Do you watch gardening television programs?

Alan Titchmarsh and Ground Force was the only one I would set aside the time for. Very inspirational, the other shows always seemed to want to go all flashy and not practical at all. I miss it!
And that parade of vapid decorating show that are out now is simply too painful to watch. They used to be intriguing, borrow an idea here and there. But anymore, it doesn't take a genius to recognize that, A), because they didn't bother to do the proper prep work their fancy paint is going to look tatty in 6 months,
B), they make hash jobs of even some of the building projects and the smiling hostess says "ooh, isn't that lovely"
and C) totally impractical for people to actually LIVE in.
Sad, really. But with things going the way they are currently I'm hoping the networks will respond with a return to projects actually achievable by homeowners, that will hold up over time.
And, I suspect the garden shows on HGTV will return in the spring. Seems logical anyway.

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Mary

Serious horticulture practices, require a serious, educated, intellectual perspective. That means that no one should try to reduce it to their particular petty interests.
As an horticultural authority in the Caribbean, I have to know what is going on in the Green Industry, that monster which regulates green areas maintenance in the USA, either commercial, institutional, or residential.
I do not believe that my preferences determined by my tropical context at this time should affect my educated opinion on what an aesthetically adequate garden should be in other latitudes.

If one feels that Christian value of sharing, one will never try to impose upon others the affected virtue of a formal garden. However, most people believe that having a pruned hedge makes their garden superior aesthetically than others who do not.

The truth is that if you have a formal garden, it is expected to prune whatever once a week. And to prune without allowing the base, close to the ground branches to show empty spaces.

Netty wrote:

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I suspect the garden shows on HGTV will return in the spring

I hoped that LAST year! I guess that HGTV feels that gardening is out of style? Little do they know that avid gardeners want to see these programs in the winter not in the summer when we are actually outside in our gardens!

I do not understand what reason could they use to eliminate gardening programs that are watched by loyal viewers whose interest in gardening lasts a life time.

Another worth viewing tv program, probably from the BBC, was 'Rosemary and Thyme', a detectives type program with assorted crimes. Gardening was always part of the plot and our heroines, avid gardeners. Do not know what happened after I was lucky to watch a couple.