I was very sad to hear of this lovely mans passing,
he was very passionate and knowledgeable about gardening,
there will be a tribute to him on Gardeners Question Time tomorrow on radio 4 at 2pm (he was a panellist on the programme for 20 years)/ shades x
Yes, he was a great Yorkshireman. Wonder if they'll put up a memorial tohim at Harlow Carr, since he worked there for 20 years. I love this quote from the BBC website:
Mr Smith was an old-school gardener and staunch Yorkshireman with a golden rule: "Put the brown end in the soil, the green end above it, and you're in with a much better chance."
oooH caroline , I must remember that !
To be honest I can't recollect him -- is there a video on his time ? Feel a certain sense of shame
here ! sorry , :-[
Should have listened as I did once plant a root tuber upsidedown --- but it still grew,
with a lot effort !
floss xxx
I have nothing but respect for this man, he was down to earth and knew what he was on about, I remember watching his television programme in the early seventies and it was one of the best gardening shows I have ever seen on TV. very sad news of his death today.
Very sad.
Just logged on here to see the sad news?he must have been of some age?
Who was the other guy he was on the tv with,his name has slipped my memory at the mo :-\
Quote from: Richard Kinson on February 28, 2009, 18:49:50
I have nothing but respect for this man, he was down to earth and knew what he was on about, I remember watching his television programme in the early seventies and it was one of the best gardening shows I have ever seen on TV. very sad news of his death today.
You've said it for me Richard
Little Bee, he was 80, I believe.
I agree, a very sad day.
He used to be a presenter on Gardeners World years ago. His enthusiasm for his subject was wonderful, and he was a joy to watch.
I remember his TV series 'Geoffrey Smith's World of Flowers'. An example of when they used to make good gardening programmes for TV.
Another quote of his I remember was about cutting back heathers after they had flowered. If you don't 'they'll look like a blow dried ferret'. ;D ;D
valmarg
What about "Mr Smiths Gardening Programme", wish the BBC would repeat it.! You can still buy his books, totally recommend "Mr Smiths Vegetable Garden".
A true man of the soil, RIP Geoffrey.
I can remember a series of programme where he took over part of a field and turned it into a vegetable plot, there was a book with it. Why dont the Beeb do things like that now. Come on Aunty as a tribute show us the series again so that we can see a real gardener at work. He loved gardening you could see by his passion.
Didn't he have a slot on Pebble Mill at lunch time too?Yes he was a good presenter with lots of common sense.
Yes Meg I believe you're right about Pebble Mill.
He was great, such a character :D.
Its a shame he had already left Harlow Carr by the time I worked there ;)