About 25 years ago there was a Channel 4 programme called Real Gardens, and it was one of my favourite gardening programmes ever. Monty Don, Carol Klein (both before they had anything to do with GW) and Ann Marie Powell all followed a garden each over each series - normally a young couple/small garden (AMP), an average one (CK) and a rambling estate (MD). It wasn’t a makeover show, they just went back every week to tackle big and small projects, with the owners doing the work and the presenters advising and mucking in. I learned loads from it. Think there are still episodes on youtube somewhere.
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I noticed Monty had had a fight with a lawnmower and was wearing different boots this week, I wonder if the latter is 'product placement'.
I think they do a good job of catering for everybody and have to keep it interesting and not repetitious, Adam covered how to set out new borders this year as he'd moved house.
There is so much info on basic gardening out there the biggest problem is finding time to take it all in, not a lack of information.
'Garden of the year' starts next week btw. I'll give it a go, but am far from excited, especially as it's hosted by Zoe Ball.
Thanks for pointing me in the direction of Nerines, i'll look into getting a hardy one perhaps.
'Garden of the year' starts next week btw. I'll give it a go, but am far from excited, especially as it's hosted by Zoe Ball.
Thanks for that Mike. I would have missed it. It's on More4 of all places, starting Monday. I wondered why I couldn't find a BBC GW link to it, as for the previous years. But I notice they were called 'Gardens of the Year' (plural) so maybe not the same competition.
I know what you mean about Zoe Ball! My TV mag says it judged by Manoj Malde, Lachlan Rae & her. I'm afraid I've never heard of those two.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
Manoj Malde is a designer who was part of the team competing to do gardens on that high tech design show on the Beeb last winter and Lachlan Rae is senior gardener at Gresgarth Hall, home to Arabella Lennox-Boyd, a hugely influential garden designer herself.
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Manoj Malde is a designer who was part of the team competing to do gardens on that high tech design show on the Beeb last winter and Lachlan Rae is senior gardener at Gresgarth Hall, home to Arabella Lennox-Boyd, a hugely influential garden designer herself.
l loved the segment with the lady in Lancashire seeing the enjoyment she gets from her garden.
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Her Joy was infectious!
Welcome to the forum @dizzydizzydizzyhPdv-9Nc. I couldnt agree with you more. and @Jenny-R. In fact, the items about garden enthusiasts are my favourites, always have been. I dont want to go back to school and be taught how to do this or that in the correct way and at the correct time (it invariably has no relevance to my garden or climate) but to spend some time sharing gardens large and small and the love of gardening is why I watch. I fast forward vegetable stuff if I'm short of time, and 'jungle' gardens dont appeal, or houseplants, but lets face it, horticulture is a huge field (pardon the pun) and I accept that an hour of bliss for me would bore the pants off thousands, so I'm happy to see a good mix. And I like Monty Don. As others have said, his "Hello. Welcome to Gardeners World" does seem like a greeting from a friend and fellow-gardener. Any imperfections at Longmeadow are dwarfed by the many in my garden, and I have always liked the fact that Longmeadow is Monty's garden, not a tv 'set piece'. He admits to mistakes, and I like that as it shows that gardening is a constant process of learning, a bit hit and miss, not an off-the-shelf one-off fix. I don't watch the programme when it airs, as I too am a 'mad gardener' so am out there until dark, but catch up on iplayer as and when. I thoroughly enjoyed Friday's programme.
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I noticed Monty had had a fight with a lawnmower and was wearing different boots this week, I wonder if the latter is 'product placement'.
I think they do a good job of catering for everybody and have to keep it interesting and not repetitious, Adam covered how to set out new borders this year as he'd moved house.
There is so much info on basic gardening out there the biggest problem is finding time to take it all in, not a lack of information.
'Garden of the year' starts next week btw. I'll give it a go, but am far from excited, especially as it's hosted by Zoe Ball.
Thanks for pointing me in the direction of Nerines, i'll look into getting a hardy one perhaps.
I know what you mean about Zoe Ball! My TV mag says it judged by Manoj Malde, Lachlan Rae & her. I'm afraid I've never heard of those two.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
https://www.channel4.com/press/news/iwc-find-garden-year-more4#:~:text=Garden of the Year (6x60,by Gerard Costello for IWC.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
I couldnt agree with you more. and @Jenny-R. In fact, the items about garden enthusiasts are my favourites, always have been.
I dont want to go back to school and be taught how to do this or that in the correct way and at the correct time (it invariably has no relevance to my garden or climate) but to spend some time sharing gardens large and small and the love of gardening is why I watch.
I fast forward vegetable stuff if I'm short of time, and 'jungle' gardens dont appeal, or houseplants, but lets face it, horticulture is a huge field (pardon the pun) and I accept that an hour of bliss for me would bore the pants off thousands, so I'm happy to see a good mix.
And I like Monty Don. As others have said, his "Hello. Welcome to Gardeners World" does seem like a greeting from a friend and fellow-gardener. Any imperfections at Longmeadow are dwarfed by the many in my garden, and I have always liked the fact that Longmeadow is Monty's garden, not a tv 'set piece'.
He admits to mistakes, and I like that as it shows that gardening is a constant process of learning, a bit hit and miss, not an off-the-shelf one-off fix.
I don't watch the programme when it airs, as I too am a 'mad gardener' so am out there until dark, but catch up on iplayer as and when. I thoroughly enjoyed Friday's programme.