Monty's 80 gardens

[HeyWayne]

Which one has been your favourite so far?

I loved that garden on the cliffs in this weeks show. Gorgeous! I think it was in Chile.

The garden with the "floating" pool was really nice too I thought.

Does he cover any gardens in the UK?

[shirley]

Do you know, I really could not get into this programme. Don't know why.

[zazen999]

Tea gardens in India - just lovely.

And the spice gardens - I think it is now on our 'to visit next' holiday pile.

At least he was doing something interesting all summer when he should have been doing gardener's world - it really got me angry last year as I don't watch much tv - so when something like GW is cut short all summer long because he is swanning around on my license fee - I do get a tad annoyed.

[greenieinabottle]

Do you know, I really could not get into this programme. Don't know why.

I agree with you. Just don't know what it is. I really want to like the programme, but so far no joy. Maybe it's because the gardens are not shown very well, maybe because he almost never talks about the plants (it's all about the architecture, or the fantasy, or the economy...), maybe it's because he tries to tell a story connecting the different gardens, but there isn't one, really... or maybe it's because I want him to come up with interesting thoughts he really believes in, a la Kevin McCloud, or funny things or warm interactions like Michael Palin, and they are just not there to be had...

[SueA]

I haven't watched the one from the weekend yet but so far my favourites have been the floating gardens in Mexico in the first show & the spice garden & Taj Mahal in the India programme. I don't mind that it's not all plant based as I enjoy the bits on architecture too & I find it quite sweet not annoying that Monty is sometimes just lost for words in trying to describe what he's looking at. Not sure if he's doing any English gardens Wayne but then I wouldn't really want that as we see those all the time & I'm more interested in what other countries consider to be 'gardens' as I'm not likely to visit any of those myself.