[compostqueen]

I enjoyed it too. I like the opportunity to sit down with a glass of wine, winding down at the end of the week     That gal is a top young gardener and knows what's she's about, and what does it matter what she wears in the garden  

I think knocking GW is now a national sport  

[Trillium]

Living outside the UK, I can watch only the small video clips on the GW website, Scentedstock, but they're obviously trying to get people to practice older techniques. Mainly - grow plants that work best in your own area. While we may all love certain varieties of say, apples, the plants themselves will have slightly different needs that your own area can't supply properly or fully. Some plants do better in more clay soil, some in chalkier soil. Same with temps, snowcover, rainfall, salty seabreezes, etc factors. So the point is to grow locally developed varieties that will grow well and abundantly.  A lot of growers tend to overlook these simple things in their quest to grow 'the best' or 'only what I like' rather than what really suits their conditions.

And being a national show, they must cater always to both beginners and newcomers, not an easy task with both sides complaining about the other.

[shaun]

i think G.W is a waste of licence money(bad subject i know).I would like to know how much it costs to make  :evil:
they dont need so many presenters and get shut of the long borders and the tropical garden  :roll:  :!:

[brucesgirl]

Ahem  - what's wrong with the tropical garden Shaun?

My back garden is tropical for the most part and I find it useful to see when they cover and uncover the plants and how to look after them

[fletch]

To be honest I look forward to the tropical garden as well as I grow a lot of exotics.
I just find large segments of the show irrelevant and most of the features dated and boring. I mean, what 's the point of dedicating 10 out of 30 minutes of the only mainstream gardening programme in the country on something like propogating Dahlias from seed, or how to grow a "green coloured" border.
It's stuck in a bygone age, most people I know want to know how to grow exciting modern plants and see contemorary designs, suitable for the small to medium sized modern garden. Most of the individual elements at Berryfields are the size of most peoples gardens.
Typical example? Everybody is advocating the benefits of a pond to attract wildlife. What does GW do? Creates a pond of a size suitable for a stately home or municipal park.  :roll:

Anyway, rant over  

[Annie]

Missed it due to a power cut,I like to see oddly dressed people on GW and still live in hope that one female presenter will sucessfully plant her scarf this year...  

[shaun]

Missed it due to a power cut,I like to see oddly dressed people on GW and still live in hope that one female presenter will sucessfully plant her scarf this year...  

wish she would get it caught in the tines on the rotavator now that would be worth watching  

[Ice]

Missed it due to a power cut,I like to see oddly dressed people on GW and still live in hope that one female presenter will sucessfully plant her scarf this year...  

wish she would get it caught in the tines on the rotavator now that would be worth watching  

Ditto to both.    

[Ann]

I enjoyed watching GW for years but gave up when Monty Don took over.

[Ice]

I enjoyed watching GW for years but gave up when Monty Don took over.

He's a sure cure for insomnia.  If he has a personality it doesn't come over on GW.

[shaun]

to be honest it needs a makeover,it needs some new blood and no more tropical gardens,long borders,big lakes and 20' wooly scalfs.enough is enough

[shaun]

I enjoyed watching GW for years but gave up when Monty Don took over.

he used to design and make jewellery

[Trillium]

Actually, it was his wife who designed and made the jewellery. He flogged it and ran the business from what I read somewhere.

[JimG]

I actually find Monty Don very engaging and, unlike some, is a man who genuinely loves what he does and is not trying to sell me a lifestyle.  Mind you, I do blame the man for my bad back!

Judging from the average garden centre customer of a Sunday afternoon, I was well and truly suckered into thinking that this gardening malarky was quite a doddle!  Yeah, right!  Can't blame Jamie 'Geezer' Oliver as surely no-one ever believed he dug his own garden, did they?

Agree about the scale of the G.W. gardens but think this year they're planning to do a regular slot on a new allotment, aren't they?  Looking forward to it myself.

[naturesparadise]

that show died when Jeff Hamilton, did it was never the same