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…
Gardeners must not be “snooty” about bedding plants and should fill plots with a riot of colour, telly gardener Alan Titchmarsh has said.
Former Ground Force host Alan told AG that gardeners will be forced to try different bedding plants this year, as retailers stop selling busy Lizzies due to the downy mildew crisis.
“It’s time to look again at bedding begonias…
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…
This time last year, Gardeners’ World host Toby Buckland didn’t know what was about to hit him. After returning BBC2’s flagship show to its practical gardening roots, Toby was suddenly ousted by the Beeb after just two-and-a-half years as the nation’s head gardener.
The AG columnist wrote openly about the crushing experience: “I will always have gardening and that’s what will…
Former Gardeners’ World presenter Toby
Buckland has officially launched his
own-brand plant growth booster.
Toby’s Planting Powder is a new mix of mycorrhizal fungi, biostimulants and nutrients that gardeners can use when planting bedding, perennials, roses, shrubs and trees. It can also be used on bare-root plants.
“Of all the products that have come onto the garden market in the last decade, mycorrhizae…
After months of waiting, Alan Titchmarsh’s new ITV1 series Love Your Garden is underway.
And here at Amateur Gardening, we’d love to know what you thought of it.
It’s no secret that telly gardening has been in the doldrums in recent years.
So with Alan’s first programme looking at traditional English gardens in normal streets, has it inspired you to get outdoors this…
Channel 5 has revealed plans to expand into TV gardening.
It has appointed garden designer David Domoney to present Garden ER – a run of eight, half-hour programmes starting at 7.30pm on Wednesday 13 July.
David is best-known as resident gardener on GMTV, This Morning, Better Homes and House of Horrors.
Garden ER will feature total garden makeovers while viewers’ garden gaffes will…
Conservationists say they are “stunned” after TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh admitted to using weedkiller and peat.
The former Gardeners’ World presenter, who claims to have resisted chemical pesticides for 10 years, confessed he’d “occasionally” used Roundup weedkiller as “his back is not as well oiled as it was for double digging”.
To the dismay of green groups, Alan, who is regarded as…
A statue commissioned by late Gardeners’ World presenter Geoff Hamilton has been stolen from Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland.
The statue was the centrepiece of Geoff’s Reclaimed Garden, the last plot he built at Barnsdale in 1996, the year of his death.
Named Maurice by Barnsdale staff, the statue symbolised Geoff’s passion for recycling. It was made from old tractor and lawnmower parts.
“The police…
Alan Titchmarsh is to host a prime-time gardening show on ITV to rival Gardeners’ World.
The two-year deal will earn the green-fingered star a reported £5million.
Alan’s earnings could be much higher, as ITV plans to launch Titchmarsh-branded products, which will be introduced to gardeners over five years.
The new programme may even go head-to-head with Gardeners’ World on Friday nights.
ITV, however, has…
