In message , Peter
James writes
Janet Tweedy wrote:

Am i just miserable beggar from Amersham or is the 2008 "media female
personality" taking us round Chelsea grating on anyone else's' nerves?
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I am convinced that the BBC's so called coverage of the Chelsea Flower
Show is just an excuse for them to parade on our TV's the media
equivalent of the "great and the good".
The amount of info on plants and gardens is miniscule, and grows smaller
every year. The amount of silly "waffle" from the so called "famous"
grows greater each year. Why don't the BBC come clean, drop all
reference to the Flower Show and put on a version of "Spot the
celebrity" instead.
I've given up watching.


Agreed, and as far as I am concerned the presence of the ubiquitous
Titchmarsh does not help.

My viewing of Chelsea has been online this year - the highlights section
of the RHS/Chelsea site at
http://www.rhs.org.uk/chelsea/2008/highlights.asp

The garden displays and new plants sections are quite well done and the
displays coverage come with complete plant listings. Although some
areas of coverage are a bit sparse the waffle avoidance factor more than
made up for this.

--
Robert

I'm VERY sad about the news about Monty Don. Who will replace him?
Any suggestions? Carol is the one with most enthusiasm, but perhaps
they'll bring in someone new.


I agree about Monty Don, it is sad news and I wish him and his family well.
However does there have to be one person heading the program, T.V. gardeners
all have some thing special to offer so why can there not be a mixture of
them all.

kate trying to garden today in windy Gloucestershire :-)