A talking point!!

Ho ha hum! I seem to backchat at Monty Don every Friday. I don’t know why I still watch. Well, I do actually. I watch because sometimes Adam Frost is on! And I love seeing the garden visits. But if I have to watch Monty sowing another row of ******** veg seeds I think I’m going to lose the will….And yep..that ‘Jewel Garden’ and the blinking ‘Paradise Garden’ too….(rolls eyes). Recently cancelled my GW subscription and my RHS one too. I think it’s time for a new presenter and garden on Fridays.

Hi Chris
I've often thought of you and missed your input on GoY...so good to see you...
Most gardens are a mixture of planting areas ...do you remember the central island rose beds?...Now roses are planted amongst herbaceous plants and look so much more natural.
I'm sure you wouldn't be described as a grumpy old woman...
As regards pots of tulips...this is the last time I'm doing it...There was more lasting colour here with Pansies and Violas.
Hope all is well with you both.x

I think Monty & co are too close to Garden Designers and not gardeners, you only have to see recent RHS Chelsea shows to see how “on trend” every one has become, more stone & concrete, stainless Artwork etc than plants

I've always found GW a bit unrealistic, describing gardens of just half an acre as small for instance

Easy to have pots & pots of tulips if the BBC Licence payer is paying for them, not so easy when competing with the gas & electric bills.

Wonderful to read your comments and realise I am not alone with my thoughts!!
They made me smile and I agree with everything that was written so thank you all so much for endorsing what I was thinking.
I am off out into the garden soon which has no named areas just flowers and shrubs and trees and a few messy bits too!

This has reminded me that my recorder didn't record last week due to a "clash" so I have to watch it on i player. I agree with the above comments as I too can't stand the concrete and metal concoctions that pass for a garden these days and the veg seed comment made me smile too. When it's recorded I skip over these parts but have found more and more skipping taking place. I was a great fan of Geoff Hamilton, even went to his Barnsdale garden a lot of years ago now and learned a lot from his time on GW.

Hello everyone , like Wildrose , I have been away from the site for what feels too long now .
How refreshing to hear what you all have to say .
Of course Monty has minions to do most of his work , but I really enjoy the garden visits , especially an Indian lady who has just started her garden in Derbyshire somewhere .She has worked wonders there but we haven’t seen her lately .
I think that that Christine ( on Gardeners Question Time ) would be a lovely addition/replacement on Gardeners World . She came to out little local theatre and did a wonderful show .

I agree with you Chris! I still watch it, but not sure why!
Pots and pots of tulips are probably planted by helpers and he just does the one or two for the camera!
As if most of us could afford to have so many!
I loved Geoff Hamilton, so down to earth! x

I do record it Wildrose, and I fast forward what I am not interested in I love Carol Klein and Adam Frost and the viewers gardens.

It's such a long time since I last watched GW that I wasn't sure if it was still running! I haven't watched anything since the Chelsea show in May!

Like Driad, I was watching the Indian lady, started in London area I think, then moved North and was finding a big difference in growing conditions

Had tomato envy just watching her