What a shame Toby is going. The last series was much better and I thought Toby and Alys were good together. Monty Don is ok but I hope we wont be hearing about veggies all the time, thats all he seems interested in. I agree the programme should be an hour, 30 minutes is not long enough. Good luck Toby.
Sorry Monty Don doesn't work for me either (in common with the majority of postings I note, I've counted them!)I prefer to be informed by someone like Toby, Alys, Chris, Carol, Alan and the late, great Geoff. I could faithfully rely on what they told me as they are well-trained, well-informed, up-to-date with the latest news, reliable presenters. Monty has shot himself in the foot with his own misguided comments once too often to be reliable in his knowledge.
Just checked Wikapeadia site for Monty Don and he contradicts himself by stating he has had a LIFELONG passion for gardening when he stated on a Gardener's World programme that he hated gardening when he was younger and didn't grow into it until he was older. Can he never make his mind up?
This is great, just recently wrote on a survey that Monty should be back to host Gardeners World, even better at his own place, good luck to him by the way Jane manure is good for the garden !
I'm sure the next series of GW will be fine, but I find this pandering to the vocal and whinging "core" audience a bit pathetic.
I am happy to make sweeping generalisations in assuming this core audience are mainly middle aged, daily mail reading, change fearing and because they are the loudest moaners their demands are met.
And now I've resorted to moaning as well, I almost feel sorry for the production team.
As the show will be coming from Monty's own garden does that mean we are going to be limited to what Monty likes? After all would he want a border at home that was not to his taste? I for one find his style very irritating and would prefer to be educated and entertained by a 'proper' gardener who has done his/her time at college and earned a living in the real world.ps i am middle aged so supposedly his target audience.
How many people tune into the show every week? How can the producers keep everyone happy? At least they are trying new things and trying to make everyone happy. If you learn anything from the show, no matter who presents it, then job done. Now get out in that garden of yours and quit bickering on a forum!
I'm looking forward to the new series. Monty Don has always come across as a passionate gardener. Even though I don't share some of his tastes (it would be a boring world if we all liked the same plants) I respect him for his literate and emotional views on gardening and the natural world.
His writings are a joy to read and I'd recommend his books to everyone.
Why not two gardening programmes a week? There are umpteen cookery programmes PER DAY!!
Perhaps Carol could present a more in-depth programme, say, on specific plants. She has proved to be more than capable as evidenced in her previous one hour specials.
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I am happy to make sweeping generalisations in assuming this core audience are mainly middle aged, daily mail reading, change fearing and because they are the loudest moaners their demands are met.
And now I've resorted to moaning as well, I almost feel sorry for the production team.
His writings are a joy to read and I'd recommend his books to everyone.
Why not two gardening programmes a week? There are umpteen cookery programmes PER DAY!!
Perhaps Carol could present a more in-depth programme, say, on specific plants. She has proved to be more than capable as evidenced in her previous one hour specials.