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Cross Referencing

nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
in Problem solving
A few weeks ago I saw Monty Don demonstrating a method that, to me, needed a more practical solution.  I submitted mine, had a very courteous acknowledgement from his PA, but heard nothing more.  I think I was working on the notion that all GW media, TV/Mag and Forum, would cross reference each other to create something of a 'family' atmosphere.  Am I being naive?

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    The TV show and the magazine are not related in any way.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    edited July 2023
    I don't know for sure but,  the magazine is published by immediate media,  although they co-operate they are independent of the BBC,  and probably pay for the rights to use the name logo etc.  You could probably do an Internet search that would tell you if you really want to know. 
    AB Still learning

  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    I guess the answer to my question might be 'yes'.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s all here 

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immediate_Media_Company 

    There is a relationship … but it’s not ‘close’. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    Thanks, Dove.  With my background I really should have known that but, in principle, I rather take exception to the magazine's website referral to 'our friendly forum'?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2023
    Why?  I don’t get the problem 😵‍💫
    The paper magazine and the website of which this forum is part, are both owned by Immediate Media and both work out of  the same office. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    Not really a problem, Dove, which may have been the wrong word to use, but the TV programme has a far wider audience bearing the same brand and, in my innocence, I suppose I hoped to hear 'as one of our Gardeners World Forum members suggested...' to add to our image.  Once a salesman, always a salesman?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    nick615 said:
    Thanks, Dove.  With my background I really should have known that but, in principle, I rather take exception to the magazine's website referral to 'our friendly forum'?
    I get that , but why “take exception to the magazine’s website referral to ‘our friendly forum’ ? 

    I think that, with a few notable exceptions 🙄 , it is a very friendly forum.  Before Covid we even used to organise little outings to gardens and other get togethers … I’ve even been an overnight guest several times in the home of someone I met through the forum and have other folk I regard as real friends that I’d never otherwise have met. I’ve also had gifts of lovely homegrown plants arrive in the post totally unexpectedly when I’ve expressed a liking for something. It seems very friendly to me … hence my confusion. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    Sorry, Dove.  I really don't want to get in too deeply unintentionally.  To the casual viewer/reader/member the brand of 'Gardeners World' implies a relationship, as indeed the magazine was under its previous BBC ownership, I think?  To ignore the potential such misinterpretation offers can, to a simple man, result in missed opportunities.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Not wanting to get in too deep either … but I’m still puzzled by the relevance of the part of your post I referred to … however I’m sure I’ll cope … 🤪

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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