will there be lots of lovely shots of lovely dogs?
I DO hope so!
It's not that I don't like seeing the presenters pets. I myself have my cat always with me in the garden, better she wants to be with me in the garden. But when I listened to the podcast "Monty on my life with dogs", and suddenly the dogs appeared barking in the interview, I said, "this is too much", and turned it off. I prefer Carol Klein's approach in the Winter episode of her Four Season series, when she was sowing something, and said "oh, here comes the cat" looking to the camera man/woman not sure if she should continue. She doesn't make a fuss about her pets.
Like last year, I do wish they would stop this mental health thing about gardening. It's not that I don't see what they try to tell, but it is tiring when I hear all the time how much gardening helps them. Everybody who has experienced really the worst in his/her life knows that whatever way we choose, we do it to get on with life. One wonders if it's the gardening that's important to those or if they just do something and it could be anything else that helps them.
On the other side, I fully support to have all varieties in the program like the 3 sisters and Sue Kent. Gardening is what (almost) everybody can do and GW episodes are watched by all kinds of viewers. Showing how people with disabilities can work around their disabilities is very interesting. It was also a good idea in 2020 to have viewer videos so that people can show what type of garden or balcony is important to them.
Sorry @Lyn but GW starts on 17th Feb which is next Fri.
Just to clarify @Mrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants - the new 2023 series starts on 20th March but prior to that there are 'previous highlights' shows starting next Friday
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Martin Luther KingI prefer Carol Klein's approach in the Winter episode of her Four Season series, when she was sowing something, and said "oh, here comes the cat" looking to the camera man/woman not sure if she should continue.
She doesn't make a fuss about her pets.
Like last year, I do wish they would stop this mental health thing about gardening. It's not that I don't see what they try to tell, but it is tiring when I hear all the time how much gardening helps them. Everybody who has experienced really the worst in his/her life knows that whatever way we choose, we do it to get on with life. One wonders if it's the gardening that's important to those or if they just do something and it could be anything else that helps them.
On the other side, I fully support to have all varieties in the program like the 3 sisters and Sue Kent. Gardening is what (almost) everybody can do and GW episodes are watched by all kinds of viewers. Showing how people with disabilities can work around their disabilities is very interesting.
It was also a good idea in 2020 to have viewer videos so that people can show what type of garden or balcony is important to them.
I ♥ my garden.
I think Sue Kent is great.
Just to clarify @Mrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants - the new 2023 series starts on 20th March but prior to that there are 'previous highlights' shows starting next Friday
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful