Very happy with the new Gardeners World format and welcome back Monty. I now enjoy watching and learning again. As to veg, veg, veg - No more than we have already had in previous years from Toby, Alys, Joe, Alan etc.
Thank God for that! I couldn't bear to watch Toby and Alys's 'Janet & John' style of presenting, it was so childish. One thing I would say is that 30 minutes is too short, the programme should be an hour and cover all levels of gardening skill. It can't be that difficult can it?
I am of the younger generation - the people who should be encouraged to carry on gardening (and will continue to keep your figures afloat in a difficult time). I watched every episode last year and was totally hooked. Even giving up a night out with my friends for it!! I was so disappointed with the "new" OLD gardeners world that I don’t think I'll bother with this series. I like Monty and Carol but I loved Alys and Toby - they were good fun, catered for a lot of different levels and brought the show bang up to date with their projects. How disappointing we wont get to see all their hard work from last year. BRING BACK ALYS and TOBY BBC !!!!! - as above I think a different programme along the same line as Alys' Edible garden would be perfect.
Being an enthusiastic gardener (and a Toby Buckland fan)I had vowed never to watch again. However, I needed my Friday night fix after that long winter but Oh, what a waste of time. The first two programs have been absolutely awful and boring. Basically, just 30 minutes tidying up MD's neglected garden. Please, please bring back Toby Buckland and Greenacres. When is Alan Titchmarsh's new gardening program starting on ITV, anybody know? I understand it will be in direct competition with Gardeners World. I for one will be switching channels if MD stays.
This week was slightly better, but oh those poor box hedges, who prunes box in October for heavens sake - especially in a frost pocket? I've always thought they should be done early summer, around Derby Day, to avoid all risk of frost. Carol's piece on alternatives was interesting, and even a wee try in Monty's plot to test different options would be interesting, as more and more we'll have to work with the climatic changes and the diseases they bring.
Why inflict the dull Monty on us all - leave him to his dreary badly worked garden and give us a bit of life - bring back Toby. I am not going to bother to watch again.
That's the end of GW for me. Toby and Alys were ace and worked well with the others. T & A, you have been shafted. I've read that Monty is a depressive and that's how I felt watching his first stint on GW. Major mistake beeb.
After catching up on the first two episodes on iplayer tonight, what really surprised me was the lack of contrast between all the gardens shown. They were all enormous or really well established. Rachel & Joe were giving advice to a clearly knowledgable gardener with a large garden the first week, and the second week the Enid Blyton garden was much like Monty's. There were no new gardens, no town gardens, no containers, no patios, no window boxes. I'm sure things will change, but you can only divide your perennials or your snowdrops when you've had them a few years, and do you need 100s of gernaniums - not if you live in a terrace house you don't? And if you have space for 12+ redcurrants or an orchard full of fruit trees there's a fair chance you know how to prune them! What needs to happen is create an urban style show maybe for a more beginner/younger gardener who hasn't much space - with gardens like they were creating at Greenacre, and then a grander, more Monty style show for whoever it is who wants to watch that. My boyfriend has no gardening experience, but was getting ideas and confidence to give it a go from Toby, Joe and Alys, but felt that he learnt nothing in these 2 new episodes. Will be very keen to see what Toby & Alys do next - I just hope it's something we can all enjoy on the telly soon!
well I for one am delighted to see Monty back. I just couldn't take to the recent presenters and became bored with the programme. So hip hip horay for the return to the old presenters!! :-))))
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As to veg, veg, veg - No more than we have already had in previous years from Toby, Alys, Joe, Alan etc.
I was so disappointed with the "new" OLD gardeners world that I don’t think I'll bother with this series. I like Monty and Carol but I loved Alys and Toby - they were good fun, catered for a lot of different levels and brought the show bang up to date with their projects.
How disappointing we wont get to see all their hard work from last year.
BRING BACK ALYS and TOBY BBC !!!!! - as above I think a different programme along the same line as Alys' Edible garden would be perfect.