I too will miss Toby, he is a great gardener for the amateur to follow. Great teacher Please give him a slot somewhere to teach the likes of me. Please not a whole season of veg. gardening.
Not happy about Toby and Alys leaving! Toby was the natural successor to Geoff Hamilton and Monty tends to make the program too posh. I find myself frustrated that he doesn't cover the basics for new gardeners and under him, GW started to spent an awful lot of time on shows like Chelsea. Most are irrelevant to most of us hard core gardeners. I know they have to have holidays but surely they could rotate presenters so that there weren't so many breaks during the growing season. Nothing is more annoying than settling down for a cosy evening with GW to find it's off for a couple of weeks!
Thank God for that - will start watching again. I watch gardeners world to learn something and that just didn't happen with the new format/presenters - welcome back Monty
Whilst I am so pleased that Monty Don is feeling better and able to come back it seems unfortunate to drop Toby Buckland. He has grown into the role and is far more relaxed than initially. He clearly knows what he is talking about and I enjoy his parts of the program, it is the overall pitch that is wrong and some of the other presenters. None of which is his "fault". Personally I think Carol Klein should be dropped if the program needs to drop anyone.
Hurrah! Will definitely return to the GW fold now. Gave up on GW when Monty left because of the ridiculous features such as the 30 minute makeover and 'what's hot and not'. Felt I was treated like an idiot. Toby seems a genuinely lovely guy but just doesn't have Monty's presence or authority. Wish him well for his future. Quite happy that Alys is going- she always seemed rather supercilious to me. I'm now really looking forward to my Friday nights with Monty again!
Haven't watched GW since Toby started presenting. If A T couldn't come back Monty Don is the best choice. Look forward to Friday nights again. Toby and his team had moved away from real gardening and into entetainment. Hurrah for the return of real gardening.
What a real shame Toby is leaving, he was so engaging, informative and fun. Sadly will be watching something else on Friday nights. Gardener’s World have you lost the plot!
Fantastic news! I'll definitely be coming back to GW now. Hopefully it'll feel like less of a children's programme and will be cater for people with more than just a passing interest in gardening. I love Monty!!
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I know they have to have holidays but surely they could rotate presenters so that there weren't so many breaks during the growing season. Nothing is more annoying than settling down for a cosy evening with GW to find it's off for a couple of weeks!
I love Monty!!