On 2009-11-09 10:35:42 +0000, ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ said:

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:43:23 -0000, "Spider"
wrote:
Knowledge and enthusiasm, as well as an ability to
bestow these, is precisely what's needed on GW. I keep watching in the vain
hope it will improve but, these days I rarely watch it in 'real time'
because I come in late from the garden during the summer. That shows *just*
how much it's changed for me: I used to rush in from the garden to catch
every second.

The Daily Express today has a big and very critical article outlining
how Gardeners' World has gone from bad to worse. Basically saying
everything about it is wrong, poor presenters, dumbing down, stupid
little garden on waste land (not attached to a house etc)
The BBC really needs to up its game and get real or continue to leak
viewers when it returns

I hope it doesn't just give up altogether. If it does, it would be a
foolish move. More and more young people are getting into gardening
and most/many are interested in growing their own food above anything
else. Our sales of veg. plants have increased greatly over the last
few years and seedsmen have found the same is happening. Local schools
are also beginning to grow their own fruit and veg. and just last week
we received a letter asking us to donate fruit trees and bushes to a
local school. People still want ornamental plants and pretty gardens,
of course but it would be a huge shame if the BBC doesn't recognise
this change in the way people approach their gardens now.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon