Garden Rescue tv show

I quite like Charlie Dimmock, and think she knows a fair bit about gardening.

I do agree that the choice of plants and their positioning is sometimes questionable, especially the number of trees they plant in a relatively small space (even though they assure us they are small and suitable for modern small gardens), and how frequently they cram lots of plants together which over time will grow too large and take over and, without care become unmanageable.

I wonder, too, about the root spread of many of these trees they put into relatively small gardens and their potential for future structural damage?

Do they also advise the people they do makeovers for on continued care for the plants, shrubs and trees they put in, as many of these people on the show are either complete novices or not very experienced gardeners?

A nearby neighbour planted a silver birch close to the boundary fence of another neighbour a couple of years ago, but I’m pleased to say that it has been taken down. In my opinion it’s not a suitable tree for a very small garden which this is. They are magnificent trees but surely not suitable for most suburban gardens?

In our last large garden we had 6 mature Silver Birches along one boundary. The were ar least 35ft tall and our insurance insisted that we had them looked at/ pruned by a tree surgeon every 2 years.
This is why I always cringe when the plant them in small suburban gardens. Not to mention the very small seeds dropping into the gutters and your outdoor meals!

When I get my overhanging pine tree cut back I'm going to see if they can cut back the silver birch, too. It isn't actually in my neighbours garden but overhangs it from the field next to it which, unfortunately, is a conservation area. It doesn't seem to bother any of the other neighbours because for some reason the seeds all blow my way. I can't even open my windows because of it.

The gardening books always tell you to plant silver birch in a " little copse of 3 ". We did and fifteen years later had to remove them as they were huge, the pigeons lived in them, their droppings covered our cars and the leaves and seeds were a nightmare! They never seem to make programmes where they revisit the revamped gardens several years later. I wonder why!!!!

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Skydancer They always seem to plant three silver birch too. You never see one alone.

I like Charlie and almost always prefer her designs. To me she is a real gardener when so many TV gardeners seem all about design rather than hands in the soil.

The silver birch tree in my neighbours garden is a total nightmare. My house and car are full of seeds from it .

I get annoyed that she doesn't tie her hair back. She's constantly pushing it off her face. It's so irritating.

Skydancer They always seem to plant three silver birch too. You never see one alone.

I like Charlie and almost always prefer her designs. To me she is a real gardener when so many TV gardeners seem all about design rather than hands in the soil.

She always looks as if she needs a good scrub.
I’m a gardener and I really get stuck in. The state of my gardening clothes tell you that 😂 But people can see I’m clean.

I can never understand why so many of these gardeners plant Silver Birch in small gardens. These trees become huge. Or is there such a thing as miniature ones?

I don’t often watch, but sometimes I catch it. I find Charlie’s voice rather grating, I wonder if she talks like that all the time or emphasises it for the programme.
What really annoys me at times in all the garden make over programmes, are the choices of plants. Some are in bloom when it’s not their season and others are planted in places where in a couple of years they’ll be enormous.

I'm not a big fan of the forced interaction between the rival gardeners. I appreciate Charley as a presenter of a more mature look. She clearly knows her stuff.

I quite like her; I've watched her over the years with Alan Titchmarsh and also the Rich Brothers, their good humoured banter used to make me laugh. Yes, she had a terrible tragedy when she lost her mother and sister(?) in the tsunami on Boxing Day some years ago.

I’ve always felt very sorry for her because she lost her mother and stepfather in the Asian tsunami. It must have deeply affected her and her career seemed to nosedive after that.

I’m glad she’s made a comeback but I can see why she irritates people.

I don’t watch anything with her in I find her very easy to dislike

I can’t stand her nowadays. She was different years ago. I avoid watching her now. Always pushing her hair out of the way with mucky hands.

I’m rather obsessed with most make over programmes but, for some reason I don’t like Garden Makeover. I was watching a Kate Humble ( who I really like) walks the coast programme last night which was really interesting but, after a while I found her constant rather false loud laughing grated on me

Oh I quite like her. She certainly comes up with good designs and she knows her plants. But, as with all this type of programme, speed is of the essence meaning things are not always done properly. My DH, a perfectionist, has much to say on the subject!