Gw is absolutely rubbish now and I have decided to give it up as I suspect the BBC is trying to get the show to get so bad that we all stop watching . Happily for them they have found the guy for the job. Monty is ignorant on so many points of garden advice and sadly so arrogant that he actually thinks he is right. I also have gardening qualifications and shudder to think what my lecturers would have said if we came out with some of the garbage he does.Toby had the rug pulled from under him and was so badly treated just so the BBC could get Monty the media man on the show again. Shame on the lot of them. I am off to my greenhouse and will only start to watch GW again if they give us a proper gardener again.
Agree entirely with the last two posts. I am a lecturer in horticulture and do find the current Gardeners World dreadful. I enjoyed watching Gardeners World for personal pleasure, but will no longer be doing so as there is no point now, never mind pleaure any more. Monty just drones on with what ever pops into his thoughts. Only proper gardener on this series ( albeit in my opinion) is Carol Klein. How anyone is supposed to learn from Monty, heaven knows. He is simply not suitable for this type of gardening programme. He should be holding workshops in his own grounds, to the paying public who do wish to hear & watch him, but not like this. As an aside, he is also quite incorrect & confusing at times regarding his instruction & advice. How a new gardener copes with this type of gardening instruction i shudder to think. Dreadful waste of time.
Just read this blog & felt compelled to say- i did follow montys advice re seedling handling & they snapped off at the stalks-i now know that that is NOT the way to do it!! Plus i planted my roses his way ( against my grandfathers advice i hasten to add but heyho monty's the expert!) and guess what they are all but the 1 rotting!! So much for expert advice eh? I wil stick with my grandfathers advice in future-which includes "to NOT watch that toff who knows nothing".
Another Friday looming,another Friday that i will not be watching Gardeners World-again.It's not worth it.It's so very sad.Used to love it, now there's nothing to love. So i will settle down with an Alan Titchmarsh Secret Gardens dvd instead as usual & look forward to a garden centre visit on Saturday followed by an afternoon in the garden. I lost my hubby 3 years ago now,how we enjoyed Friday nights G.World. We used to be so inspired. We also enjoyed Toby but now, well there is nothing to inspire & Jon would be shaking his head at the current effort for sure. He was not a Monty fan and neither am i.
I've just deleted GW from my "to tape" list. It's sooo boring! Monty Don is probably the most boring presenter I've ever seen on TV! I really miss Toby who was young and dynamic and had a lot of great ideas. I learnt so much from him and Alys and Joe and they all seemed to have fun together - it was fun to watch. Will have to wait til next year - I hope they'll have come to their senses at BBC by then!
This is the first week ever that I have purposefully missed watching Gardeners World. It has really gone downhill since the last change of presenters. I will spend next Friday evening doing my own garden
OH MY GOD!!! What on earth was last nights effort all about? Was it just me or was it strange? I sat down looking forward to an hour long special-only it wasn't, not a jot. It was intriguing i'll give it that. Very odd presentation re Monty's segments. If it was wasn't for Carol's segements i would have switched off. I almost forgot it was Gardeners World while her slots were on, but my heart sank as he popped back onto the screen. I really don't get him, no matter how hard i try to. He isn't eloquent in presenting and i find him bizarre at times. I have also tried to watch his Italian series but feel the same way re that as well. He meanders all over the place and it's impossible to follow him after a short while. That was my last attempt last night to keep with Gardeners World.
Well i tried to watch it last night-last effort, as it was an hour special. Needn't have bothered. I just felt that it was a strange programme somehow and Monty's presentation is getting odder. Carols slots as usual were wonderful, i got lost in them and loved them. I will not be watching any more as it's not enjoyable for me to do so.
I feel very sad as i have always avidly watched gardeners world but the love for it has gone. Bye all.
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I am a lecturer in horticulture and do find the current Gardeners World dreadful. I enjoyed watching Gardeners World for personal pleasure, but will no longer be doing so as there is no point now, never mind pleaure any more. Monty just drones on with what ever pops into his thoughts. Only proper gardener on this series ( albeit in my opinion) is Carol Klein. How anyone is supposed to learn from Monty, heaven knows. He is simply not suitable for this type of gardening programme. He should be holding workshops in his own grounds, to the paying public who do wish to hear & watch him, but not like this. As an aside, he is also quite incorrect & confusing at times regarding his instruction & advice. How a new gardener copes with this type of gardening instruction i shudder to think. Dreadful waste of time.
Won't be watching it though, had enough.
What on earth was last nights effort all about? Was it just me or was it strange?
I sat down looking forward to an hour long special-only it wasn't, not a jot.
It was intriguing i'll give it that. Very odd presentation re Monty's segments. If it was wasn't for Carol's segements i would have switched off. I almost forgot it was Gardeners World while her slots were on, but my heart sank as he popped back onto the screen. I really don't get him, no matter how hard i try to. He isn't eloquent in presenting and i find him bizarre at times. I have also tried to watch his Italian series but feel the same way re that as well. He meanders all over the place and it's impossible to follow him after a short while.
That was my last attempt last night to keep with Gardeners World.
I feel very sad as i have always avidly watched gardeners world but the love for it has gone. Bye all.