<P> Over the Garden Wall is an American animated television miniseries created by Patrick McHale for Cartoon Network . The series centers on two half - brothers who travel across a strange forest in order to find their way home , encountering odd and wonderful things on their journey . The show is based on McHale 's animated short film Tome of the Unknown , which was produced as part of Cartoon Network Studios ' shorts development program . The show features Elijah Wood and Collin Dean as the protagonists Wirt and Greg , and Melanie Lynskey as a bluebird named Beatrice . Over the Garden Wall was broadcast throughout the week of November 3 , 2014 to November 7 , 2014 . </P>
<P> Over the Garden Wall is an American animated television miniseries created by Patrick McHale for Cartoon Network . The series centers on two half - brothers who travel across a strange forest in order to find their way home , encountering odd and wonderful things on their journey . The show is based on McHale 's animated short film Tome of the Unknown , which was produced as part of Cartoon Network Studios ' shorts development program . The show features Elijah Wood and Collin Dean as the protagonists Wirt and Greg , and Melanie Lynskey as a bluebird named Beatrice . Over the Garden Wall was broadcast throughout the week of November 3 , 2014 to November 7 , 2014 . </P>
who plays greg in over the garden wall
who plays greg in over the garden wall
Collin Dean
Collin Dean