The American impressionist movement, inspired by French artists like Renoir and Monet, took its own route for forty years, revealing as much about America as a nation as its art as a creative powerhouse. It's a story about gardening and preserving nature in an urbanizing nation. This stunning film visits studios, gardens, and iconic landmarks in the U.S., U.K., and France. The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism showcases the sold-out exhibition The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920.