The roundabout in the heart of The Magic Garden may not have been overtly magical, but the adventures of the characters who could be found around it every day certainly were. The series concerned the exploits of Dougal, the laconic, sugar-cube addicted dog; Dylan, the very laid-back rabbit, Brian the hyper-snail, Ermintrude the Cow, a comparatively normal girl named Florence, and the completely bizarre 'guardian' of the garden, Zebedee, who basically looked like a moustachioed orange on a spring, and who would arrive at the end of the show to tell everyone that it was 'time for bed'.