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Post by 4pygmies on May 9, 2008 21:26:56 GMT 1
What a really pleasant programme GW from the Malvern Show tonight, I thoroughly enjoyed it - nothing too OTT, lots of plants and nurseries and a very interesting look behind the scenes which I watched avidly - GWL is not quite so scary now - they all seemed really lovely, and ordinary people I thought, maybe we won't be laughed out of the showground next month after all..... ;D
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 9, 2008 21:38:34 GMT 1
It was a nice prog this week...I've started working out how much dosh I'll need to take with me to GW live....  ...and 4P DON'T PANIC!(Please note...large, friendly letters) |
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Post by Sleepy on May 9, 2008 21:40:40 GMT 1
It was a nice prog this week...I've started working out how much dosh I'll need to take with me to GW live.... ...and 4P DON'T PANIC!(Please note...large, friendly letters) Just get one fern then. |
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Post by 4pygmies on May 9, 2008 21:42:54 GMT 1
I know it's silly but it really did make me feel better! I am NOT panicking anymore (not at the moment anyway!) ;D I loved that garden made of recycled bits - the one with the cycle wheel trellis - I'd have that in my garden...
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Aug 14, 2008 19:47:54 GMT 1
ooOooo...Tony Buckland ay?  goodo. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 15, 2008 21:26:05 GMT 1
The witch, did you see Gardeners World and the bowls lawn??
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 16, 2008 8:38:08 GMT 1
I saw that bit - I'd just got back from a long drive, so only stared moronically at it while I recovered.... I could NOT spend that amount of time, money and care on a lawn.....it looked amazing though I must say. Brushing it before cutting? Good grief..............
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 18, 2008 13:10:38 GMT 1
I used to look after cricket squares - absolutely loved it.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 5, 2008 21:16:24 GMT 1
So, Gardeners World tonight. What did you think?
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 6, 2008 7:43:44 GMT 1
Well, putting aside my personal prejudice against Ms deThame after GWL, it was OK I suppose......apart from the fact that I found her OTT planning a bit irksome (I don't think it's necessary to be that anal), I was jealous of her being able to go out and buy all those plants, and I thought the end result was a tad dull and flat...not very good really, in fact! Mean aren't I? But honestly I think it was done more for the camera's benefit than her own and it showed....I bet she changed it almost completely once the camera had gone... I thought it was odd that we got about a picsecond's look at the finished border and then even less of how it looks a year later...... she has a beautiful house though, and I really liked her herb garden.  |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 6, 2008 14:42:18 GMT 1
me too...loved the herb garden The border wasn't my cup of tea, but I think that she was demonstrating how she went about planning and planting up a border that incorporated plants that she really likes, I like grasses but thought that she went a bit OTT with them... ...what did you think of her method of suppressing weeds then? oh nettle-maiden? |
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 8, 2008 15:16:02 GMT 1
![]() ...what did you think of her method of suppressing weeds then? oh nettle-maiden? I don't think it has any chance of working at all! It's only a temporary solution at best and in a while the weeds will have rooted all over the bark, grown through the membrane and she'll have just as big a problem as before.......IMO..... I know this cos I have tried it! It was a rubbish idea...................................... : |
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 8, 2008 15:20:29 GMT 1
I agree with you ladies.
Ms R de T is sort of gardening eye candy but the border was pretty dull.
I'm sure they can do better.
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