Enjoyed parts of it. Be interesting to see the end result in the paradise garden, always thought the grasses were completely wrong for that particular concept but it's his garden after all. I liked the fritillaries as well although mine are doing well in a sunnier and dryer spot than Monty's so I must just be lucky.
Monty Don is now stressing since February that fancy plants are no longer part of his designs. Good, but long overdue after he didn’t hesitate to tell us for years now how climate change requires a change from all of us. I hope that all the friends of pot plants realise how much water they waste by using pots and not the soil that they have. I referring to the one or other visit of “I have 200 pots and it takes me all day to water them” in GW.
People should grow whatever they want, wherever they want. I grow exotics because it pleases me, I also grow wild flowers, British natives and anything else I fancy.
I grow in pots, don’t forget that is all some people have, no proper garden.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Horses for courses. Last year showed me I can leave dahlias in the ground so I left some cannas out in the soil last autumn. It remains to be seen if they've survived this long and odd winter. They're as exotic as I get with plants.
Unless you count tomatoes which originate in central Americas and those, along with many other veg I grow need more water than the summer climate here provides and I'm not about to stop growing veggies. I also grow plants in pots until they're of a size that can cope with my garden conditions plus a few hostas in a bid to try and deter the ravages of slugs and snails. The jury's out on that one.
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)."
@Simone_in_Wiltshire I live in a rented property so prefer to keep my real treasures in pots. I also have a fairly big patio area and another paved area in the centre of the garden and a paved front garden all of which would look pretty awful without pots.
I go for the biggest pots I can afford and that helps reduce watering but actually one of my greatest garden pleasures is watering my pots after a long day at work. I know the insects appreciate it too.
When I read of people washing towels after a single use or having 10 showers a week, when I see water mains leaks in our village despite repeated reports to the authorities, when I see the scale of investment in our water infrastructure relative to the pay outs to directors and shareholders, I have no qualms about watering my garden … and even then I do it frugally.
Totally agree too @punkdoc and @debs64. As someone who moved house several times within a few years, having a few pots to look after and take with me each time was a great source of comfort in a very difficult time. I still have quite a few containers, so that I can ring the changes with the seasons, and also grow things more easily than I ever could in the ground. As with everything - we don't all grow with the same conditions or in the same location, and we don't all like the same plants either. I regularly pass a few houses when I'm out that have everything I loathe in a garden, but the owners like it or they wouldn't have it. If it makes them happy that's what matters. They'd probably loathe my garden
The only problem I really have is when people ignore our precious resources. The ones who scalp their grass then put a sprinkler on when there's plenty of rain in the forecast, spring to mind. We have no water shortages here where I am, so it's completely unnecessary most of the time to water grass. If seed is sown or turf laid, it just requires thought, and timing, and only the odd bit of manual watering.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I liked the fritillaries as well although mine are doing well in a sunnier and dryer spot than Monty's so I must just be lucky.
Yay no more banana plant ins and outs!
I know it's not to everyone's taste but it made me smile
I ♥ my garden.
People should grow whatever they want, wherever they want. I grow exotics because it pleases me, I also grow wild flowers, British natives and anything else I fancy.
I grow in pots, don’t forget that is all some people have, no proper garden.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Unless you count tomatoes which originate in central Americas and those, along with many other veg I grow need more water than the summer climate here provides and I'm not about to stop growing veggies. I also grow plants in pots until they're of a size that can cope with my garden conditions plus a few hostas in a bid to try and deter the ravages of slugs and snails. The jury's out on that one.
I still have quite a few containers, so that I can ring the changes with the seasons, and also grow things more easily than I ever could in the ground.
As with everything - we don't all grow with the same conditions or in the same location, and we don't all like the same plants either.
I regularly pass a few houses when I'm out that have everything I loathe in a garden, but the owners like it or they wouldn't have it. If it makes them happy that's what matters. They'd probably loathe my garden
The only problem I really have is when people ignore our precious resources. The ones who scalp their grass then put a sprinkler on when there's plenty of rain in the forecast, spring to mind.
We have no water shortages here where I am, so it's completely unnecessary most of the time to water grass. If seed is sown or turf laid, it just requires thought, and timing, and only the odd bit of manual watering.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...