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Zach Galifianakis, who hosts the Netflix documentary comedy miniseries This Is A Gardening Show, loves the miracles of gardens.

Zach Galifianakis, who hosts the Netflix documentary comedy miniseries This Is A Gardening Show, loves the miracles of gardens.

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Alexis Soloski

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This is what Zach Galifianakis loves about gardening: “The miracles that you get to see – small, little miracles that we take for granted.”

Wait. Was this a bit? The American actor and comedian is best known for the deliberately stressful interview show Between Two Ferns (2008 to 2018) and for prickly, provocative fare like the TV series Baskets (2016 to 2019) and The Hangover (2009 to 2013) movies. So this earnestness could have been mistaken for a gag. But Galifianakis, an avid gardener, meant every word.

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