Gardeners World

Some of you guys are realy so hard to please :
I thought it was a well rounded gardening programme,Monty gave us a brief walk round his interesting garden as you would expect for a first programme,looks like lots of potentially interesting options to me.
A half hour programme like this has limitations,but it can never be all things to all people........even me..No Alys:WINK1:
It,s nice to have our Friday nights back......Well done the BBC.

 

Hi Rodders,

:D You are right, we've come to expect Gardeners World to live up to the high standards of Gardeners Corner.

We forget that it is aimed at the general gardening public & not an open university degree level program.

I watch now and again, but its never been the same for me since Jolly Geoff died.

 

Yes, didn't intend my comments to come across that way - focusing on what was missing rather than what was there ...

but ...

I'm with ARMANDII on the content being too thin and superficial to be much use to Newbies and Regulars alike

 

How good is that? The good old days are back (I personally prefer AT but MD is second best).

 

I've just sat and watched the first episode, and have to say how disappointing Monty's garden is. Take away all of the hedging and what would be left, nothing! Lime trees aside, it is hardly an inspirational, creative or fun garden, and if the series is going to be based around that, then there isn't much hope.

I liked Anglesey Abbey though, some very nice and well thought out aspects to that garden.

 

Like I said from the start...

 

Plantsman's garden, rather than a garden for non-plantsmen / apprentice-plantsmen to enjoy, I would say.

Getting perspective and proportion right is more important, for the lay-visitor, than the collection of plants it contains.

 

That's an interesting perspective that I hadn't considered. Thanks.

 

I'm suprised to say I enjoyed it.

 

It was good to see Monty's garden looks drab in the Winter the same as mine,quite normal I would say, did you notice Carol Klien's garden was even draber in Winter the other week.

What short sighted negative views some of you self styled experts have ....:WINK1:

 

I think you are missing my point (but all opinions are welcome).

For a show about other gardens it was fine. That's what it used to be before the last series. It might tempt me to visit a particular garden, but I don't find it "entertaining" (others clearly do) and I certainly don't find it inspirational - visiting the gardens themselves would do that for me, and indeed we do visit several gardens each year with that objective.

What I would like, and what I got from the last series, was "instruction", which I really enjoyed. I don't see myself as a "self styled expert" but I have been gardening for a long time, and I read several gardening forums. I was pleasantly surprised how much I learnt from the last series as measured by the number of notes I took with Hints and Tips, and the amount of REWIND I used whilst watching it.

Now if the Beeb wants to produce an entertainment gardening programme that's fine, but I'm disappointed they don't want to provide an instructional programme (but hopefully I will be pleasantly surprised in future episodes)

 

I am just glad that GW is back on our screens.However it will always be a jack of all trades and a master of none.

 

When I saw that Monty was back I let out a huge sigh of relief. He has such an easy manner, he's knowledgeable and ful of enthusiasm and... he has charisma!

Nobody's garden is going to look great at this time of year but the still pictures showed what treats we have in store.

We're just about to move to a new house, the garden slopes at 30 degrees and is near the sea, but we will have a greenhouse, so I'll be watching with interest for tips.