Watching it. I am irrationally annoyed by the young woman (Frances) describing the Indian woman's allotment as "a cacophony of greens and beans." Cacophony of course is negative and it's about noise, anyway. I suppose she meant cornucopia. Where are the editors/writers? There are quite a few mistakes in every programme.
"Join Adam Frost in his garden for a special programme celebrating some of the most glorious gardens the team have visited over the last few years, with plenty of seasonal hints and tips for what we can be doing in our own gardens this weekend.
Frances Tophill visits a lochside retreat, Joe Swift finds lots of take home tips from a city garden, Carol Klein is inspired by plant combinations in West Yorkshire, and Advolly Richmond shows how a historical landscape was designed for fun and frolic.
The team also meet a couple who let nature be their gardening guide and a gardener who makes containers her focus of attention. "
Watching it. I am irrationally annoyed by the young woman (Frances) describing the Indian woman's allotment as "a cacophony of greens and beans." Cacophony of course is negative and it's about noise, anyway. I suppose she meant cornucopia. Where are the editors/writers? There are quite a few mistakes in every programme.
I said exactly the same thing to Hubby. I've also heard " cacophony of colour" on GW . Alliterative yes: grammatically accurate: no.
I watch it but sometimes get bored. I'm not into vegetable gardening an it seems long periods of time are dedicated to that.
As for the presenters, some can be a bit annoying - but if it winds up the type of people that complain above "the PC brigade", "diversity" or "political correctness gone mad" then that's a bonus, imo :-)
Also when looking at Monty Don's garden(s) - he seems to have an endless list of them - "shade garden", "jewel garden", "damp garden" etc. etc. he must have a team of people who do the actual work and he can only do a fraction of it?
But my favourite part of it are always those moments when the camera randomly pans to one of the dogs :-)
@jamesharcourt the dog bits aren't accidental the directors started asking for the dogs to be in shots after the 1st few times went down so well with the viewers.
The BBC insisted on Monty getting in help when he came back from having his stroke, they made it there condition though the were desperate to have on back.
Funnily enough loads of people say there isn't enough time given veg gardening, you'll never keep everyone happy
Sorry folks, but as a visual artist 'cacophony of colour' is fine for me ... I would understand it to be a 'jumble of dischordant colours and forms' and nothing intrinsically derogatory in that either ... that take on it has to be purely subjective ... just as some folks love what others call 'squeaky gate music' and my parents described the music I liked as a teenager as 'just noise' ...... what's the difference between using that descriptive term and talking about 'harmonising colours'?
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Another example of cacophony is found in Hart Crane’s poem The Bridge:
“The nasal whine of power whips a new universe… Where spouting pillars spoor the evening sky, Under the looming stacks of the gigantic power house Stars prick the eyes with sharp ammoniacproverbs, New verities, new inklings in the velvet hummed Of dynamos, where hearing’s leash is strummed… Power’s script, – wound, bobbin-bound, refined – Is stopped to the slap of belts on booming spools, spurred Into the bulging bouillon, harnessed jelly of the stars.”
The disorder and confusion of the industrial world has been expressed here by the writer, through deliberate selection of cacophonic words and phrases...."
I think the above use of the word to describe an industrial image is similar to the use of the term for an allotment where the utilitarian style of planting may not have taken visual aesthetics into account.
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"Join Adam Frost in his garden for a special programme celebrating some of the most glorious gardens the team have visited over the last few years, with plenty of seasonal hints and tips for what we can be doing in our own gardens this weekend.
Frances Tophill visits a lochside retreat, Joe Swift finds lots of take home tips from a city garden, Carol Klein is inspired by plant combinations in West Yorkshire, and Advolly Richmond shows how a historical landscape was designed for fun and frolic.
The team also meet a couple who let nature be their gardening guide and a gardener who makes containers her focus of attention. "
I've also heard " cacophony of colour" on GW . Alliterative yes: grammatically accurate: no.
As for the presenters, some can be a bit annoying - but if it winds up the type of people that complain above "the PC brigade", "diversity" or "political correctness gone mad" then that's a bonus, imo :-)
Also when looking at Monty Don's garden(s) - he seems to have an endless list of them - "shade garden", "jewel garden", "damp garden" etc. etc. he must have a team of people who do the actual work and he can only do a fraction of it?
But my favourite part of it are always those moments when the camera randomly pans to one of the dogs :-)
The BBC insisted on Monty getting in help when he came back from having his stroke, they made it there condition though the were desperate to have on back.
Funnily enough loads of people say there isn't enough time given veg gardening, you'll never keep everyone happy
Hey ho
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
"...Example #2: The Bridge (By Hart Crane)
Another example of cacophony is found in Hart Crane’s poem The Bridge:
The disorder and confusion of the industrial world has been expressed here by the writer, through deliberate selection of cacophonic words and phrases...."
https://literarydevices.net/cacophony/
I think the above use of the word to describe an industrial image is similar to the use of the term for an allotment where the utilitarian style of planting may not have taken visual aesthetics into account.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.