People on the forum love to moan about GW and bang the dismal drum and hate on Monty. I am loving it. In running a community gardening club, it is the perfect learning medium for newbies (like me) - inspiring them, helping learning and sharing ideas. Yes, if you have run your own garden company, have gardened for 90 years and love to pick holes, you are probably too kool for skool.
Not at all too kool for skool but rather craving something interesting and informative.
We get that with Adam, Carol and some of the other regular and guest presenters and gardens visited. It's great that viewers' films are included too in this series and some have been truly interesting but some have been trite so I question the selection criteria.
I also wonder whatever happened to Rachel's walled garden project that was introduced at the beginning of this series and has now disappeared.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I imagine that given Rachel’s health issues she’s been keeping as isolated as possible ... I hope that’s the only reason, again bearing in mind her health.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@amancalledgeorge and Dove, I completely understand your argument about encouraging diversity and getting as many involved as possible in gardening. My issue is that I just find most viewers’ videos too mundane. There have been exceptions, the Danish garden, the Canadian garden and the front garden brimming with annuals are three that come to mind, but I get tired of clips that insert irrelevancies just to catch the producer’s eye.
I would like some of the features curtailed as I found last night’s piece on the wildlife garden too long and the Caribbean garden, delightful as it was, could still have taken some pruning. And as for that piece on Alton Towers a couple of weeks back, dull from first to last. Time saved could be devoted to more in depth ‘how to’ coverage with regular updates at each point in the growing season.
I do not envy the producers’ task of keeping all happy. On balance I think they do a pretty fine job but I would make changes and, as I say, viewers’ videos would only feature if they were worthwhile. I do not watch Match of the Day to see highlights of Oakham Town’s match and don’t tune in to cookery programmes to see burnt cakes and curdled sauces - I can do that on my own.
I'd love to see how Rachel's walled garden is coming along too, but her health and her family must come first. Loved this week's film from the chap in Canada.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Give me Beechgrove over Gardeners world any day . That is with the exception of when Adam Smith is presenting who explains every thing clearly. Nothing against Monty seems a very nice chap but, for me he dosent explain process and how to do's in any depth .
Beechgrove does the practical stuff that Gardeners , especially new gardeners need to know and explain it clearly. I'd watch them before Gardeners world.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
I don't watch it at all. I seem to remember some members came over all snobby about Adam Smith's accent when he first started. (I think he's the one) I'm glad that he has been accepted. I found his slots informative. Is it still dogs and a man pushing a wheelbarrow? That's the main reason I stopped watching.
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We get that with Adam, Carol and some of the other regular and guest presenters and gardens visited. It's great that viewers' films are included too in this series and some have been truly interesting but some have been trite so I question the selection criteria.
I also wonder whatever happened to Rachel's walled garden project that was introduced at the beginning of this series and has now disappeared.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It is interesting and informative to lots of people who are not you.
I would like some of the features curtailed as I found last night’s piece on the wildlife garden too long and the Caribbean garden, delightful as it was, could still have taken some pruning. And as for that piece on Alton Towers a couple of weeks back, dull from first to last. Time saved could be devoted to more in depth ‘how to’ coverage with regular updates at each point in the growing season.
I do not envy the producers’ task of keeping all happy. On balance I think they do a pretty fine job but I would make changes and, as I say, viewers’ videos would only feature if they were worthwhile. I do not watch Match of the Day to see highlights of Oakham Town’s match and don’t tune in to cookery programmes to see burnt cakes and curdled sauces - I can do that on my own.
Beechgrove does the practical stuff that Gardeners , especially new gardeners need to know and explain it clearly. I'd watch them before Gardeners world.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
Is it still dogs and a man pushing a wheelbarrow? That's the main reason I stopped watching.
You’re being a bit of a tinker there, B3.
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