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Glad it wasn't just .e then Auntieflo

Farview. I also was not a bit impressed with the finished Leicestershire garden.

Thanks for the picture Merlotgran of your finished pond. I would so love one, and yours looks the perfect size. I'll just have to keep my eye out for a rusty (rustic) container.
Well done.

That is really pretty........I want one!

Finally got it finished. Other vital autumn jobs got in the way and then the sun wouldn't come out for long enough to let me grab the camera and dash outside. The birds love it so I'll try and get a pic of them in it but I wouldn't hold your breath.

I was thinking about these rusty bits of metal which are left to decay. Definitely an Ashes to Ashes situation . All that rust will eventually go back into the soil from whence it came . Very philosophical but too much iron in one place does not help the plants. If Monty retired we would not see those beautiful golden retrievers.

Am not a fan of Adam..wasn't impressed with the finished garden either..don't think he made the lawn big enough..it looked like a postage stamp....

Chelseababy. thank you, I mamaged to catch it, in between DH wanting to show me things on his Ipad. Why do they do that?

It's tonight!

I love Adam Frost's garden and it would be a good setting for GW but he always sounds like he's chewing on a bag full of nails.

What's the problem with Adam Frost? I like him and the pieces about his new garden .... have also thought he might be 'next in line'. He worked with Geoff Hamilton at Barnsdale which is a lovely link to the past.

finding Monty very irritating now! Think the programme needs some reformatting. The topic about the small gardens was good, but seeing Monty every week with his wheelbarrow and the shots of the dog are just getting too much for me!!

Must admit I've been thinking Adam Frost is being groomed to take over....perhaps a gradual merge then a swap. It would make sense, I've adored Monty over the years but suspect he'd like to step back a bit and do more specials in sunny climes!

when I had the original water thingy , the GC loved to walk round it to see it starting and stopping ! Now they are all too grown up to do that , I loved the sound of the water , I really must have another go at it .
Our grass was a new turfed lawn which survived the winter but the dry weather resulted in hillocks and dips , we are still trying to sort it

Thanks, aggie. Hopefully it will be finished tomorrow. You can see from the pic how much our lawn (or lack of it) has suffered. We live in the driest part of the UK but we are hoping it will eventually recover.

Merlotgran I had a water feature a bit like that in my last place , just can't find a spot for it here , I like yours , the pebbles are a nice feature

Hmm, although Monty Don is quite a nice chap I do get tired of the enormous garden and three or four pots of expensive plants and so on. Geoffrey Hamilton used to do lots of money saving ideas I wish they could find someone as good as he was!

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It's still work in progress, Auntieflo. It definitely needs more pebbles and I might replace the steel rods with bamboo. They're necessary to hold the pump in place or it skitters off to the side and all the water goes over the edge. I got the iron tub from an auction many years ago. It had been painted bright red so to begin with I dug it deep into a border and made a kind of mini bog garden. It's lovely and rusty now so I've dug it up and relocated it.

Just caught up with this thread again . I do hope they are not lining Adam Frost up to take over from Monty . I love GW mainly because I love Monty Don’s relaxed presenting style.

By the way, I never did find the programme about Leicestershire garden ?

Merlotgran. can we have pictures and detailed instructions. I'd love to have a go. I have always wanted a water feature. Just need a rusty bathtub now.

The blurb on last Thursday's GW said that Monty would be asking for advice on installing a water feature in his Paradise Garden. I don't remember this bit. Did I nod off?

Also....What has happened to the Paradise Garden? The last time it was shown all work on it seemed to have stopped.

I was looking forward to this because I'm currently making a water feature out of a rusty, heavy tin tub (rust is considered garden chic at the moment,) a bag of ornamental pebbles, some bamboo canes, chicken wire and a solar powered fountain.

It's a sunny day so I should know later on if it's going to work. Maybe I should tell Monty.

gillybob you mean to say he doesn't do it all himself?

Ilovebeigecardigans, I tried catch up, but the programme for the week before was all about Persian/Islamic/ Eastern gardens. Unless I got that wrong as well

We've been taking bets on Adam Frost as well. Large house and Garden in Lincolnshire would fit the bill.
I do hope not.