AT has always irritated me - he's the main reason I'm a relatively recent member of the GW audience, he was the presenter at the time I got my first garden and I couldn't watch it with him on it - and actually Paul Hollywood has given me the creeps from the start as well - I've never watched GBBO because he's on it and he makes my skin crawl. The current GW presenters are all more or less OK, there's one that is, I'm sure, very nice but tends to give advice that I find deeply patronising - more the substance than the style. Carol is always informative, so I can overlook the gushing. All the rest are fine
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
My point about Mr T was that "back in his day" l feel that he would have gone into greater depth about the whole project. As with other members of the forum, there are some presenters l like, some l tolerate and some l could live without. (Just like people in real life come to think about it).
Fell asleep - again - so missed the clearing but have long thought that many of MD's projects are not thought out beforehand so make poor filming for beginners or people with a new, to them, garden that needs sorting out. No follow up either often as not.
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)."
Certainly not the best episode last night. Nice guy as he is, I'm just not interested in JJ Chalmers' excursions into his 'garden' with his kids. Why do they always think that 'celebrity' translates into 'interesting'? It was the same last year with Will Young. But I still think that episode 2 of this season was one of the best for a long time.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I feel much the same about most of the "celebrity" segments @VictorMeldrew . I think probably lots of people are interested though. After all there's a whole industry of celebrity-based gossip rags, someone must be buying them.
I was disappointed that there wasn't more time spent on the dry garden revamp. I hope they follow up on it.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
We've already had that very practical blind chap @punkdoc - what an inspiring man and I'd never noticed how broad bean stems change shape as they mature. We do also have that lady with no arms and Mark (I think) who presents about design, techniques and tools for gardening in a wheelchair.
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)."
Indeed, a gardener with a disability can be inspiring without being a celebrity. And all the gardeners who find ways to carry on gardening (and doing other things) with gradually declining energy, health and strength for any number of reasons. To me that's equally inspiring even if we don't see it on the TV (and interesting for me, with a medical condition that is, luckily, mostly very mild but flares unpredictably).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I get the feeling that Monty is obliged to create/rework areas just to provide new content for the programme makers but he won’t have any control over the length of the segments or what they choose to follow up. For all we know, he is equally frustrated to be cut off mid speech, so to speak.
I don’t like pelargoniums but loved the pelargonium lady, such care and dedication was inspiring.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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The current GW presenters are all more or less OK, there's one that is, I'm sure, very nice but tends to give advice that I find deeply patronising - more the substance than the style. Carol is always informative, so I can overlook the gushing. All the rest are fine
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
As with other members of the forum, there are some presenters l like, some l tolerate and some l could live without. (Just like people in real life come to think about it).
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I don’t like pelargoniums but loved the pelargonium lady, such care and dedication was inspiring.