horticultural channel...show

[bazzaboy]

If you do FaceBook the Horticultural Channel has a page at:
https://www.facebook.com/thehorticul...anneltv?ref=ts

[Furny]

I was happy with it as it's my first year at growing onions & shallots & they showed how to start them off in the toilet rolls etc, it's just simple basic tips like that that really help when you are newish to a hobby.

[seanjc]

Hello. I am the Producer of the programme The Horticultural Channel. Yes, we are looking at as many forums as possible for feedback for the show.

I agree that there was too much in the first show but we wanted everyone to get a good idea of what is coming up in the series.

Many people have been asking for a new gardening programme for many years and that is what we are trying to give you. There is no big budget behind us - at the moment. So we are limited to what we can do but your support will help us attract more budget and will give us the opportunity to extend the programme and the amount of new episodes per month. We would like to go to a weekly show but this involves a lot more budget than is currently behind it.

We are aware of a small band of viewers who are posting negative comments because we didn't include them as presenters in the show. I'm not saying they are from this forum but like other hobbies - a few people are members of many forums. We can't do anything about this. All we can suggest if that those 'haters' don't watch any more.

There has never before been a TV gardening show that allows the viewers to interact so much with the programme makers. We have outlined what is happening between now and November but if viewers ask us to cover a certain topic then we will include it in a forthcoming show. Many viewers have already suggested some very interested topics which we are currently working on.

As for the comments regarding the chicken section. We contacted DEFRA prior to filming and they confirmed that you can give the foods mentioned to chickens. Like everything in gardening there are many ways of addressing the same topic.

The whole aim for the series is to keep the average amateur gardener in mind. You will never see us tell you how to grow a herb garden - rather a herb patch. It's back to basics on a basic budget. No formal gardens - just normal gardens ideal for the first time gardener.

We have many interesting allotments and gardeners coming up and hope you continue to watch and support this new programme.

Thanks,

Sean.

[seanjc]

SO there are not two threads on the same subject - we have moved the above to http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...channel-2.html

[Kristen]

I was happy with it as it's my first year at growing onions & shallots & they showed how to start them off in the toilet rolls etc,

and then Clarie say "Make a hole and bury them" and I think those sorts of instructions were too imprecise for Newbies. It felt like there wasn't a script, and I think a pre-prepared script would enable more "considered" information to be given.

I would have like to have seen some planted. I know they won't be ready yet, but it would have shown people what to expect they needed to do. Even Gardeners World leaves you dangling in that regard. (There were some "prepared earlier" showing how much root had been made).

I'm very keen that the show succeeds, and I've seen Sean pop up in other forums, which shows the level of commitment.

Well done and keep up the good work.

[Alison]

I have just copied this from the Info Channel website

'Information TV is a young but firmly established and award-winning broadcast TV services business, operating on digital satellite (BSkyB and Freesat), digital terrestrial (Freeview) and via broadband on the internet. If you want to use broadcast TV - whether to acquire and launch a dedicated 24/7 channel; to reach a niche audience; to pilot and then grow a new commercial proposition; or simply to communicate and interact with your own target audience - we can make it happen.'

This seems to indicate it's on Freeview, has anybody found it and if so what channel it's on? Have looked the whole way through the channels and can't find it

[Kristen]

This seems to indicate it's on Freeview, has anybody found it and if so what channel it's on? Have looked the whole way through the channels and can't find it

The Horticultural Channel.tv | Gardening programmes for gardeners by gardeners

details at the footer of the page

[seanjc]

Alison - THC.tv is not on freeview but the broadcaster, Information TV, does have other channels one of which is on freeview.

Kristen - One of the problems TV gardening shows have is trying to force plants so we can show a 'one I made earlier'. It gets easier later in the season but unless we pop plants in a heated greenhouse two months early then we can't do 'one I made earlier' until later in the season when the greenhouse warms up. GW and our shows are filmed about 2/3 weeks in advance of being on TV so we are limited by what we can make earlier. Personally I don't bother with shallots in the greenhouse so you'll see me plant mine straight into the open ground where they can take their chance. Like everything in gardening - there are many ways of doing it.

We don't ask the presenters to read from a script as we like the natural look and sound but from programme 2 we are introducing on-screen graphics that will give more background to what is being seen/spoken about by the presenters.

[bazzaboy]

W'hey! With a bit of luck GYO should get a mention in their next transmission......:

FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/thehorticul..._comment_reply

B: A range of reaction from the GYO (Grow Your Own) site at
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...how_56002.html

The Horticultural Channel.tv: Many thanks B. We are aware of these comments and will mention the site in the next TV programme.

B: Thank you, they're a very active interested group....

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[Alison]

Alison - THC.tv is not on freeview but the broadcaster, Information TV, does have other channels one of which is on freeview.

Ah, that makes sense, shame though as I'd have like to have seen what it was like but I hate watching TV on the internet so it seems I'll have to let this one go.

[VirginVegGrower]

Hello. I am the Producer of the programme The Horticultural Channel. Yes, we are looking at as many forums as possible for feedback for the show.

I agree that there was too much in the first show but we wanted everyone to get a good idea of what is coming up in the series.

Many people have been asking for a new gardening programme for many years and that is what we are trying to give you. There is no big budget behind us - at the moment. So we are limited to what we can do but your support will help us attract more budget and will give us the opportunity to extend the programme and the amount of new episodes per month. We would like to go to a weekly show but this involves a lot more budget than is currently behind it.

We are aware of a small band of viewers who are posting negative comments because we didn't include them as presenters in the show. I'm not saying they are from this forum but like other hobbies - a few people are members of many forums. We can't do anything about this. All we can suggest if that those 'haters' don't watch any more.

There has never before been a TV gardening show that allows the viewers to interact so much with the programme makers. We have outlined what is happening between now and November but if viewers ask us to cover a certain topic then we will include it in a forthcoming show. Many viewers have already suggested some very interested topics which we are currently working on.

As for the comments regarding the chicken section. We contacted DEFRA prior to filming and they confirmed that you can give the foods mentioned to chickens. Like everything in gardening there are many ways of addressing the same topic.

The whole aim for the series is to keep the average amateur gardener in mind. You will never see us tell you how to grow a herb garden - rather a herb patch. It's back to basics on a basic budget. No formal gardens - just normal gardens ideal for the first time gardener.

We have many interesting allotments and gardeners coming up and hope you continue to watch and support this new programme.

Thanks,

Sean.

With reference to my comment on keeping/feeding hens and giving them raw peelings it contradicts all the other advice out there that tells you it is bad for hens. I am not an expert and am new to hen keeping but the information was at odds with many other sites on foodstuffs. This turned me off I am afraid.

[bazzaboy]

.... relaying latest from The Horticultural Channel.tv
"Sean will be appearing at Hook Allotments in Hampshire this Sunday from 11am with Pippa Greenwood. (Hook Cross, Reading Road, Hook RG27 9DB)"

Does that mean it's being filmed and is on TV or is just promoting a one off event? Confused....

The H Channel does seem to be a bit mired with how to get what when...? And although I don't keep chickens I do think they need to investigate and clarify their advice about potato peelings as it seems quite controversial....

Anyone from GYO sending in a film clip?

[Aberdeenplotter]

We are aware of a small band of viewers who are posting negative comments because we didn't include them as presenters in the show. I'm not saying they are from this forum but like other hobbies - a few people are members of many forums. We can't do anything about this. All we can suggest if that those 'haters' don't watch any more.


Sean.

No real invective has been posted in this thread so "haters" is perhaps a little strong worded.

The program is simply too short, and presently trying to cover too much and as with the chicken part, perhaps not too well just yet. We'll see in the fullness of time how future shows pan out, but for me, any gardening programme is very much welcome.

[Lotsaveg]

It would be excellent if you did what the BBC's Gardeners' World can't seem to do, which is to let joe public know (impartially) about the effectiveness and value of products for home gardening. I regularly give talks to horticultural and allotment clubs and it's amazing how little information is being made available to amateur growers. For example, do mycorrhizal fungi really work? Are some of the products we use for vine weevil control being suggested as responsible for the demise of bees? etc...

I reckon you've got some great potential and could soon gain a good following from the growing community.

[vegnut]

I for one enjoyed the show, taking into account it's content and possible future content, i can see where it's trying to go, and look forward to the end product.

To be honest i think that i enjoyed it better than the new Gardeners World which spent most of it's time looking around open gardens, instead of getting interactive in the garden.

We were shown a few bits on sowing beetroot boltardy in modules and a few other snippets. But that's it.