I remember the series with Toby Buckland and Joe Swift. I think they were trying to recreate the Barnsdale days of Geoff Hamilton, where he developed various areas into different styles of garden. The difference was of course that it was his own home as opposed to an old rugby pitch (if memory serves me right) specifically bought for the programme.
I like Monty, especially this series where he seems more laid back and less intense to me, but l do feel that Longmeadow is overstuffed with plants (l am a fine one to talk l know 😊). Every time he finds a space to cram one or two more in l always wonder how well they will fare.
You were right about the use of the drone @Simone_in_Wiltshire, l thought it was inspired
I think there was a succession plan, with Adam due to take over from Monty, but when Adam left his large garden, that has caused a re think. Carol Klein's garden would work, but she is also not so young, so probably wouldn't want the hassle.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Presenting requires a very different skill set from gardening, I have met some head gardeners who could barely string a sentence together, but boy did they know their gardening.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I prefer it when the focus is on the plants and gardens, not on people, whether that's the presenters, people who own or use the gardens being visited or the viewers' videos.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
"A catch-up with three sisters in Dorset to discover how their fallen-down greenhouse turned into an opportunity to transform part of their garden.
Monty plants garlic and onions, adds camassias to his Bog Garden and plants bulbs in pots for spring. He also transplants foxgloves and tidies up his strawberry bed for winter.
Joe Swift visits a gravel garden in Kent, where the gardener has used plants which can withstand very little watering whilst maintaining colour and texture all year round.
Tom Brown travels to RHS Garden Bridgewater in Salford to see their plant trials and looks into how plants gain an award of garden merit.
There's a look at the benefits of permaculture to both people and wildlife in a kitchen garden in Hertfordshire, as well as more films sent in by viewers."
Viewers videos back this evening but I do have some sympathy. Last year I put together a video and sent it to GW, of my front garden. No one in the family wanted to get involved so I tried my best to film as per the instructions on my own. I did send it off and I was very pleased with the content. I had created a garden in a difficult space and that was what I wanted to put across. So whether the whole thing was seen as rubbish I will never know. What I do know is that it was a lot of hard work for one very small video. I said goodbye to this garden earlier in the year and now have a north facing front garden with different challenges and I am just starting to understand it Water drips from the roof in one area so I have just planted some Snakes Head Fritillaries. A learning curve indeed! Just a reminder to me of how the old garden looked upside down of course. Now for an exciting new garden but no video too much like hard work.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Oh did it get aired @GardenerSuze? 😊 ... I don't mind seeing one or two per programme, but I have found recently the one-hour show seems hectic with a bit of 'this that and the other' going on. Not very restful - too much like a magazine-programme with not enough depth. I would prefer the topics to be explored a little more in each programme.
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I like Monty, especially this series where he seems more laid back and less intense to me, but l do feel that Longmeadow is overstuffed with plants (l am a fine one to talk l know 😊).
Every time he finds a space to cram one or two more in l always wonder how well they will fare.
You were right about the use of the drone @Simone_in_Wiltshire, l thought it was inspired
Carol Klein's garden would work, but she is also not so young, so probably wouldn't want the hassle.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
"A catch-up with three sisters in Dorset to discover how their fallen-down greenhouse turned into an opportunity to transform part of their garden.
I could be wrong, but I believe there were (refreshingly, for me) no videos from viewers in either episode.
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I said goodbye to this garden earlier in the year and now have a north facing front garden with different challenges and I am just starting to understand it Water drips from the roof in one area so I have just planted some Snakes Head Fritillaries. A learning curve indeed! Just a reminder to me of how the old garden looked upside down of course. Now for an exciting new garden but no video too much like hard work.