I can only see 1 photo above, I can't see a sequence of photos. I must be missing them somehow. The one photo I can see shows a much better impression of his garden for me too, I agree with that... it all looks so overcrowded on the t.v. but one has to give credit where it's due, and the fact he recovered from a stroke, yet still is able to do his garden, then that's quite an achievement I think. Incidentally, I wonder if anyone knows if 'Longmeadow' is the real name of his garden, or is this more BBC fiction? I only ask because Alan Titchmarsh said recently that when he did GW they renamed his garden 'Barleywood', which was a fictional name. 'Longmeadow' sounds like from the same train of thought...
I think we should be thankful there ARE gardening programmes on the television. The subject of removing 'outdated' programmes that don't appeal to the "youth" reared it's head again recently. Even if you don't like Monty and his garden, be careful what you wish for. We would all miss it if it was gone.
It's all a matter of personal taste. There are parts of the Longmeadow garden that appeal to me - the sheds, greenhouses and the pond for starters. Some of his gardening techniques I have copied but others I haven't as I prefer to do things the way I saw my father did them or I have found more successful ways myself. What I do like about GW on Friday nights is the visits the presenters make to other gardens with different layouts, manicured lawns, colourful flower beds etc. Monty's garden does look a bit drab right now, especially after the long winter but that is part of what gardening is all about and I am so pleased that in letting it go slightly over the winter he is encouraging wildlife into the garden and not disturbing what is nesting in it, which after all is what gardening is all about (to me anyway).
I don't think it's any more difficult to learn botanical names, on the whole, than - say - the unpronounceable foreign names of the footballers in the team you support.
If you're really interested in something, it's easy to learn about it.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
As someone on GQT was saying only today, children seem to absorb the latin names of dinosaurs quite easily ... why should the latin names of plants be any different.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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The one photo I can see shows a much better impression of his garden for me too, I agree with that... it all looks so overcrowded on the t.v. but one has to give credit where it's due, and the fact he recovered from a stroke, yet still is able to do his garden, then that's quite an achievement I think.
Incidentally, I wonder if anyone knows if 'Longmeadow' is the real name of his garden, or is this more BBC fiction? I only ask because Alan Titchmarsh said recently that when he did GW they renamed his garden 'Barleywood', which was a fictional name. 'Longmeadow' sounds like from the same train of thought...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If you like seeing Monty Don's pictures, it's worth following him on Instagram (as in Mark's link above) and/or Twitter.
LG... aah.. I thought as much.. thanks also..
If you're really interested in something, it's easy to learn about it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.