running the slasher over tv gardening
 

There are big changes afoot in the Australian televison gardening scene.
Don Burke and 'Burkes Backyard' will wind up this month after 17 years
with Channel 9, and all but one of the presenters on ABCs 'Gardening
Australia' segment are to lose their contracts at the end of the year.
Also, while on a gardening theme, Sorrel is being dumped from Getaway.

I hope the tv moguls aren't paving the way for more 'makeover' shows??
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John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:31:08 GMT, John Savage wrote:

There are big changes afoot in the Australian televison gardening scene.
Don Burke and 'Burkes Backyard' will wind up this month after 17 years
with Channel 9, and all but one of the presenters on ABCs 'Gardening
Australia' segment are to lose their contracts at the end of the year.
Also, while on a gardening theme, Sorrel is being dumped from Getaway.

I hope the tv moguls aren't paving the way for more 'makeover' shows??

Water restrictions means less gardening sales?
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"There is more to life than simply increasing its speed." - Mahatma Gandhi

well maybe some of us avid gardeners should offer our service's to TV
channel :))


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There are big changes afoot in the Australian televison gardening scene.
Don Burke and 'Burkes Backyard' will wind up this month after 17 years
with Channel 9, and all but one of the presenters on ABCs 'Gardening
Australia' segment are to lose their contracts at the end of the year.
Also, while on a gardening theme, Sorrel is being dumped from Getaway.

I hope the tv moguls aren't paving the way for more 'makeover' shows??
--
John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)

Ross McKay writes:
I hope the tv moguls aren't paving the way for more 'makeover' shows??

Water restrictions means less gardening sales?

Maybe, but it could also mean that more gardeners are forced to indulge
their hobby by vicarious means, e.g., watching others gardening on the
idiot box? Also, it might mean that gardeners downsize to pot growing (!)
so the interest might not wane, just change.
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John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:28:23 GMT, John Savage wrote:

Water restrictions means less gardening sales?

Maybe, but it could also mean that more gardeners are forced to indulge
their hobby by vicarious means, e.g., watching others gardening on the
idiot box? Also, it might mean that gardeners downsize to pot growing (!)
so the interest might not wane, just change.

Yes, but that doesn't sell shovels, Roundup or bags of Dynamic Lifter,
or in Auntie's case magazines and books.
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"Darwin's rolling over in his coffin,
'cos the fittest are surviving much less often" - NOFX

Ross McKay writes:
Yes, but that doesn't sell shovels, Roundup or bags of Dynamic Lifter,
or in Auntie's case magazines and books.

Ah, but it does sell pots, Osmocote, and bags of potting mix. Burkie
hopes to keep on publishing his magazine, too.

Anyway, is there much money to be made in selling shovels??
Nurseries must love people with lots of plants in pots, there being
a high turnover in seedlings the things die so easily when they are
totally dependent on regular watering.
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John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)

John Savage wrote in message news:041111000102059.11Nov04$rookswood@suburbian. com...
Ross McKay writes:
I hope the tv moguls aren't paving the way for more 'makeover' shows??

Water restrictions means less gardening sales?

Maybe, but it could also mean that more gardeners are forced to indulge
their hobby by vicarious means, e.g., watching others gardening on the
idiot box? Also, it might mean that gardeners downsize to pot growing (!)
so the interest might not wane, just change.

Or people might be tempted to plant natives instead of roses and palms.