gutted that toby and alys are no longer on gardeners world,found monty's garden lifeless and dull.glad to see you are well monty,but not impressed by program. bring back toby and alys even if it's a new program.
The programme made me angry and disappointed (there was useful information given other than obvious points or bad advice). Toby Buckland was fantastic - what is going on? I get the impression that those people supporting Monty just like watching tv (probably in a retirement home), the rest of us also want to actually do some gardening. As soon as Toby is back on tv I will watch it.
Why are Alys and Toby not presenting in the new series. They were 'down to earth' and more in touch with common gardeners like ourselves. We particularly liked the instructive demonstrations and projects that gave us inspiration and looked forward to the new series; we are so disappointed!
Ahhh just when I found someone I could connect with on the Gardeners world show, you take him off. Bring back Toby Buckland, he was practical, informative and down to earth. I am afraid that Monty Don is too up market for the average person.
Not living in a retirement home (and hopefully got another 40 -50 years to go before I get there) and now the first year I've had been lucky enough to get an allotment-I would ask people in the Toby camp to give Monty a chance. I've been gardening for 15 years and personally, didnt feel I was learning anything new when Toby was on the programme. I appreciate that this is not a reflection on Toby, but a focus of the programme makers at the time. There's so much that i have learnt-little tricks that you cant get from any book-in the last three programmes- than I did in 2 years of the previous format. I guess you cant please all the people all of the time. BTW re viewing figures-they're up by 70,000.
Toby Buckland on Gardeners' World, was knowledgeable and delightful to watch and listen to, and equally importantly, he had a totally unpatronising manner. I am an enthusiastic gardener and by no means expert in any way, and I found Toby's manner absolutely spot on - he is enthusiastic and educational and has a lovely sense of humour. I also found the gardening tips and advice on his GW interesting and valuable for all levels of gardener. I have nothing at all against Monty Don, and am please he is now well enough to again present, but I have to say I agree with others' comments that he is not what most of us want on GQ. (His Italian Garden programmes - perfect). What I also feel aggrieved about, is that in the GW magazine just prior to the new series, and in this new series itself, there has been no mention of Toby - if he was originally covering for Monty whilst he convalesced, there has not been any thanks or acknowledgement. Please, please, can Toby have his own programme?
I have to admit that having seen the way Toby and Alys were treated by the BBC, I haven't had any inclination to watch Gardeners' World this series.
I find Monty Don pompous and out of touch with 'real' gardeners and Toby was shaping up nicely to step in to Geoff Hamilton's boots. Toby, Alys and Carol were forging a good team and offered practical advice for those of us who garden on a tight budget and also with little time. If not on GW, can we have them back in another format.
I read in my local paper that Greenacre has been left to rot - a very sensible use of BBC funds (not).
I will be terminating my GW subscription too and I must admit I was very annoyed that there was no forewarning on Toby's demise nor has his work been acknowledged.
Completely agree with the last post from Respighi. Gardeners World this series is really dull and boring. Last year with Toby and Alys it had something for everyone whether beginner or expert. If Monty continues I'm going to be driven out to the pub!
Haven't been watching GW now for weeks, though I've enjoyed the daily program about the Chelsea Flower show. I've watched 3 episodes of GW this year and was so bored, fed up and irritated with the arrogant, patronizing way Monty Don was presenting that I swore not to be watch any GW episode as long as he is presenting. I had no GW subscription but used to be a copy at the newsagents but also this I've stopped doing so. As nobody seems to take our reactions serious here on this blog (especially the December one) at least I will not longer financially support their actions. How they dared to promote Monty Don's arrival in such a way and keep silent about Toby? This could easily be seen as some kind of internal settlement of the account. I've started watching when good old Geoff was still...superb...and I've started watching again when Toby and Alys were on the show...great, I became interested again in my 3300 sq metres garden that had been neglected since my divorce...but now with dull, boring Monty...NO MORE GW.
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bring back toby and alys even if it's a new program.
I am an enthusiastic gardener and by no means expert in any way, and I found Toby's manner absolutely spot on - he is enthusiastic and educational and has a lovely sense of humour. I also found the gardening tips and advice on his GW interesting and valuable for all levels of gardener.
I have nothing at all against Monty Don, and am please he is now well enough to again present, but I have to say I agree with others' comments that he is not what most of us want on GQ. (His Italian Garden programmes - perfect).
What I also feel aggrieved about, is that in the GW magazine just prior to the new series, and in this new series itself, there has been no mention of Toby - if he was originally covering for Monty whilst he convalesced, there has not been any thanks or acknowledgement.
Please, please, can Toby have his own programme?
I find Monty Don pompous and out of touch with 'real' gardeners and Toby was shaping up nicely to step in to Geoff Hamilton's boots. Toby, Alys and Carol were forging a good team and offered practical advice for those of us who garden on a tight budget and also with little time. If not on GW, can we have them back in another format.
I read in my local paper that Greenacre has been left to rot - a very sensible use of BBC funds (not).
I will be terminating my GW subscription too and I must admit I was very annoyed that there was no forewarning on Toby's demise nor has his work been acknowledged.
What a farce!
I've started watching when good old Geoff was still...superb...and I've started watching again when Toby and Alys were on the show...great, I became interested again in my 3300 sq metres garden that had been neglected since my divorce...but now with dull, boring Monty...NO MORE GW.