He is now - can't bear Love Your Garden - but he used to be fun and good too and his wide ranging horticultural knowledge was reliable. I also preferred his presenting of Chelsea where he does, at least, have experience of designing a garden as well as knowing his plants and the challenges of Chelsea.
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)."
!!!! Dove. I always think I'm learning something from AT and that he gets results - Monty just seems to shamble around a bit and spend more time on tools and dogs than on anything useful to me. Bananas...
Gardening's therapy but I'm aiming for a nice-looking garden not a nice-looking toolshed.
Can't imagine that's a popular comment in this forum, but I'm not in a good mood
Couldn't abide AT. Hardly ever watched it when he was on - only enough to know he was annoying. He may be more knowledgeable - undeniable - but he never fails to mention his qualifications. Monty's much more hit and miss approach is more suited to the target audience - i.e. people having a go at gardening. Like it or not, people with years of experience are not the people the programme is aimed at - you all know enough to get on without help and encouragement of the TV sort. GW wants to make gardening accessible to all and Monty with his mistakes and pets and old jumpers does that. It's not the actual qualification that's the problem for me - Adam Frost and Carol both do well at being experts without banging on about it - I've never heard AF mention all his Chelsea gold medals, or Carol talk about her RHS medal of honour. I gladly listen to either of them. If AT comes back I'll switch it off again.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I formally withdraw Titchmarsh from the fray - he certainly grates on me in Love Your Garden and I never watched him on GW. I wanted Carol when they binned Buckland et al, but I find her a bit over the top now. Can Adam be persuaded to tone his accent down do you think or at least knock down all his woos?
Monty's much more hit and miss approach is more suited to the target audience - i.e. people having a go at gardening. Like it or not, people with years of experience are not the people the programme is aimed at - you all know enough to get on without help and encouragement of the TV sort. GW wants to make gardening accessible to all and Monty with his mistakes and pets and old jumpers does that.
Yes, I suspect raisingirl's right and given that the other garden-presenting luminary (The Titch) seems to bring a lot of people out in hives, I guess we should be careful what we wish for. Gardeners' Woooold it is.
What this thread so clearly illustrates, is we all want something different, so it is impossible to satisfy everyone, even some of the time. I still look forward to it, always have since I started gardening and suspect I will watch long after I can no longer tend my own patch.
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If AT comes back I'll switch it off again.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I still look forward to it, always have since I started gardening and suspect I will watch long after I can no longer tend my own patch.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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