July 1969: Apollo 11 is ready for launch and mankind is about to take one giant leap. Expectations are high and the world is heading for exciting and unexplored times. The Night Garden is the story of the Doyle family's struggle to confront change. Matriarchal Mary fights to hold onto the old values, while eighteen-year-old Aisling dreams of England and a life of freedom. Twelve-year-old Orla wants to send a Morse code message to the 'moon men' - and no one knows quite what to do with Danny.