In article , VivienB
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What a picky lot you are! I am listening to *what* they are telling
me, so I can try to judge whether it is likely to be useful. So long
as they speak clearly, what does the timbre (or whatever it is you
object to) matter? I would much prefer either of these women telling
me something that I can use, to the decorative and pretty-voiced ones
going on about something valueless.

Regards, VivienB


But isn't that the essence of a good communicator? I bet there's loads
of really great gardeners out there but if they deliver the information
n a voice that has about as much enthusiasm and emotion as if they were
reading the telephone directory then the joy of their subject won't be
imparted. However Geoff and Alan and Dan Pearson and others all seem to
actually LOVE gardening whereas Diarmuid of the motorway constructions
and Chris of the 'I can jump over this fence easily' never seem to have
the 'enthusiasm' for the individual plants, just the 'overall effect'

I guess there's two sides to gardening in the media's eyes. The effect
party who just want to have a five foot of blue/wavy to fill a space
like buying three foot of library books and then there's the others who
do look at an effect but actually seem to see the plants and especially
(joy of joys) the actual varieties. I mean to say, they suggest 'a
clematis' to fill a space but then there's ;literally hundreds to choose
from!
Helen Dillon and the RTE programme about 8 years ago was brilliant, they
suggested varieties, some common, some unusual and even had me viewing
with a pen and paper. They didn't generalise for 'effect' but actually
looked at each plant and its performance.

janet
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Janet
Hedgerows & lawns
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk/plants