I think Monty takes leave of common sense at times, he
cut down his weed invested strip of land, done a few things to it and
was sowing wild flower seeds, where on earth did he think the weed seeds
went from his weed invested plot?
He needed to
use weedkiller on the grass that was left, then wait for the weed seeds
that had fallen to germinate sap them as well and repeat until the
ground was clear.
All gardeners know the old proverb, one years seed is seven years weeds!
I rarely if ever see gardens with intentional longer lawns, or portions of wild flower areas. Short lawns, paving and gravel are still the accepted norm.
It seems GW and the like are trying to encourage a cultural shift, to get people to think about and be more tolerant of more environment friendly forms of gardening. Perhaps at times exposing them to the extremes of wild gardens may make having a slightly longer lawn seem less messy in comparison.
The chap on Beechgrove has been encouraging people to leave their grass long too and just have a path mown thru it. His experiment produced an exciting range of wilflowers that would otherwise have been hidden and shorn.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
The chap on Beechgrove has been encouraging people to leave their grass long too and just have a path mown thru it. His experiment produced an exciting range of wilflowers that would otherwise have been hidden and shorn.
I think it’s worked well for me, although admittedly there’s little weeds to upset folk anyway.
In this special programme, Gardeners’ World takes a close look at the role that plants and gardening are playing in our mental and physical wellbeing, exploring the idea that gardening is good for you.
At Longmeadow, Monty Don plants shrubs and bulbs for spring and catches up on some seasonal tasks.
Arit Anderson travels to a medical centre in Kent where gardening is prescribed by doctors to help patients cope with long-term mental and physical problems. She meets author Florence Williams, who has investigated the science behind the power of the natural world to improve health. Adam Frost is at a community garden in Oxfordshire, which has been created to provide ongoing support for sufferers of Parkinson’s disease, and the show visits the spinal injuries centre at Stoke Mandeville hospital in Aylesbury, where Joe Swift’s challenge is to design an accessible garden for the wellbeing of the patients. And in Essex, the programme finds out how planting a garden full of roses has contributed greatly to the mental wellbeing of the garden owner.
That was a lovely programme. I especially liked the rose garden, it's so true, spending time working in the garden makes me feel so relaxed and positive.
Yes, an uplifting GW it was, but I wish we could have had names for those roses. I loved the coppery coloured ones and the singles but we have no idea what they were.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I thoroughly enjoyed the GW programme tonight too. I really do find gardening a relaxing & beneficial therapy - enabling me to forget my health and family problems, although I wish I had more time to sit back and enjoy the garden too.
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It seems GW and the like are trying to encourage a cultural shift, to get people to think about and be more tolerant of more environment friendly forms of gardening. Perhaps at times exposing them to the extremes of wild gardens may make having a slightly longer lawn seem less messy in comparison.
In this special programme, Gardeners’ World takes a close look at the role that plants and gardening are playing in our mental and physical wellbeing, exploring the idea that gardening is good for you.
At Longmeadow, Monty Don plants shrubs and bulbs for spring and catches up on some seasonal tasks.
Arit Anderson travels to a medical centre in Kent where gardening is prescribed by doctors to help patients cope with long-term mental and physical problems. She meets author Florence Williams, who has investigated the science behind the power of the natural world to improve health. Adam Frost is at a community garden in Oxfordshire, which has been created to provide ongoing support for sufferers of Parkinson’s disease, and the show visits the spinal injuries centre at Stoke Mandeville hospital in Aylesbury, where Joe Swift’s challenge is to design an accessible garden for the wellbeing of the patients. And in Essex, the programme finds out how planting a garden full of roses has contributed greatly to the mental wellbeing of the garden owner.