According to his book, Adam spent part of his young life in North Devon and his father worked in landscaping for several Chelsea Gardens where Adam helped along from the age of 12. He then worked for a Parks Dept and later for Geoff Hamilton at Barnsdale who spotted his potential and sent him to David Stevens' Design School. Adam later set up his own landscaping company, met Sir Terence Conran who inspired him to start designing gardens and he now has seven Chelsea Gold Medals.
His first piece to camera had a definite touch of Geoff Hamilton l thought. It was nice to see the progress of his garden , l have serious house and garden envy. And although l obviously wasn't physically there, I did feel less claustrophobic, it just seemed so "open".
Adam has a great history in horticulture, he knows what he is talking about and I agree with those who have said they think Monty's presentation is tired. I never rated him anyhow and always think he speaks down to people a bit and does'nt have the background I'd expect from a GW presenter. Can't give an example but it's just what I think.
I dislike this presenter the most. His accent really annoys me. I used to switch away when he was doing a feature. He's a got a nice garden though.
When something like an accent really irritated you there's nothing much anybody can do about it. I sympathise although I actually quite like the way he speaks, there are other accents I simply can't stand. Thankfully none of the GW presenters inflict that specific accent on me.
Much as I like Monty I did find Adam a refreshing change and would welcome seeing a lot more of him or taking the reins. As others have said, Monty's garden is untypical and rather claustrophobic in my opinion. Adam gave some interesting tips on planting design too - something I always struggle with and there's no doubting his enthusiasm and knowledge. Adam landscaped the gardens of friends of mine in Hretfordshire a couple of years ago - they are thrilled with the results and enjoyed working with him
Billericay - Essex
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Having just caught up with the episode, I also thought Adam was a refreshing change and liked his enthusiastic approach and planting. Looking forward to seeing more of him and his garden as it develops. Its a shame some find his accent annoying, I rather like it, although a bit less hand waving in front of the camera lens would be welcome. I felt as if he was going to slap me in the face with a wet kipper!
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I'd prefer it if he managed a few more sentences not prefaced with "d'you know" but if he takes over the main anchor job, someone will probably point that out to him. Monty has his tics as well "I do believe.." being the main one. At least neither of them sounds like they are chewing gum when they speak, or goes in for too much 'um', 'ah' or 'like'
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I though Adam did a good job but agree his accent isn't to my liking but nore is the Beechgrove use of the word "tatties" which I find rather childlike, I just have to try and ignore things like that. Something I can't stand though is Lorraine Kelly's accent I just can't watch her, I'm sure that she's a lovely person but I need to be able to understand someone to listen to them, and Carol Kirkwood another lovely person but when she says "westernly" instead of westerly, she's probably correct in her pronunciation but I notice it every time she says it.
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And although l obviously wasn't physically there, I did feel less claustrophobic, it just seemed so "open".
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As others have said, Monty's garden is untypical and rather claustrophobic in my opinion. Adam gave some interesting tips on planting design too - something I always struggle with and there's no doubting his enthusiasm and knowledge.
Adam landscaped the gardens of friends of mine in Hretfordshire a couple of years ago - they are thrilled with the results and enjoyed working with him
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”