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My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Oh no! He taught me how to dig on one of his programmes, such a basic skill but easy to get wrong. Harlow Carr was a wonderful garden, I knew it when still Northern Horticultural owned.
I loved his 'put the brown end in the soil, and the green end above it' quote - it really sums up his down to earth (sorry) approach to gardening.
He always seemed like a genuinely nice bloke, as well as a great gardener. Being a fellow Yorkshireman, he was always my Grandad's favourite 'tv gardener', so I grew up believeing he was pretty close to being 'St Geoffrey of the Garden'
RIP
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
I've come to take you home."
I recall watching him on TV how to grow celery in very great detail following the whole process from seed sowing to harvesting which must have taken a good deal of planning. He had a specific veg growing series called Mr Smith's Vegetable Gardening. Each episode was a labour of love I reckon.
Gardeners' Question tTime this week has a big feature about his life. Sadly I shall be out and about with our village Britain in Bloom team getting stuck in. Might try getting it online later.
I was deeply saddened to hear news that the gardening legend Geoffrey Smith died on Friday, aged 80. Geoffrey suffered a stroke last year, and after being in hospital for several months his family was hoping to care for him at home.
Geoffrey was my gardening inspiration. As a youngster, simply watching and listening to him speak opened my eyes to the wonder of gardening, filling me with energy to get out and get stuck in.
His enthusiasm was infectious. His smile and voice captivating. I could hardly restrain myself long enough to watch until the end of a programme before rushing out into my own garden. What a wonderful gift that man had, a born communicator who loved sharing his passion with others.
He was doing growing your own veg programmes on the telly back in the early 80's and was on Gardener's Question time for 15 years and I for one could have listened to this wonderful Yorkshireman all day.
I can still hear his voice offering words of wisdom to me when I’m pottering about in my own garden. I wouldn’t be speaking of out of turn when I say that very few gardening experts and television presenters today have reached his level of expertise. Geoffrey was greatly admired and respected, much loved, and will be very sadly missed.
My condolences to his family and close friends.
Gardening should always be a pleasure and never a chore,only someone forgot to tell the weeds
"If you don't have a plan, a goal for yourself, then you are almost certainly a part of someone else's"
"The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dream is you"
Hear, hear! Lovely warm voice, and as you said, a real enthusiast and able to impart this to others.
Hi Flummery
Did you ever get to meet him ??
I was fortunate enough to in 1998, he was just like he appeared to be, that lovely accent full of enthusiasm and a smile on his face as he told us stories of his gardening explots of many years.
It was only for about 20 minutes but he left a lasting impression on all of us, just as Geoff Hamilton did in his time.
Another of my favourites were Arthur Billitt, Clay Jones and Percy Thrower all great garden men.
Gardening should always be a pleasure and never a chore,only someone forgot to tell the weeds
"If you don't have a plan, a goal for yourself, then you are almost certainly a part of someone else's"
"The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dream is you"
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