I do the same @Hostafan1 the best way to watch if, like me, you're not interested in other people's gardens.
I'm very interested in other people's gardens IF they're worth looking at. Most I've seen have been remarkably NOT worth looking at. Can I draw the distinction between Viewers' gardens which are visited by the programme and "home video clips"
Every year, we have the same discussion, some people love it, some hate it and most are somewhere in between. I love it, so I watch it, if you hate it, then don't watch it.
The thing is without feedback, by which I mean positive suggestions rather than just "I do or don't like it", then the program is going sideways. No idea if anyone watches this forum from the program or the magazine, but to express an idea is constructive.
I do the same @Hostafan1 the best way to watch if, like me, you're not interested in other people's gardens.
I'm very interested in other people's gardens IF they're worth looking at. Most I've seen have been remarkably NOT worth looking at. Can I draw the distinction between Viewers' gardens which are visited by the programme and "home video clips"
I really don't like the home video clips, especially when it's obvious the home owner has got their child to present the video clip in the hope it has more chance of appearing on TV. I usually fast forward through them.
I watched the episode yesterday, and found the home video from the man who changed the garden from lawn into wild-life flowers very inspiring. I had hesitated to use the Cornflowers and Poppy seeds from the April issue. My worry is they pop up everywhere I can't can't get rid of them later. But seeing his garden, I said, "common Simone, if it goes wrong, you have fixed other issues before". I went down with the packages and the Ox-eye daisies and let them go.
Monty had already mentioned in the February issue that he has to think twice about keeping fancy plants that need energy to come through the winter. Seeing his grasses, I was right to take my one out.
I found the choice of videos interesting for the first time. Carol Klein was in a garden in Gloucestershire that opens only in Winter, and Adam Frost visited also a garden in Winter, so that we could see what plants look like at that time. They seem to have learned that starting a garden programme in March and showing gardens from summer is not what we have in our gardens. All together, I found it very pleasant to watch the first episode.
I enjoyed it for the best part, I may be on my own here but, I'd like to see more practical segments, that go a little more in depth on each subject, planting / growing veg for example.
With more people now starting to grow their own food I think it would be a good direction to go, but I suppose the time constraints will never let that happen.
If they cut out the padding, and limited the 'viewers gardens' to an occasional one there would be plenty of time to give more in depth information.
I don't mind kids (esp as they are probably pretty thrilled to be on TV), but I thought the smug GP with lavender in hanging containers last year or the year before was the absolute limit.
Totally agree @KT53 would be great if we could have dedicated programs to individual subjects, rather than trying to please everyone by filling the show with small segments.
But that would be a step back to the days of Geoff Hamilton which would suit me fine.
I suppose YouTube can take care of that side of veg growing for me.
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Can I draw the distinction between Viewers' gardens which are visited by the programme and "home video clips"
I had hesitated to use the Cornflowers and Poppy seeds from the April issue. My worry is they pop up everywhere I can't can't get rid of them later.
But seeing his garden, I said, "common Simone, if it goes wrong, you have fixed other issues before". I went down with the packages and the Ox-eye daisies and let them go.
Monty had already mentioned in the February issue that he has to think twice about keeping fancy plants that need energy to come through the winter.
Seeing his grasses, I was right to take my one out.
I found the choice of videos interesting for the first time. Carol Klein was in a garden in Gloucestershire that opens only in Winter, and Adam Frost visited also a garden in Winter, so that we could see what plants look like at that time.
They seem to have learned that starting a garden programme in March and showing gardens from summer is not what we have in our gardens.
All together, I found it very pleasant to watch the first episode.
I ♥ my garden.
I hope the Botanical Garden survives and thrives, but I have my doubts
If they cut out the padding, and limited the 'viewers gardens' to an occasional one there would be plenty of time to give more in depth information.
But that would be a step back to the days of Geoff Hamilton which would suit me fine.
I suppose YouTube can take care of that side of veg growing for me.