We really seem to be in for treats! Now Channel 5 are getting in on
the act with a run of 8 half-hour programmes called "Garden ER",
starting on Wednesday 13 July at 7.30 pm, presented by garden designer
David Domoney (who I haven't heard of before).

Seems it's going to be aimed at "non-gardeners or people with little
gardening knowledge who may feel intimidated by other garden
programmes".

A bit more at http://tinyurl.com/6xu3wup.

Cheers
Jake

On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:38:11 +0100, Janet wrote:

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says...

We really seem to be in for treats! Now Channel 5 are getting in on
the act with a run of 8 half-hour programmes called "Garden ER",
starting on Wednesday 13 July at 7.30 pm, presented by garden designer
David Domoney (who I haven't heard of before).

Seems it's going to be aimed at "non-gardeners or people with little
gardening knowledge who may feel intimidated by other garden
programmes".

A bit more at http://tinyurl.com/6xu3wup.

"A special feature called Pimp My Shed will see David breathe life into
redundant sheds."
I'm anticipating a series of football programmes for people with
no interest in the game, presented by Gimme DeMoney. In a special feature
called Pimp My Balls, Gimme and the producer will demonstrate how they
lost their marbles.
Janet

That's hilarious Janet. But sadly it's also very near the truth.
Why on earth would non-gardeners watch a gardening programme?

On 2011-06-14 11:58:48 +0100, Jake Nospam@invalid said:

On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:38:11 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article , Nospam@invalid
says...

We really seem to be in for treats! Now Channel 5 are getting in on
the act with a run of 8 half-hour programmes called "Garden ER",
starting on Wednesday 13 July at 7.30 pm, presented by garden designer
David Domoney (who I haven't heard of before).

Seems it's going to be aimed at "non-gardeners or people with little
gardening knowledge who may feel intimidated by other garden
programmes".

A bit more at http://tinyurl.com/6xu3wup.

"A special feature called Pimp My Shed will see David breathe life into
redundant sheds."
I'm anticipating a series of football programmes for people with
no interest in the game, presented by Gimme DeMoney. In a special feature
called Pimp My Balls, Gimme and the producer will demonstrate how they
lost their marbles.
Janet

ROFL!

By the second programme in the series, I suspect it will be presented
by a former garden designer (who I've never heard of though a web
search reveals he's won a few Chelsea medals).

David Domoney is a reputable garden designer with an eye for the
unusual which tends to attract publicity - which every show garden
designer would like to have. He's not part of the "establishment" but
it is to the credit of the RHS that he has been awarded gold medals
nonetheless. He may be familiar to some as the resident gardening
contributor to ITV's 'This Morning' programme.

'Garden ER' certainly won't appeal to the purists/snobs. It will be
full of gimmicky makeovers and shock-horror bodges. Doubtless it will
appeal to the large majority of people who own gardens but don't know
what to do with them. I would be surprised if it isn't dismissed out of
hand by the cognoscenti here.

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'Garden ER' certainly won't appeal to the purists/snobs. It will be
full of gimmicky makeovers and shock-horror bodges. Doubtless it will
appeal to the large majority of people who own gardens but don't know
what to do with them. I would be surprised if it isn't dismissed out of
hand by the cognoscenti here.

From his website: http://www.domoney.tv/site/daviddomoney.html

"David Domoney is a unique garden expert ? his passion for gardening is
such that he feeds his plants with vodka, bananas, eggs, beer, aspirin and
even ?Viagra? to keep them really happy ?... Pamela Anderson described
David as her favourite gardener, saying ?I do not like gardening but with
his passion and eccentricity, you can?t help but get excited!?.

Viagra must work, then.

Janet.
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Not if someone is on Iron tablets already, otherwise they keep 'pointing'
North.

Mike
:-(( My family will get a letter for that :-((


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Remember, a statue has never been erected to a critic.

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Well from his website


"His Piranha infested underwater garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower
Show which shocked the nation and stopped Her Majesty in her tracks and
won him a Gold Medal. He also designed a bikers gardens for the Hells
Angels, which won him a silver gilt medal and Jeremy Clarkston’s vote. "

oh and he's billed as Pamela Anderson's favourite gardener .........

and the level of gardening aimed at?

Well also on his website


"His charismatic and engaging personality instantly disables people’s
pre-conceptions that TV garden experts are just about Latin names and
over-complicated procedures."

well fancy that, god forbid we use Latin names ............
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Stan The Man
writes
'Garden ER' certainly won't appeal to the purists/snobs. It will be
full of gimmicky makeovers and shock-horror bodges. Doubtless it will
appeal to the large majority of people who own gardens but don't know
what to do with them. I would be surprised if it isn't dismissed out of
hand by the cognoscenti here.


On the bright side, in about 5 years when non gardeners who feel they
can make a garden in 25 minutes over a weekend have followed the
programmes advice slavishly, they will have an overgrown completely out
of control garden so need to employ 'proper' gardeners to come in and
sort it out.

Tom always said it's by making mistakes you learn the most.
Perfectly true when it comes to computers when i only actually try and
learn a programme after it crashes and takes my data with it
--
Janet Tweedy