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I'm interested too - covered it a bit here: http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/channel-4-lands...
http://www.landscapejuice.com/2010/04/what-is-the-landscape-man-mat...
I wrote to Matthew Wilson on the 8th April and said:
"As I understand it, the show is about following amateurs on their year long garden makeovers - I was wondering why production hasn't focussed on the life and skills of the professional landscaper?
I guess (as a professional) what I would have hoped to see - and bearing in mind the show's called the Landscape Man - is the emphasis on the skill of the landscaper/gardener coming through as the focus of the programme - what I've hooked into is - (and maybe I've read it wrong and it's always been intended this way) the home-owner being at the centre?
This isn't a dig at you or C4 but there seems to be little done to promote the skill of the pro landscaper or gardener..maybe you have an opportunity to change that?"
I was pleased to see Hort Week quote Matthew Wilson:
"Wilson - who is landscape director at The Landscape Agency - told HW he hoped the show would prove positive in promoting the landscape industry.
"Having gardening represented in a different way than just the back garden shows such as Gardeners' World and seeing something a bit bigger has got to be a good thing for the industry," he explained.
"One of the problems for the industry is that we've never really been taken that seriously. The more we can show the breadth of landscape and gardening, the better.
I am delighted to read about the designers involved. This is good. The "bigger picture" as in "setting" would be good too. The presentation of the skills involved in the making is important. So fingers crossed....
My initial thoughts:
Good entertainment and a huge passion and enthusiasm from Keith shone through but the biggest worry was cost. I counted three separate hired diggers (at least) and how much would the liner (donated by Matthew Wilson) have cost? Client expectations would have been raised once more.
There is no way that £10,000 should have been the initial budget.
I find it ironic that Channel Four sent Landscape Juice an email to ask if we could help find them a fifth project for the show yet not consider asking for any help as far as researching realistic cost expectations are concerned!
I'll be covering this topic in a review of the show a little later but I would like to know what others think?
I a not sure where exactly the debate will be facilitated (LJN or LJ) but I'll resist the temptation to have it hosted as a Guardian Friday debate or on Hort Week as I feel this might prove counter productive.
From the snippet they showed of next weeks show, it looked promising.
looking forward to the next one, - probably won't be watching it on Thursday evening, - I usually only watch taped/sky+ programmes and i'd forgotton how annoying the adverts are!
My issue with the show is that design wasn't really discussed. It makes it look like you can just start digging and achieve good results if you know enough plants. The thing is, as much as the Mexican effort wasn't really my cuppa, it had clearly been designed and thought about. The paths lined up with the entrances and the focal point in the middle all had a lot of thought put in - That didn't come across at all in the show!
So this could end up worse than Ground Farce because people aren't seeing the design side taking part. I'm working SO hard to get people educated on why design is necessary that it would be awful if the rest of the series doesn't mention it - it could set us back decades!
That gripe aside, I thoroughly enjoyed it, very entertaining!
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