Gardeners World 2011

[Darren]

Best gardening show I recall (for the specialists anyway) was 'Bloom' co-presented by forumist Bill Chudziak.

I do feel that Gardeners World serves a purpose, especially for the less experienced. I think many of us on here have perhaps moved on from the basics in some gardening disciplines. However - if I were to suddenly start growing veg, in which I would be a novice, then I feel the show would help me. And I could happily watch Rachel de Thame all day anyway...

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Quite an honest statement Darren ! 

[Maggi Young]

Quite an honest statement Darren ! 

Luc, it may be sometime before Darren is able to respond to your comment.....     Have I told you before about his tall, blonde and  lovely wife, Susan........? 

[Maggi Young]

I liked the programmes "Bloom" with Bill Chudziak and Anne Swithinbank.....I especially liked the one on Ericaceae with a charming garden in N.E. Scotland.....

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Quite an honest statement Darren ! 

Luc, it may be sometime before Darren is able to respond to your comment.....     Have I told you before about his tall, blonde and  lovely wife, Susan........? 

Oops, in that case it will be interesting to see how long it takes before he wakes up...   

[David Pilling]

I liked the programmes "Bloom" with Bill Chudziak and Anne Swithinbank...

Yes 'Bloom' was good, back to when Ch 4. did different things like televising Chelsea.

There was the one with Chris Beardshaw in a helicopter, which would have been more entertaining and informative if he'd landed in gardens without permission.

[Maggi Young]

There was the one with Chris Beardshaw in a helicopter, which would have been more entertaining and informative if he'd landed in gardens without permission.

Didn't they try a pilot episode like that with another presenter, David ? ..... project fell through when an enraged garden owner blasted him with a 12-bore.......

[Maggi Young]

Carol Klein BBC cottage garden series starts tonight for UK viewers..... this report from
'Horticulture Week'
07 January 2011


'Life in a Cottage Garden' with Carol Klein begins at 8.30pm on BBC2 on 7 January.
 

The six part-series features garlic planting, snowdrops, hellebores, hedgelaying and cutting back plants in episode one.

Episode two (14 January) shows planting of celadines, violets and primroses as well as hedge cloud pruning.

Spring into summer's programme (21 January) shows planting of sweetpeas, picking slad and staking perennials. The programme also features honey bees, oriental poppies and bluebells.

High summer's episode (28 January) shows staking, deadheading roses and cutting of asters. Keline works on her hot borders planting castor oil plants, cannas, gingers and dahlias. She also finds sea holly on the beach.

In autumn's episode (4 February) Klein opens the garden for the Open Garden Scheme and in the final episode on 18 February she features holly, box, yew, viburnum, mahonia and snowdrops.
Klein said: "It is a privilege to live here and work in this beautiful place."

[David Nicholson]

Didn't look so good when I last visited a few years ago. Looked a bit of a mess really. Maureen ventured the view that at that time my garden looked better than hers.

[Paddy Tobin]

In her defence, David, she does seem to actually garden. Paddy

[David Nicholson]

Yes Paddy, I think she does.

[mark smyth]

I've always fancied a garden like Carols. I'm adding more and more perennials to my raised beds

[Garden Prince]

From a Dutch viewpoint I think the Brits have some decent gardening on television. Compare that we us: we only have 2 'gardening' shows on tv which are filled with product placements from various sponsors. They are not about gardening but about selling products (plants and material) to the consumer. These programmes are on our commercial tv stations. Public tv doesn't have anything on gardening or plants. The public stations in Belgium (we  can receive them here in the Netherlands) do also not have a gardening programme (as far as I know). The German public stations do have 1 gardening show (Heim und Garten, on WDR) once a month, 30 minutes).

So I think the British have, in comparison to the continent, no reason to complain. I do understand that you can get tired of Carol Klein taking cuttings or sowing seeds for the twentieth time but at least you can watch to some real gardening on television.

[Tony Willis]

Didn't look so good when I last visited a few years ago. Looked a bit of a mess really. Maureen ventured the view that at that time my garden looked better than hers.

It seemed shambolic when I visited but it did not seem to matter,there were loads of great plants and her enthusiasm was great also. As my wife says I never see the weeds,(even in our own garden) and overall effect, only the plants I want to see. It was a most enjoyable visit to stand and talk with someone who was actually interested in the plants and not particularly in selling them.