Tootles, it was called 'Show me your garden'. Not the best, but interesting enough for me to record and watch it. You never know where good ideas can come from! Not sure if there will be another series but keep your eyes peeled.
I agree with you, I love seeing what others think Tootles. some of us are new to GW forum, haven't seen or had this discussion before and can I politely suggest that if you have, you allow the rest of us to discuss in peace and go join an alternative thread.
I love any gardening progs and magazines although some articles I watch or read in full and others I just look at the pictures I like to think I get inspiration , even if I never achieve
My inspiration from Monty this week was to grow wallflower from seed went to GC but only had T&M mixed or Unwins mixed so came back with 8 outdoorsman (??Spelling every time I try to write osteopern it changes to above and I definitely didn't have room for 8 men in the boot ) instead
Interesting little discussion here. I appear to fall into the majority camp of not enjoying the South African stuff or the hanging thingies - I thought they looked liked a tribal display of shrunken heads hanging in a row from the shed.... No worse than baskets full of clashing pink, orange and yellow flowers though
I am not very fond of the 'magazine' format of GW these days - all little snippets of things (presumably because we all have reduced attention spans and can't follow a single item for more than 5 minutes ).
I much preferred the Geoff Hamilton & Alan Titchmarsh style of programme which spent much more time in the televised garden. My favourite bits now are definitely when Monty is giving practical advice or undertaking a 'project' in his garden. I also quite like some of the garden makeovers they assist with over the whole season - they often cover problems or projects faced by many of us in our own small gardens giving it a relevance. It is good that there is no sense of 'instant makeover' - more the satisfaction of ' we can see where we've been today'.
I do know that the GW TV programme is not the same thing as the magazine or this forum. The magazine does, however, have the BBC logo on it and this forum is very closely connected to the magazine. GW will never be watched by those not interested in gardening. The BBC GW team would, therefore, be a bit daft if they did not occasionally dip in and out of this forum to see what their target audience think of their efforts.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
I wish they would do an aerial pic of Monty's garden so I could work out how it all hangs together. And yes, I don't like the bits where they go off at a tangent to places like SA. I think the program is too short to devote so much time to things like that. Much prefer it when Monty gets down and dirty in the garden.........I would like to know just how much maintenance a week is required for Monty's acres. He can't do it all himself can he?
'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
Went to a talk by Monty a couple of months ago - a most entertaining afternoon.
He had a lot of photos showing the development of Long Meadow from an open field to the garden today. That was really interesting - it's a larger plot than most of us have but not rolling acres and acres like some. It tends to seem bigger because it is divided into different areas with mature hedging - but it looked much smaller in the early days when you could see everything in one sweep.
He was up front about not being a designer and explained how a lot of the garden has evolved through trial, error & occasional accidents. Very reassuring for those of us building a garden from scratch with very few design skills!
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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Tootles, it was called 'Show me your garden'. Not the best, but interesting enough for me to record and watch it. You never know where good ideas can come from! Not sure if there will be another series but keep your eyes peeled.
I agree with you, I love seeing what others think Tootles. some of us are new to GW forum, haven't seen or had this discussion before and can I politely suggest that if you have, you allow the rest of us to discuss in peace and go join an alternative thread.
I love any gardening progs and magazines
although some articles I watch or read in full and others I just look at the pictures
I like to think I get inspiration , even if I never achieve 
My inspiration from Monty this week was to grow wallflower from seed
went to GC but only had T&M mixed or Unwins mixed so came back with 8 outdoorsman (??Spelling 
every time I try to write osteopern it changes to above and I definitely didn't have room for 8 men in the boot ) instead 
Yes I enjoyed it but the hangging " thingies " not for me to fiddly but that the best bit about gardening every body is different in what they like
Interesting little discussion here. I appear to fall into the majority camp of not enjoying the South African stuff or the hanging thingies - I thought they looked liked a tribal display of shrunken heads hanging in a row from the shed.... No worse than baskets full of clashing pink, orange and yellow flowers though
I am not very fond of the 'magazine' format of GW these days - all little snippets of things (presumably because we all have reduced attention spans and can't follow a single item for more than 5 minutes
).
I much preferred the Geoff Hamilton & Alan Titchmarsh style of programme which spent much more time in the televised garden. My favourite bits now are definitely when Monty is giving practical advice or undertaking a 'project' in his garden. I also quite like some of the garden makeovers they assist with over the whole season - they often cover problems or projects faced by many of us in our own small gardens giving it a relevance. It is good that there is no sense of 'instant makeover' - more the satisfaction of ' we can see where we've been today'.
I do know that the GW TV programme is not the same thing as the magazine or this forum. The magazine does, however, have the BBC logo on it and this forum is very closely connected to the magazine. GW will never be watched by those not interested in gardening. The BBC GW team would, therefore, be a bit daft if they did not occasionally dip in and out of this forum to see what their target audience think of their efforts.
Hanging baskets , for a change we have 7 with cherry tomatoes , could be a feature on G/W , what do you think ?
I wish they would do an aerial pic of Monty's garden so I could work out how it all hangs together. And yes, I don't like the bits where they go off at a tangent to places like SA. I think the program is too short to devote so much time to things like that. Much prefer it when Monty gets down and dirty in the garden.........I would like to know just how much maintenance a week is required for Monty's acres. He can't do it all himself can he?
Did you see how shiney and clean his tools were in the potting shed? Lucky chap!
Im going to come clean....I like traditional colour clashing hanging baskets! They make me smile!
I agree, an aerial view with a little explanation would be fab.
He had a lot of photos showing the development of Long Meadow from an open field to the garden today. That was really interesting - it's a larger plot than most of us have but not rolling acres and acres like some. It tends to seem bigger because it is divided into different areas with mature hedging - but it looked much smaller in the early days when you could see everything in one sweep.
He was up front about not being a designer and explained how a lot of the garden has evolved through trial, error & occasional accidents. Very reassuring for those of us building a garden from scratch with very few design skills!