I was pleased to hear that Toby is going to be the new presenter. I liked his woodland garden, it was something the majority of gardeners can relate to. I cheered when I heard the announcement. Gardeners' World should be about gardening for all - leave the celebrity factor to other programmes. Some people moaned about Monty when he started but note how sad we all were when he had to leave.
Hi All, We too hoped that Carol would be selected she makes the garden come alive and fills one with enthusiasm to try things new. She was always welcome in our lounge on Friday evenings, we personally have never heard of Tony, also there is no reason to have a STAR of Gardener's World. If as he says he would like to follow in the footsteps of Geoff Hamilton there maybe hope for him, one final comment how about a little more gardening and a little less going to the garden centres and purchasing pots and pots of new plants, have we lost the art of taking cuttings!!! We wait with baited breath for the start of the new series...
We are very disappointed that Toby Buckland has been choosen as the next presenter/head gardener for Gardener World. He came across as lacking in personality and his woodland garden did not inspire us. When is the BBC going to join the 21st century and choose a female presenter the likes of Carol Kleine who has done a grand job over the last few weeks in presenting the show with her bubbly enthusiasm and her wonderful personality. If not Carol there must be other female gardeners who could have a chance at this show. Or what about changeing the format to have different gardeners for a month at a time. But Gardeners World should have a female presenter.
I think Toby Buckland is an excellent choice for main presenter of gardeners world for me recently the show has lost a bit of something its not been the gardeners world I used to look forward to on a Friday night lets hope Toby can put that something back.(And Maybe start by getting rid of the awful opening music).
I think Toby will be a good presenter however I think they should have asked Alan Titchmarsh to return to the show if he had of said no then they should have made Carol Klein main presenter you can see she enjoys gardening by the way she expresses her feelings towards the plants.
Congratulations to Toby for getting the main presenting job! Although I would have liked to see Carol get the job, she is so enthusiastic and knowledgable, I sincerely wish Toby well. I look forward to seeing how the programme develops.
I quite agree with the previous comments about Carol Klein, she shows such enthusiasm for the subjects that I think the BBC have missed a golden opportunity. Better luck next time.
Good luck to Toby, I've enjoyed his guest spots on GW and can see that he follows Geoff Hamilton's way of gardening. Keep up the budget projects - we all need to watch our spending these days and it's good to see promising results without the need to spend a fortune at the garden centre. Carol and Joe have done a great job since Monty left, but Carol had said she wanted to spend more time in Devon, so I'm not surprised that she is not going to be Head Gardener permanently. Just one question - why isn't Alys named as a presenter in the credits? She is very enthusiastic and an inspiration to younger gardeners.
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