Well I have defected to Alan - Monty is dull and appears to know absolutely nothing about real gardening. The Alan prog on ITV is basic but at least accurate. I just want Toby and Alys back.All this stuff about Toby being basic is just what gardeners want - if you already know it all then just watch Monty for a laugh. I still need to learn stuff and the tutors at college tell us to disbelieve everything Monty says as it will be wrong. He just waffles and spends money. Give us a proper prog. Too much cookery on TV and no real gardening - that is just not fair.
I can't understand why there are so many negative comments about Monty, I think he is a natural and he makes mistakes like most of us, so what if he isn't trained most gardeners aren't, keep up the good work Monty, I look forward to Friday evenings and much prefer to have Monty in a real garden, which has real problems.
My garden is not a brown field site, it has been there for many years but is still not the way I would like to see it. So to go back to the idea of presenting GW from an established garden and showing how to change and improve it is just what I want from a gardening programme. Also, for me, gardening is all about growing plants myself, not filling my borders with nursery grown plants. When I want a new (to my garden) plant I will buy one from the garden centre then propogate lots more from that single plant. So to go back to a programme that teaches me the best methods of pruning, propogation and plant maintenance will be a welcome change. And as for Monty, I've met him several times at GW Live and found him to be a very charming, friendly gentleman and certainly not pompous and I have always enjoyed his style of presentation. Monty, welcome back, I shall look forward to watching you, Carol, Rachel and Joe next spring.
Hi i have three Camelias and one sheds its leaves and before blooming loses its buds,the leaves go a light green where the other plants are thriving can you give me some ideas on what i can do?i have tried feeding but to no avail.
Monty is lovely. A real pleasure to watch and excellent to learn from.
In the series before last (when Monty wasn't presenting) I found myself turning off...largely due to the content and the style of presentation. I seem to recall a race to make a hanging basket out of some old metal?!!
I was sooo glad when Monty returned and the content reverted back to being relevant and interesting.
Just my thoughts, I watched Alan Titchmarsh I love my garden & thought it was dreadful, a sort of make over programme, which was false, contrived & full of advertising to make you spend money! I watched it once & that was enough
I will be looking forward to the Gardeners World starting including Monty.
thing is about alan thought he was a true gardener, but its like he.l do any thing for money these days its like is tv shows and its a bit tv ,well we got monty don whos be ill ,but hes back also lets not forget about carol who i adore for her hard work so my thoughts hear are who do we listen to for advice (MONTY) (CAROL) (ALAN) me Monty & Carol
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Also, for me, gardening is all about growing plants myself, not filling my borders with nursery grown plants. When I want a new (to my garden) plant I will buy one from the garden centre then propogate lots more from that single plant.
So to go back to a programme that teaches me the best methods of pruning, propogation and plant maintenance will be a welcome change. And as for Monty, I've met him several times at GW Live and found him to be a very charming, friendly gentleman and certainly not pompous and I have always enjoyed his style of presentation.
Monty, welcome back, I shall look forward to watching you, Carol, Rachel and Joe next spring.
Monty is lovely. A real pleasure to watch and excellent to learn from.
In the series before last (when Monty wasn't presenting) I found myself turning off...largely due to the content and the style of presentation. I seem to recall a race to make a hanging basket out of some old metal?!!
I was sooo glad when Monty returned and the content reverted back to being relevant and interesting.
Just my thoughts, I watched Alan Titchmarsh I love my garden & thought it was dreadful, a sort of make over programme, which was false, contrived & full of advertising to make you spend money! I watched it once & that was enough
I will be looking forward to the Gardeners World starting including Monty.
thing is about alan thought he was a true gardener, but its like he.l do any thing for money these days its like is tv shows and its a bit tv ,well we got monty don whos be ill ,but hes back also lets not forget about carol who i adore for her hard work so my thoughts hear are who do we listen to for advice (MONTY) (CAROL) (ALAN) me Monty & Carol
I don't mind who presents the program,but I do particularly enjoy watching Carol Klein.