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I’ll be honest, when I saw the words “Zach Galifianakis” and “gardening show” in the same sentence, I assumed it was a bit. A sketch premise. Something that would run three minutes on a late night show and then disappear. But This Is A Gardening Show is a real Netflix series, it’s six episodes, and watching the trailer, I actually want to see it.
What Is This Show, Exactly?
Launching on April 22 (Earth Day), which is a nice touch — This Is A Gardening Show puts Galifianakis in the garden not as an expert, but as a student. He’s curious. He’s lost. He genuinely doesn’t know what he’s doing, and the whole thing is built around that honesty. Each episode runs 15 to 20 minutes, which feels right. Short enough to watch on a lunch break, just long enough to actually learn something.
Director Brook Linder described the making of the show with a line that stuck with me: “Making this show often felt like Zach’s excuse to talk to other gardeners.” That’s the energy here. Not a celebrity host performing expertise. Just a guy who apparently had a struggling garden and figured the best way to fix it was to build a TV show around getting help.
Why This Might Actually Work
The comedy is real, but it doesn’t feel like the subject is the joke. Galifianakis isn’t mocking gardening, he’s into it, and that sincerity is what makes the humor land. Producer Chris Kim put it well: one moment he’ll have you laughing, the next he’s somehow convinced you that horse manure is a delicacy worth seeking out.
That’s a harder thing to pull off than it sounds. A lot of celebrity-hosted educational content falls flat because the host is clearly performing enthusiasm. From what I can see with this one, Galifianakis is just… actually interested. Linder said you’ll see him “honestly gasp when shown the proper way to plant a seed.” Which, okay. I’m there for that.
Six Episodes, One Earth Day
The series drops April 22, 2026 on Netflix. Six episodes at 15 to 20 minutes each means you could theoretically watch the whole thing in a single afternoon. Directed by Brook Linder and produced by RadicalMedia in association with Billios Productions, with Galifianakis as executive producer alongside Frank Schema and Jon Kamen.
If nothing else, it looks like the rare show where the concept, the host, and the tone actually line up. We’ll see how the execution holds up. I’m adding it to my list.
Joe Miragliotta
March 18, 2026
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