I wish.. I used to love Beechgrove (and GW, of course).. shame they won't share them outside the country like they do the BBC period dramas, Top Gear, and such. Even if they were a season behind, I'm good with that.
It has taken years, @Blue Onion, for the BBC to imagine that people in the UK outside of Scotland may be interested in Beechgrove and use it to fill a 30 minute slot on Sunday mornings! They do at least have a Facebook page with regular updates and a programme factsheet you can google tho I don't know if that's being done this year.
Maybe some kind soul will put it on Youtube.
@AnniD - most gardens that are open to the public have furloughed staff but kept on a few to do essential maintenance so I would hope the Beechgrove garden is being maintained.
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)."
Hope so @Obelixx. I'm enjoying the sections from George's garden, and of the course the gentleman at Scone Palace (forgotten his name 🙄) has lots of area to show. It would be nice if they could show how Beechgrove itself is doing, one of the gardeners (Mairi perhaps?) could film on their phone these days.
Odd they haven't found a way to film around Beechgrove itself but has been enjoyable. Rather like the little visits to the Botanics and the sections of Scone. A bit tiring the whole shtick of George and his pruners...but hey they have to find something to laugh about
I find it terminally dreary just now. I fast forward most of it. Haven't even watched last night's episode. We had a travel ban/limit until fairly recently @amancalledgeorge, so it wouldn't have been possible for them all to be in the usual garden.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Just one production crew member to do a bit of filming, but suppose nobody lives near enough to it. At least it's good that BBC Scotland appears to have give the programme a reprieve, nice to have something aside from GW on TV.
Quite impressed by George's lasagne pot planting, he was packing in those bulbs. The sedum roof at the botanic garden and its effect on the environment was very interesting, as was Chris Beardshaw's explanation of border planting and the effects of trees, walls etc. It had a definite "end of term" feel l thought although l don't think it's quite the end of the series yet. I hope they will be able to get back to Beechgrove next year.
Sad to see the end of this year's series, but it was nice to see an appearance by Jim. I think they did well to keep it going and provide the usual good mix of items. I drafted this last week and forgot to post 😊
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Maybe some kind soul will put it on Youtube.
@AnniD - most gardens that are open to the public have furloughed staff but kept on a few to do essential maintenance so I would hope the Beechgrove garden is being maintained.
I'm enjoying the sections from George's garden, and of the course the gentleman at Scone Palace (forgotten his name 🙄) has lots of area to show.
It would be nice if they could show how Beechgrove itself is doing, one of the gardeners (Mairi perhaps?) could film on their phone these days.
We had a travel ban/limit until fairly recently @amancalledgeorge, so it wouldn't have been possible for them all to be in the usual garden.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The sedum roof at the botanic garden and its effect on the environment was very interesting, as was Chris Beardshaw's explanation of border planting and the effects of trees, walls etc.
It had a definite "end of term" feel l thought although l don't think it's quite the end of the series yet.
I hope they will be able to get back to Beechgrove next year.
I drafted this last week and forgot to post 😊