Plant protection firms have accused Gardeners’ Worldpresenter Monty Don of issuing biased advice on how to control a troublesome plant pest.
On BBC2’s flagship show last Month, Monty told how he’d found lily beetle on a fritillary at Longmeadow, his Herefordshire plot.
“They’re bright red, so thankfully they’re easy to see, because the only way to get rid of them is to…
The Blue Peter garden is to open to the public for the first time, now that it has been relocated from London to Manchester.
Now rebuilt at MediaCityUK at Salford Quays, the iconic plot was first designed by garden legend Percy Thrower in 1978.
An Italian sunken garden and fish pond have been moved to a landscaped area known as The Green,…
The AG team delivers its verdict on 2011′s gardening TV. Do you agree? Have your say at the end of this article:
BBC GARDENERS’ WORLD – reviewed by AG editor Tim Rumball
ANY GARDENING programme on telly is a good thing, and I like Monty Don, so I watch Gardeners’ World regularly.
He’s intelligent, thoughtful and enjoys growing crops and ornamental plants. Monty…
The BBC is on the lookout for young garden talent.
While most talent shows seek singers and dancers, producers want to showcase the skills of horticulturists.
BBC Three is preparing to film the third series of its Young Talent of the Year competition – a show that “celebrates the working heroes of Great Britain”.
Spokeswoman Abigail Mowbray said: “The series celebrates the millions…
Britain’s longest-running gardening show on the wireless, BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, is set to take to the road.
So far, 28 dates have been set for GQT’s inaugural Live Tour, which kicks off in Norfolk on 20 October.
GQT chairman Eric Robson will travel the UK with experts, including Chris Beardshaw, Matthew Biggs, Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood, Bunny Guinness, Christine…
Monty Don’s Italian Gardens starts this Friday night (15 April) – 9pm on BBC2. Watch a preview:
Over four hours, Monty Don will be conducting a very personal ‘grand garden tour’ around Italy.
He’ll be seeking out romantic, horticultural gems of the rural South and visiting the retreats of the affluent North where, in the Veneto, Lucca and the Lakes, Monty finds gardens…
Amateur Gardening has exposed a shocking waste of BBC Licence Fee-payers’ money by revealing exclusive pictures of Greenacre, the abandoned BBC Gardeners’ World Garden.
Corporation chiefs pulled the plug on the two-and-a-half year-old TV garden just before Christmas when they moved Gardeners’ World to Monty Don’s estate in Herefordshire in a bid to revive viewing figures.
Greenacre was created in 2008 on…
It is a company that claims: “You can do it if you B&Q it”.
But like the best-planned DIY projects, B&Q’s Chelsea Flower Show garden has run into a few technical difficulties.
Plans for the £300,000 vertical allotment, a tower rising 30ft (9m) high (right), have been tweaked in the run up to the May show.
The garden is to sit in front…
Monty Don is to return as lead presenter of Gardeners’ World – but Toby Buckland and Alys Fowler have been dropped from BBC2’s flagship gardening series.
In a shock move, the programme will up sticks from Greenacre, the Gardeners’ World Garden in Birmingham, and move to Monty’s home garden in Herefordshire.
Monty, who has spent 20 years developing the gardens his home,…
Gardeners’ World presenter Carol Klein will present a six-part BBC2 series in January.
Carol’s Year at Glebe Cottage has been filming since January and will be complete in December.
She said: “The series is about what happens in my garden over a year. You don’t have to have a garden like mine to identify with the programme.”
The programme will feature time-lapse sequences…
