Topic: Monty Don - Sponsored by garden centres?

[kitty]

well..he wont be expecting anymore frosts will he?i expect they bought a giant glass carapace like the eden project to go over the top of his rolling acres......
i should think they will have rows of poor people standing alongside blowing hot air in to warm the plants!
just the c/d's you understand-social group b will be the undergardeners.....
or is monty producing enough himself?
i laughed when his cineraria wilted-what did he expect the loon?'of course i havent hardened this off..'really?
what???????
you live in that southern part of britain called jamaica then do you ::)
cor-call themselves garrrrrrdeners? >:( ::) >:(

[Diana]

go Kitty go!!!! ;D

[aquilegia]

Every week I look forward to watching a decent gardening programme on tv, not just one of these makeover programmes, something about real gardening. And then friday night arrives and i'm still looking for one...

It's awful. They don't go into enough detail about anything. Go vaguely over the basics. We want more! And I'm sick and tired of those awful links that have been written into the script. it's like it's for novices. With lots of money.

And Monty annoys me too.

A whole hour of bedding? How dull. I hope they are doing an hour of veg soon!

[Tulipa]

Aqui, I totally agree with your post.  I have been looking on TV gardening on the Beeb too and posts there are saying the same thing.  Somehow the programme seems empty, I look forward to it so much as I always have done but these days feel let down afterwards.

[chriszog]

I planted my Asparagus bed the same time as Monty last year and was quite looking forward to comparing it with my own as it developed over time. Have we seen it since... No. Is it still there, we dont know, what about his other veg?  The BBC must listen to what the viewers want and give us more information.
Regards
Chriszog

[Doris_Pinks]

I wish they would do a veg only show!  They did the one on just allotments last year I think it was, I enjoyed it, but like to see something similar for a few months!

[kitty]

maybe we ought to start an email campaign-we want a decent gardening programme!


can anyone remember muck and majic?

and 'dig' they were on years ago-but they were both interesting and informative....these days  they are  only interested in 'quick fix and reality shows-whats the betting theres a series of'in my garden all my clothes fell off-featuring jordan,britney,tarta palnmertompkinson and samantha fox' ::) ::)
i'm with you on that one too aqui-'and now over to carol klein whos been doing something interesting with £3,000 and an army of undergardeners'
later we'll be seeing how joe swift is getting on with his life size version of versaille and telling you how you can make a simple water feature with a JCB,14 labourers and £2,000 in a weekend-now i'm off to see how my orchids are doing outside my study window-by the way-do remembner to fleece your orchids tonight its due to be 20 degrees below in the south and..er...something else furthur ..you know-up there...where the northern people live..anyway-i'm off now to count my money from my endorsement!' ::) >:( ;D

[aquilegia]

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

thanks - I needed a good laugh Kitty...

(colleagues looking at me strangly... like that's anything new!)

[Diana]

Maybe we should lay off the poor chap? ::)

NAH!!! ;D

[kitty]

i'm sure he casn take it diana! ;)


or he'll have a minion who can! ;D ;D ;D

[Amazin]

Kitty, perhaps we shouldn't complain too much - after all, in the vast expanding desert of reality TV shows, Gardener's World provides a rare oasis...  ;D ;D ;D

[Diana]

LOL ;D ;D

Good one A - ever thought of stand-up?

[philcooper]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

(colleagues looking at me strangly... like that's anything new!)

Does that mean that they are thinking of strangling you Aqui??  ;)

Seriously, on the quality of TV gardening, I have been to the Gardeners World pages on the BBC website and (after spending a long time working out how to do it)pointed them to this discussion

If more people did that who knows?

If you go to the very bottom of http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/feedback/ there's a form to express your feelings

Phil

[Clayhithe]

'Fork to fork' was brilliant.
P'r'aps thats why he was invited to GW when AT got kicked out.
I wonder how much the producers are ruining the programme?

Why am I so reluctant to blame Monty for this mess?

[Marley Farley]

;D Absolutely agree :) Geoff Hamilton was the best :) :) :) I remember Muck & Magic (still got some fact sheets somewhere from that program!!) :) What I would like to see is an every day type program that doesn't mean you have to have bottomless pockets!!! ;D ;D

[Marley Farley]

;D Forgot to say ::) the BBC gardening message board is not very good in allot of ways. Very clunky & basic, Still no picture posting facility ::) but I still go there as you never know ??? but I do feel A4A is about tops ;D ;D ;D ;D

[flower]

'Fork to fork' was brilliant.
P'r'aps thats why he was invited to GW when AT got kicked out.
I wonder how much the producers are ruining the programme?

Why am I so reluctant to blame Monty for this mess?

I also watched the programme fork to fork and had high hopes of monty when he joined GW personally i don't see why they cant split the programme 50/50 with veg and flowers but that would be common sense  ( not something the beeb have in abundance  :-\) lets hope someone from there takes note of things that get said

Ann-Marie

P.s clayhithe you are probably right it may well be the  peeps running stuff making a poor monty look like a money mad  gardener  for all we know he might be just as pished off as we are  ;)

[wardy]

GW is going the way of most programmes these day - dumming down  :(  You could always switch over and watch Celebrity Love Island

If the state of the nation is determined by our telly viewing we are in deep doo do

I used to watch Ask the Family with Robert Robinson.  Has anyone seen the new offering.  I could NOT BELIEVE IT!!!  Is it just me?  :(

[Diana]

No it's not just you Wardy.

We've not got telly at the mo (house we moved to has no aerial, or reception with aerial + not got satalite yet) + I'm seriously considering not bothering to get - nowt on to watch anyway!

Fork to Fork was good - shame how it's all gone really.

Never mind - just think, if you're not sat indoors on Friday night  waiting for GW that means at least an extra hour in the garden/lottie!!! ;D

Can't be all bad - maybe that's their ploy!

[busy_lizzie]

I do like Mony Don but I too am disappointed with whoever directs Gardeners World.  It really fails to hit the mark.  Every week we watch in vain for at least a little  share of the programme going to growing vegetables, but very little materialises.  You would have thought in an hour long programme you could squeeze some in.

Agree also that they spend an absolute fortune on stuff.  Totally unrealistic for a normal gardener. They also still seem very stiff and over rehearsed with their lines to each other, so there is not even a pretense of natural conversation. However,  it is all we have got for the moment, so have to be thankful for small mercies.   :)  busy_lizzie