In Peace and Joy we follow the city-dwelling Emma (Annet Malherbe), who, after the sudden loss of her husband Thomas, discovers that he had been granted a garden plot at the Rust & Vreugd allotment complex after years on a waiting list. Although she dislikes gardening, she decides to accept the plot in order to fulfill Thomas’s dream and delay letting go of him just a little longer. Once behind the hedges, Emma enters a world that proves to be anything but peaceful. The allotment garden turns out to be a bustling microcosm full of rules, gossip, and rivalry. She becomes entangled in an unexpected power struggle over hedge heights, garden bingo nights, and snail policies. A society in miniature, where human relationships are sharply (and often humorously) exposed. This drama series consists of 8 episodes and is based on the novel Rust en Vreugd by Hendrik Groen.