Enjoyed much of it, I always find the gardens interesting even if I wouldn't necessarily try to replicate them. I just fast forward if it doesn't interest or has the potential to annoy.
'Gardens heal, when you are sad a garden comforts. When you are humiliated or defeated a garden consoles. When you are lonely, it offers companionship that is true and lasting. When you are weary your garden will sooth and refresh you.' Monty Don.
Beautiful words from the heart.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Those words have certainly been very true for me, my garden was a major part of getting through prolonged illness and forced retirement. he is such an engaging writer.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Or just hiding a scrawny neck? Who knows? He's always liked his neck wrappers.
@bédé - Ghent Floralies - atrocious. I went about 25 years ago and was appalled - one way walk through so no ducking out for coffee, loo etc and no "design", just plants in pots, disguised by bark or fake grass and not watered so wilting. Nothing new or exciting or inspiring in the combos apart from some topiarised azaleas i full clashing colour combos. Just wrong.
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)."
Even the GW programme will have someone in charge of ‘wardrobe’. The visuals of a tv programme aren’t the responsibility of the presenter. 😃
The folk who work on the design of the GW and similar programmes like something coloured close to the face … it sort of ‘frames the face’ and focuses the viewers’ attention … it also establishes an individual style identity for the speaker … a bold eye-catching necklace or earrings, or a boldly coloured tie does the same thing.
It’s done on quite a few/most programmes where there’s a lot of speaking to camera.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
'Gardens heal, when you are sad a garden comforts. When you are humiliated or defeated a garden consoles. When you are lonely, it offers companionship that is true and lasting. When you are weary your garden will sooth and refresh you.' Monty Don.
Beautiful words from the heart.
Now I know why you said he was "romantic", I was a bit worried.
Beautiful words, but sod all value to most healthy grubby-fingered gardeners. Wordsworth didn't help me to grow narcissi.
And I love my garden more than most. No, not "love" "like".
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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When you are weary your garden will sooth and refresh you.' Monty Don.
Beautiful words from the heart.
he is such an engaging writer.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
@bédé - Ghent Floralies - atrocious. I went about 25 years ago and was appalled - one way walk through so no ducking out for coffee, loo etc and no "design", just plants in pots, disguised by bark or fake grass and not watered so wilting. Nothing new or exciting or inspiring in the combos apart from some topiarised azaleas i full clashing colour combos. Just wrong.
More likely (as my wife pointed out) to hide , not his scrawny neck but the same shirt he'd worn on a very warm previous day.....yuk !
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Beautiful words, but sod all value to most healthy grubby-fingered gardeners. Wordsworth didn't help me to grow narcissi.
And I love my garden more than most. No, not "love" "like".
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."