I think you mean Clive's son Joe @Posy, yes he was, also Carole Klein and Alys Fowler. Here's a synopsis of the first programme (l'd forgotten about the shed doors !) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r9xsn
How much did Adam’s tin bath cost to plant? Those were 2 litre plants going in there and at retail prices it would easily have come to £100 +.
On the positive side, judging by the evidence of the first home made video, if the GW producers have any say in picking the winners of the GW Magazine prize garden competition, it’s not going to take much effort to win the holiday to Carolina.
What's the betting the winner will be some obnoxious, precocious child?
I can’t fathom how they’re still using repeated segments, and so many low quality viewers gardens amateur clips. Lockdown has been eased for a long time now, and other programs don’t have such production problems. Some of their regulars seem to have only produced 30 minutes of content total for the year...
They’re really put to shame by some of the YouTube gardening channels, including Charles Dowding, but many more people with great presenting skills and some personality that I’d far rather watch than (most of) the amateurs shown on gardners world in the last year.
I’d also like to see then return of Alys Fowler, her BBC stuff is still more relatable and useful than anything on here for years, if you can find scraps of it on YouTube.
The lawnmower history segment is the dullest thing I’ve ever seen, and it doesn’t help that the presenter is really a slow talker, it feels like an hour on its own. Hope it ends forever soon.
I suppose that a degree of masochism is inevitable in a group of gardeners ... we carry on trying to grow tender plants in cold wet weather and struggle against slugs, snails, caterpillars and pigeons whilst encouraging wildlife ........... but what really amazes me is the number of folk who profess to hate a programme yet continue to watch it week after week ... 🤣
One episode of East Enders and I knew it wasn't for me and I've never watched it again
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Alys Fowler's edible Garden has been showing on BBC2 early on Sundays for a few weeks in the stream with repeats of GW and Beechgrove.
I did not like GW with Toby. I'd seen him do other programmes and thought he'd be OK but he sold his gardening soul to deliver a shallow, gimmicky, Top Gear/Blue Peter combo that was aimed at attracting a younger audience and was just awful. As for Joe Swift he may know a bit about design but he is not a plantsman and his allotment venture was just ludicrous.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Here's a synopsis of the first programme (l'd forgotten about the shed doors !)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r9xsn
He also had a beautiful greenhouse, left to rot allegedly.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372987/Theyve-lost-plot-BBC-Gardeners-World-site-goes-seed-Monty-Don-replaced-Toby-Buckland.html
Around the world in 80 gardens was made some years ago. If Monty is still tired from doing that he really does have problems.
What's the betting the winner will be some obnoxious, precocious child?
One episode of East Enders and I knew it wasn't for me and I've never watched it again
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I did not like GW with Toby. I'd seen him do other programmes and thought he'd be OK but he sold his gardening soul to deliver a shallow, gimmicky, Top Gear/Blue Peter combo that was aimed at attracting a younger audience and was just awful. As for Joe Swift he may know a bit about design but he is not a plantsman and his allotment venture was just ludicrous.
Maybe that's what GW - and gardening in general - needs?