Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 90, Issue 5

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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. Gardening on the boob tube (Gordon Hale)
>   2. Re: BBC and US gardening (Dan Clost)
>   3. Re: BBC must stop dumbing down gardening shows (Planting Stories)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:57:20 -0400
> From: Gordon Hale <halegp@aol.com>
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [GWL] Gardening on the boob tube
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> In the Dallas/Fort Worth area there are many listings on the Home/Gardening
> channel but they are all concerning decorating the house, mostly on the
> inside.  Oh well, there was a time, and I was lucky enough to live in it.
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> Gordon Hale
> Grand Prairie, Texas
> Endeavor to Persevere
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:01:22 -0400
> From: "Dan Clost" <dan.clost@sympatico.ca>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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> Subject: Re: [GWL] BBC and US gardening
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> hear, hear,  and lets add some technical bits to the mix so folks can
> understand why their organic statuary flops over only a few days after
> planting.
> dan
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 08:49:18 +0200
> From: "Planting Stories" <info@plantingstories.com>
> To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] BBC must stop dumbing down gardening shows
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> Here lies the dilemma.
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> Gardening terminology and Latin names and minutia details about plants are
> a
> complete turn-off for the general population. Of course they are important,
> standards must be upheld and people who have chosen to immerse themselves
> deeper into gardening need to be catered for and encouraged.
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> But the BBC isn't there to provide specialist education. It has to appeal
> to
> the masses. By presenting gardening in the context of more general
> decorating and design or a lifestyle thing that celebrities are associated
> with, a line of communication with the general public is opened. Gardening
> becomes relevant to them, and once they dip their toes in the water they
> may
> become curious to dig deeper, as it were, into doing things "properly". At
> that point, some kind of step by step route needs to be available that
> allows new gardeners to develop their knowledge in a way that holds their
> interest.
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> Think about the success of Top Gear. When it started out it was a serious
> programme about cars that only appealed to die-hard car enthusiasts. But
> now
> everybody watches it because it crosses the communication boundary between
> the specialist and the casual observer. There aren't any shows on the BBC
> about "how to choose the right car for you" or "how to be a better driver".
> Maybe the motoring industry isn't happy about that - I wouldn't know. But
> if
> you look at this from the BBC's point of view you can surely understand.
>
> For those already in-the-know about gardening, this is hard to bear. But
> digging heels in and refusing to cater for a broader modern audience is a
> recipe for alienation. Gardening needs to be perceived as an all-inclusive
> activity. Insistence on sticking to old presentation formulas and speaking
> a
> language most people can't understand isn't the way forward.
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> No, I don't work for the BBC, but I do work for several well-known
> international consumer brands (non-gardening) and this is the way of the
> world now. If we want to get more people into gardening, we need to
> reconsider how it is branded at the entry level and how we nurture new
> recruits through to specialist level.
>
> Just my 2-Pennies worth. It always helps to see the other side of the coin
> :-)
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> Miriam
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