I think the people complaining were talking about the Joe Swift segments on designing for a "tiny space." Not the size of the hellebores woman's garden. I laugh at the Joe Swift segments too as they are obviously for people who can afford to buy in grown plants and have professional designers. I tried telling myself that maybe the techniques will transfer to any garden but... Love Monty though. I like Carol's enthusiasm but not so much her gardening style. It must be hard to cover basic things yearly while still seeming fresh.
.... The helebore breeder was interesting, but very well heeled indeed, again unlike 90% of the rest of the country. Are GW going upmarket this year and ignoring the poor folks.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I thought the hellebore feature was great, although agree that it could have been longer! Inspired, I ordered 5 new cultivars, although I have no space for them.
......... and there must be people watching the programme who have gardens of a bigger size than us humble peasants. They wouldn't even fit a camera crew in my garden to film it. I just glean out any snippets from the programme which will be relevant to me so enjoy watching it.
Busy Lizzie, Nutcutlet and Woody Woodgreen have what appear to be vast gardens compared to mine - but that doesn't invalidate their knowledge and experience does it? And I'm pretty sure Nutcutlet isn't a secret millionaire either
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well I have not seen the second episode yet as I have to record it on Sunday morning( husband recording sport on Friday night!!!) . I agree with lots of the comments above, Monty does not look well , hope the spring helps as I know he struggles with the long dark days as do many of us. Really glad the show is back as whatever the subject it brightens my week. I agree that the "small garden" makes me smile and it would be great if they had a section on "really " small ones. I remember back in the day Gay Search did a series on small gardens and this was filled with good ideas for small spaces.
Perhaps the section would be improved if they included ideas on how to scale the projects down, or smaller versions of plants to create the same effect. I don't think it matters where on the social scale people come from as long as they have a genuine passion for gardening, miss the allotment slot that Joe did some years back.
Still Glory Days at least it is back on our screens. Waiting for Berryfields now as it is really relevant for those growing in the north of England.
I really don't like Joe Swift as a rule but I do think he is good on basic design rules and tricks and in both gardens discussed so far he has explained about using curving paths/diagonals/screens:blocks;unifying materials and lighting to make the garden seem wider or larger or more private and to take advantage of sun traps for seating.
These ideas can be applied by anyone whether dealing with a small garden or part of a larger garden and can be done by anyone without calling in the landscapers and huge budgets. It just requires a little more thought and time to do it ourselves on a restricted budget.
Gardening should be using your ingenuity, some lateral thinking and some open mindedness to embrace the possibilities and achieve satisfying results. Let's leave the class envy and politics out of it. They don't grow plants or sow seeds.
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Busy Lizzie, Nutcutlet and Woody Woodgreen have what appear to be vast gardens compared to mine - but that doesn't invalidate their knowledge and experience does it? And I'm pretty sure Nutcutlet isn't a secret millionaire either
You're right Dove, I'm not I can't see the point in criticising. It's not a perfect programme for all, how could it be? We have as many different gardens and styles as we have forum members. Large. small, urban, rural, veg growers, flower growers, experienced, novice, dog lovers, dog haters, the list goes on. I wouldn't want the job of trying to please everyone. I don't watch live, I use iplayer, anything I don't fancy can be fast forwarded. I just like looking at plants
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I think the people complaining were talking about the Joe Swift segments on designing for a "tiny space." Not the size of the hellebores woman's garden. I laugh at the Joe Swift segments too as they are obviously for people who can afford to buy in grown plants and have professional designers. I tried telling myself that maybe the techniques will transfer to any garden but... Love Monty though. I like Carol's enthusiasm but not so much her gardening style. It must be hard to cover basic things yearly while still seeming fresh.
Watery, this was what I referred to ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I thought the hellebore feature was great, although agree that it could have been longer! Inspired, I ordered 5 new cultivars, although I have no space for them.
......... and there must be people watching the programme who have gardens of a bigger size than us humble peasants. They wouldn't even fit a camera crew in my garden to film it. I just glean out any snippets from the programme which will be relevant to me so enjoy watching it.
Busy Lizzie, Nutcutlet and Woody Woodgreen have what appear to be vast gardens compared to mine - but that doesn't invalidate their knowledge and experience does it? And I'm pretty sure Nutcutlet isn't a secret millionaire either
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well I have not seen the second episode yet as I have to record it on Sunday morning( husband recording sport on Friday night!!!) . I agree with lots of the comments above, Monty does not look well , hope the spring helps as I know he struggles with the long dark days as do many of us. Really glad the show is back as whatever the subject it brightens my week. I agree that the "small garden" makes me smile and it would be great if they had a section on "really " small ones. I remember back in the day Gay Search did a series on small gardens and this was filled with good ideas for small spaces.
Perhaps the section would be improved if they included ideas on how to scale the projects down, or smaller versions of plants to create the same effect. I don't think it matters where on the social scale people come from as long as they have a genuine passion for gardening, miss the allotment slot that Joe did some years back.
Still Glory Days at least it is back on our screens. Waiting for Berryfields now as it is really relevant for those growing in the north of England.
Berryfields?
I really don't like Joe Swift as a rule but I do think he is good on basic design rules and tricks and in both gardens discussed so far he has explained about using curving paths/diagonals/screens:blocks;unifying materials and lighting to make the garden seem wider or larger or more private and to take advantage of sun traps for seating.
These ideas can be applied by anyone whether dealing with a small garden or part of a larger garden and can be done by anyone without calling in the landscapers and huge budgets. It just requires a little more thought and time to do it ourselves on a restricted budget.
Gardening should be using your ingenuity, some lateral thinking and some open mindedness to embrace the possibilities and achieve satisfying results. Let's leave the class envy and politics out of it. They don't grow plants or sow seeds.
Had a bit of a brainstorm there Forester2 You are quite right I mean Beechgrove, sorry!
Dove said
Busy Lizzie, Nutcutlet and Woody Woodgreen have what appear to be vast gardens compared to mine - but that doesn't invalidate their knowledge and experience does it? And I'm pretty sure Nutcutlet isn't a secret millionaire either
You're right Dove, I'm not I can't see the point in criticising. It's not a perfect programme for all, how could it be? We have as many different gardens and styles as we have forum members. Large. small, urban, rural, veg growers, flower growers, experienced, novice, dog lovers, dog haters, the list goes on. I wouldn't want the job of trying to please everyone. I don't watch live, I use iplayer, anything I don't fancy can be fast forwarded. I just like looking at plantsIn the sticks near Peterborough