well I will wave the monty flag, I find his laid back, make mistakes sometimes form of gardening inspiring, as a new gardener, his approach is easy to follow, people are always quick to criticise, he is in fact a self taught gardener, journalist , not a actor who feels easy reading a script, so this may come across as bumbling along, if you want to see a gardener look at their hands ?????.......
the trouble is, he speaks with such confidence that ( especially novice ) gardeners believe him: even when the things he says are , as David K says, false .
There have been several threads on this subject already and so many different opinions. I'm afraid I find Monty rather dull, his voice lulls me into sleep and he isn't not as knowledgeable as I would like, but I imagine he's a nice person.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
IMHO Carol Klein should have got the job, then these debates would have been less frequent...... I'm still amazed how such an intelligent section of us can be fooled with all this hand gesturing and glib talk.
I'll never understand why people are so mean about Monty... his advice hasn't let me down thus far, and he's an inoffensive, gentle sort of chap. Makes a pleasant change to the noisy hedonism of other beeb presenters such as Clarkson and Paxman et all.
I agree, he is a very laid back and calm presenter and, as you say, inoffensive. I was a great fan of Alan when he was just a gardener but I won't watch his chat show - ugh!
As for Carol, I love it when she tours the pavilion because she seems to know just about everyone there and it's quite nice to have some natural banter going on.
Seems only 5 minutes ago that people on here were complaining about Carol's 'over enthusiasm' and 'artificial brightness' or some such terms.
To misquote Abraham Lincoln, it seems that "....you can please some of the people some of the time, but you'll never please all of the people all of the time"
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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In the sticks near Peterborough
well I will wave the monty flag, I find his laid back, make mistakes sometimes form of gardening inspiring, as a new gardener, his approach is easy to follow, people are always quick to criticise, he is in fact a self taught gardener, journalist , not a actor who feels easy reading a script, so this may come across as bumbling along, if you want to see a gardener look at their hands ?????.......
Reminds me of the David Cassidy -v- Donny Osmond debates
Rolling Stones or the Beatles ......... anyone???
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
With a cat mentioned as well in case we didn't take the bait.
In the sticks near Peterborough
the trouble is, he speaks with such confidence that ( especially novice ) gardeners believe him: even when the things he says are , as David K says, false .
There have been several threads on this subject already and so many different opinions. I'm afraid I find Monty rather dull, his voice lulls me into sleep and he isn't not as knowledgeable as I would like, but I imagine he's a nice person.
IMHO Carol Klein should have got the job, then these debates would have been less frequent...... I'm still amazed how such an intelligent section of us can be fooled with all this hand gesturing and glib talk.
I agree, he is a very laid back and calm presenter and, as you say, inoffensive. I was a great fan of Alan when he was just a gardener but I won't watch his chat show - ugh!
As for Carol, I love it when she tours the pavilion because she seems to know just about everyone there and it's quite nice to have some natural banter going on.
Seems only 5 minutes ago that people on here were complaining about Carol's 'over enthusiasm' and 'artificial brightness' or some such terms.
To misquote Abraham Lincoln, it seems that "....you can please some of the people some of the time, but you'll never please all of the people all of the time"
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.