Gardeners World is worth watching for the title music alone! Monty Don is so enthusiastic about it all. Love the dogs too. I reckon I could watch for an hour , no problem. Never been to Sissinghurst .
I agree with you there Magnolia 1 - but not sure O/H would sit watching G.W. for an hour - he prefers more action - just like I enjoy listening to the Archers (or used to until the current story line) but he wouldn't enjoy that gentle entertainment either.
GW used to be about when and how and what to do and opening us to new ideas, new plants, new techniques plus the tried and trusted too. Now it's just half an hour to sit and sup a glass of wine and/or nod off or have on in the background while I do something else. Too much time wasting with long shots of strolls in the garden or projects the more experience of us know won't work or can't be applied in most UK gardens because of size, budgets, winter shelter etc.
We've had specials - Carol Klein's gardening year, gardens round the world, European gardens and so on. I'd like more and they could sensibly be based on projects and features in great British gardens. The RHS gardens have a good spread of climate, soil, exposure etc and different styles plus expert gardeners on hand to demonstrate and explain. I'd rather see those exploited by GW than his pally wally Sissinghurst bits with Sarah Raven and her husband.
There are other great gardens that could be used too - Great Dixter, Beth Chatto, Powis, Cambridge botanical, Welsh botanical, Alnwick, Holehead in Cumbria. Scotland, Ireland? Plenty of geographical spread and styles in there.
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It would be nice to see a bit of real gardening in real gardens. Watching the presenters gently move aside a bit of perfect stoneless, rootless, weedless soil to insert a mature perennial or whatever, in no way relates to the experience of most gardeners.
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Went to Sissinghurst late September last year .....didn't expect to like it, but I was blown away
. It was so romantic, loved every bit of it.
Never been to Sissinghurst , looked interesting
Gardeners World is worth watching for the title music alone! Monty Don is so enthusiastic about it all. Love the dogs too. I reckon I could watch for an hour , no problem. Never been to Sissinghurst .
I agree with you there Magnolia 1 - but not sure O/H would sit watching G.W. for an hour - he prefers more action - just like I enjoy listening to the Archers (or used to until the current story line) but he wouldn't enjoy that gentle entertainment either.
Yes half an hour is about right , nice easy watching , not to heavy gardening programme , long may it continue
If powers that be , are reading this thread then what do people think of 1 off specials on particular subjects ?
half an hour of gardening on telly would be wonderful.
GW used to be about when and how and what to do and opening us to new ideas, new plants, new techniques plus the tried and trusted too. Now it's just half an hour to sit and sup a glass of wine and/or nod off or have on in the background while I do something else. Too much time wasting with long shots of strolls in the garden or projects the more experience of us know won't work or can't be applied in most UK gardens because of size, budgets, winter shelter etc.
We've had specials - Carol Klein's gardening year, gardens round the world, European gardens and so on. I'd like more and they could sensibly be based on projects and features in great British gardens. The RHS gardens have a good spread of climate, soil, exposure etc and different styles plus expert gardeners on hand to demonstrate and explain. I'd rather see those exploited by GW than his pally wally Sissinghurst bits with Sarah Raven and her husband.
There are other great gardens that could be used too - Great Dixter, Beth Chatto, Powis, Cambridge botanical, Welsh botanical, Alnwick, Holehead in Cumbria. Scotland, Ireland? Plenty of geographical spread and styles in there.
obelixx, surely you're not suggesting Sissinghurst has been chosen due to its relation with a sometimes GW presenter who happens to run a nursery?
I'm with you about the content of GW obelixx.
It would be nice to see a bit of real gardening in real gardens. Watching the presenters gently move aside a bit of perfect stoneless, rootless, weedless soil to insert a mature perennial or whatever, in no way relates to the experience of most gardeners.
Have enjoyed watching the specials in the past
What do people think of Beachgrove ? Keep meaning to watch it but forget