Alan Titchmarsh - Love His Gardens?

Monty Don. Oh goody. Definitely keep an eye open for that one.

I read somewhere that Monty Don is going to be doing a programme where they assist keen gardeners with their own projects. Definitely NOT makeovers.

I seem to remember Monty Don and Anne Marie Powell doing something like this years ago for Channel 4. One of the best gardening programmes at the time.

I watched the first one in the hopes of getting some ideas re planting and garden design but got so annoyed at impracticality and cost I haven't watched any more.

I saw similar chairs at the Hampton Ct Flower Show. Looked like a great place to hideaway!

Don't usually watch this programme but caught the end of it and thought it was the best garden 'make over' I've ever seen. £3,OOO for that wicker chair thing though ..and there was me thinking to meself 'I'd quite like one of those'.

I guess it will look stunning when it all grows and beds in. £400 ..not bad, thought t hey would be more, now where could I fit them in my garden

The hoops were £400 each . They really worked though. Not sure I'd like such a big rock garden but it was right for the area.

I loved those hoop thingies too. I wonder what the budget is for the gardens? Must have been mega bucks for tonight's garden! The six climbing roses and clematis alone were huge and would have been a few hundred alone, never mind all the other stuff!

Mind you, the surrounding area was so lovely they were on to a winner from the start. I sooooo miss cows at the bottom of my garden.

I thought tonight's garden was a stunner. What a lovely area for the teenage daughter to chill out in. I don't think my DGDs would ever come out of that daybed thingy.

henetha

I've got a photo of me and Alan Titchmarsh!!!! Well, me and his waxwork
at Madam Tussauds, to be honest.....

I think he is basically a nice guy. I met him & his wife a few times years ago, before he was well known, as he is good friends with some friends of ours. They all did amateur dramatics together. They protect his privacy and we never ask as we know it would put them in an uncomfortable position.

Who pays for it ?

He can do my garden any time. The subjects are nominated by others as being well-deservng of a garden makeover. The structural changes they provide, like outdoor rooms and gazebos, paving and landscaping are so disruptive, it would be great to have them done in my absence.

I think Alan Titchmarsh is one of these people who means well and has a kind heart. Maybe he does not always get it right, as in the case of some of these gardens, but personally I would love it if he came here and tamed my
garden for me!

merlotgran-this is the first programme I have seen (since Ground Force) and that was just the last 15 minutes and I also could not understand how the couple could maintain that large garden once the team had left. Maybe if a large area had been paved it would have been more manageable.

Tuesday's episode had me scratching my head. A retired soldier who had lost an arm in the Falklands was supposed to have once been a keen gardener. The Falklands was AGES ago. Would he not have made some provision for help in the garden if he was that keen? What was wrong with his wife? She was supposed to also love gardening so how difficult is it to dig a hole, stick a plant in and water it?

The planting plan was garish and the brick paving clashed with the dark slabs. The only nice touch was the lump of Falklands rock made into a water feature.

The person with motor neurone disease from the first episode died just before the programme was aired I believe.

They planted about half a dozen new trees in the garden. I took out a tree from my garden and have planted four new ones.

Agree. The lawn was also yellowing. Am I right in thinking that some if the flowers were forced. There seemed to be a lot of things flowering at the same time! X

That is horrific about the tree!

sorry..posted too quickly!! I only saw one of these new programmes and agree the format is ground force revisited. I always think that the instant garden is a bit of a cheat and all gardens, even low maintenance, need some work!!

However for the families concerned I suppose the relief of having it done and organised must be a good feeling!

I am sure he does not need the cash! But like a lot of people he is not ready to retire!