The Gemini Award-winning Landscape as Muse documentary series showcases both the world-class artists and spectacular landscapes that are found in Canada. Following the artist's gaze, this ... See full summary »

3. Victor Cicansky: The Gardener's Universe (2019)

20 min | Documentary, Short

Victor Cicansky's body of work, from the 1960s to present includes surrealist pieces, early experimental Funk sculptures, ceramic Mason jars, and bronze Bonsai trees. A first generation ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Toews | Star: Victor Cicansky

4. Grasslands (2014 TV Movie)

49 min | Documentary

This documentary examines the unique natural habitat of the mixed-grass prairie through four seasons from the perspectives of the ranchers, conservationists, and aboriginal people who ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Toews | Star: Tantoo Cardinal

5. Great Minds of Design (2012)

22 min | Documentary

Design is everything and everywhere. This series follows designers through their unique processes of creation.

6. Saskatchewan River Delta (2009 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

This one-hour documentary explores the vast Saskatchewan River Delta in four seasons from the perspectives of culture, science, and nature. Traveling by air, ground, and water with the many... See full summary »

Director: Ian Toews | Star: Tantoo Cardinal

7. The DocMakers III (2013 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary

The DocMakers features contemporary Canadian documentary makers who discuss their inspirations and the forces driving them to make their films.

Director: Ian Toews

8. Untamed Gourmet (2010–2013)

22 min | Documentary

Untamed Gourmet brings the original purveyors of the local food movement-Canada's Aboriginal people together with some of Canada's finest gourmet chefs. The series takes the culinary arts out of the kitchen and back to the source.

Star: Tantoo Cardinal

9. The Nature of Inspiration (2012 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary

The Nature of Inspiration features intimate interviews with some of Canada's best visual artists, who discuss their work and its relationship to the environment. Featuring photographer ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Toews

10. Ageless Gardens (2018– )
Episode: Shared Gardens (2019)

TV-PG | Documentary

A group of community gardeners share their bounty with friends and neighbours.

Director: Ian Toews | Star: Carolyn Thomas

11. Ageless Gardens (2018– )
Episode: Career Gardeners (2019)

TV-PG | Documentary

Gardeners of all ages make their living through gardening.

Director: Ian Toews | Star: Carolyn Thomas

12. Ageless Gardens (2018– )
Episode: Gardening for the Mind (2019)

TV-PG | Documentary

Gardening knowledge is passed down between generations.

Director: Ian Toews | Star: Carolyn Thomas

13. Ageless Gardens (2018– )
Episode: Active in the Garden (2019)

TV-PG | Documentary

Retired gardeners maintain their physical health by working in their gardens.

Director: Ian Toews | Star: Carolyn Thomas

14. Ageless Gardens (2018– )
Episode: Gardens of the Spirit (2019)

TV-PG | Documentary

Gardeners demonstrate the many connections between gardening and spirituality.

Director: Ian Toews | Star: Carolyn Thomas

15. Visionary Gardeners (2022– )
Episode: Seeds and Time (2022)

30 min | Documentary

A man's deep thoughts on time and existence, transcend his and our traditional understanding of plants and the garden. An adventurous former punk rocker climbs mountains to harvest rare seeds that can't be found at sea level.

Director: Ian Toews | Stars: Paul Spriggs, David Young

16. Visionary Gardeners (2022– )
Episode: The Northern Garden (2022)

30 min | Documentary

The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul are longtime partners, notable for their rich contributions to Canadian culture. Their divergent intellectual lives combine in a singular love of gardens.

Director: Ian Toews | Stars: Adrienne Clarkson, John Ralston Saul

17. Visionary Gardeners (2022– )
Episode: People and Plants (2022)

30 min | Documentary

A medical herbalist specializes in connecting people to healing plants. An exotic plant collector and daylily hybridizer inspires a new generation of gardeners to breed their own colourful flowers.

Director: Ian Toews | Stars: Chanchal Cabrera, Paul Gellatly

18. Visionary Gardeners (2022– )
Episode: Food without Limits (2022)

30 min | Documentary

A tenacious gardener develops unconventional methods of growing food that will survive the limited growing season of the Canadian prairies. A Botanist grows hundreds of varieties of citrus and exotic tree fruits on Canada's west coast.

Director: Ian Toews | Stars: Bob Duncan, Tiffany Grenkow

19. Visionary Gardeners (2022– )
Episode: Beauty and Delight (2022)

30 min | Documentary

After fifty years of gardening the same piece of land, a writer reflects on the many connections between art, nature, and a long life. A famed Vancouver florist uses his eye for beauty, while developing new orchid hybrids.

Director: Ian Toews | Stars: Brian Bixley, Thomas Hobbs