Yes that's the one - they use the virtual reality to visualise it. I would absolutely love for garden makeover shows to return a few years later, I find it difficult to believe many are maintained. These people usually aren't gardeners and you just can't force them to be interested (I've tried it on my sisters loads and failed 😁)
Most of these garden makeover programmes ram the garden full of plants, with no space to expand. I can just imagine the mess within a couple of years when the more rampant smother everything else.
I was chatting to three volunteers when I visited the Japanese garden who were working in the green hilly bit that represented the mountains. It's covered in verdant moss and they were pulling blades of grass out piece by piece as they do in Japan.
Yes that's the one - they use the virtual reality to visualise it. I would absolutely love for garden makeover shows to return a few years later, I find it difficult to believe many are maintained.........
" Monty starts work on revamping the writing garden, plants crocus bulbs and harvests pumpkins.
Frances Tophill visits a unique plant conservation centre responsible for preserving key historical plants, and Rekha Mistry collects and saves seed from her allotment while revealing the surprising results of her veg growing experiments.
A man in Bath has a love of trees that has led to him creating an arboretum in his garden, and in Staffordshire, a gardener with a passion for plants shares her plot, which is brimming with pots and containers.
Also, more viewers show what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens. "
Also, just a note in advance that next week GW is on Thursday.
I am sure looking at nonperfect gardens, and listening to ordinary folks gives a lot of new gardeners the encouragement to try and not feel a total failure because their own gardens and plants are not up to Chelsea's standard.
They do not realise what goes on behind the scenes to produce perfection. The number of staff involved, the cost of heated facilities, cooling facilities, shading, lighting, feeding etc. etc. etc.
A Joe Bloggs, possibly living in their own area, with limited space, money, and time and they can still grow plants that look good. They may not be designers/horticulturalists but who cares, they have colourful, productive gardens which make them happy and that the viewers feel they can achieve themselves.
Has anyone else found a garden "designed" by a professional crammed full of plants for instant impact, particularly shrubs, which will be a nightmare to maintain and totally inappropriate in the longer term?
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" Monty starts work on revamping the writing garden, plants crocus bulbs and harvests pumpkins.
Frances Tophill visits a unique plant conservation centre responsible for preserving key historical plants, and Rekha Mistry collects and saves seed from her allotment while revealing the surprising results of her veg growing experiments.
A man in Bath has a love of trees that has led to him creating an arboretum in his garden, and in Staffordshire, a gardener with a passion for plants shares her plot, which is brimming with pots and containers.
Also, more viewers show what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens. "
Also, just a note in advance that next week GW is on Thursday.
They do not realise what goes on behind the scenes to produce perfection. The number of staff involved, the cost of heated facilities, cooling facilities, shading, lighting, feeding etc. etc. etc.
A Joe Bloggs, possibly living in their own area, with limited space, money, and time and they can still grow plants that look good. They may not be designers/horticulturalists but who cares, they have colourful, productive gardens which make them happy and that the viewers feel they can achieve themselves.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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I ♥ my garden.