I am a french student of horticulture studying here in u.k. for couple years. I cannot get with Monty as he is too hard to follow. I could get with Toby. It is shame as gardens world is good yes but Monty is not.
We were hoping for an informative & instructional series as a follow on from Toby at greenacres but clearly this will not be happening. Our small garden is not applicable regarding Monty Dons ways and so we have cancelled our g.world mag subscription & removed g.world from our tele recording faciltiy. You see we do not have a box avenue, a herb garden or a jewel whatever so what is the point? It has to be said that his vast array of gardening tools on display is strange, most of us only have what we actually use not 3 of this & 5 of that. Is he eccentric maybe?
Dear oh dear. Poor old Monty. He should be pottering about in his own garden yes but not for us to see please. Last nights show was cringeworthy, thank god for Carol Klein for without her i shudder to think what would have been left to watch. I cannot watch it anymore nor do i want to.
What on earth has happened To Gardeners World? First time we have watched it in ages as we have been out of the country with work commitments. My husband burst out laughing when Monty started to plant roses & as for the composting lecture-sorry advice, well my green fingered own garden business, father left the room at that point. Where have Toby and his team gone? What on earth is going on? Green Acre was such an inspiration and for gardeners accross the board. If last nights programme is typical of the current series what will gardeners do who are in search of real instruction etc. The presentation was absolutely awful. I ended up pausing it for 10 mins so that i could fast forward to the Carol Klein parts and just did not bother with rest at all.
I am watching G W again,couldn't stand the 'blue peter' style of Toby Buckland and stopped watching. Monty Don has a stunning garden and the passion and enthusiasm to inspire,and so has carol.
I took a phone call during last week's show without saying " I'm actually watching Gardeners' World, can I call you back? " last night night it happened again. I think that speaks volumes. No more shots of the 10 pairs of Felco secateurs I note!
Have not watched since the 1st April when I thought it was a bad taste April falls joke and I think my comments 1078 have been proved right. However, thought a 1 hour program must have something informative so watched on iPlayer last night. Well Mr Dom surpassed all expectation. In any normal company he would have been sacked by now. It is obvious that his garden has not been tended for years and it is a complete fraud. Rather than pretend that Monty knows anything about gardening why didn't the BBC produce a program where Monty asks experts how to bring the garden up to scratch. When and how to plant bare root roses, how to prune trees, how to bring back Buxus from the dead. Obviously not going to happen now as the good gardeners have either been sacked and are working for other networks and the remainder have distance themselves and will not go anywhere near the Joke garden. On a positive note my garden is the best it's ever been now I have spent more time in it rather than watching Gardeners World.
Have just treated myself to Toby's new book on flowers, an excellent read as we are currently replanting a very shady border and it's full of useful ideas. What is so terribly sad is that it's a GW special, based on the planting schemes at Greenacre, and must have been planned before the decision was made to axe Toby and in anticipation of a 2011 series based at Greenacre. What a dreadful shame!
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I cannot get with Monty as he is too hard to follow. I could get with Toby. It is shame as gardens world is good yes but Monty is not.
No more shots of the 10 pairs of Felco secateurs I note!
It was, however, alarming to see The Don mowing his compost heap. In fact it drove me to a burst of doggerel:
Monty had a compost heap
In fact he had a few
in one he found a toad asleep
('Twas not a frog, he knew)
Monty likes to mow his bins
To speed the rotting down.
Oh dear, among the stalks and skins
(And this will make you frown)
Some beetles, worms, some slugs and snails
May meet the whizzing blade
And possibly our Mr Toad,
I'm very much afraid.