Does anyone have any recommendations for gardening programmes on French TV that are worth watching ?
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Saturday afternoon France5 Silence ça pousse ! - been running for years
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No! Hate them allâŠ(particularly silence, ça pousse!)
What about ones on UK TV?
Some of those I can stomach although rarely watch themâŠbut question was about French ones!
(I subscribe to magazines insteadâŠ)
The reason I asked is that I find gardening programmes (French or English) VERY irritating and I wondered if you felt the same. Briefly, some years back I joined a gardening club - same thing, irritating.
The reason? Iâd rather be out gardening than stuck indoors watching/listening to someone talking about gardening!
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Stéphane Marie is excellent imo. The « ça pousse junior ! » on Saturday morning is excellent in the way he explains things to youngsters and gets them in there, and their hands dirty in practical terms.
Iâve learnt quite a bit from watching him over the years.
Entirely agree! Although some of the YouTube clips from programmes are useful for checking techniques from time to time - although out old fashioned real books work well too.
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exactly - StĂ©phane and Carole do a book review every weekâŠ
Sorry you wonât be able to persuade me as I find them very, very irritating people!
It takes all sorts.
Stéphane is a very accomplished artist, to boot and produces some wonderful drawings of garden reno jobs he works on. Carole is a journo and appears regularly on news magazine programs on French TV.
However, do remember that recommendation was for the OP who may not have your aversions.
Personally, I find Monty Don an irritation.
Ahhh see I love Monty!
Have you read his book âA French Garden Journeyâ? I loved itâŠ
No, I havenât. Sadly no space for books currently either!
Youâd be surprised where we have managed to put books 
Of course, I live in a tip soâŠ
YesâŠwe obviously have different tastes! Someone once very kindly gave me a book of his sketches, which went straight to Emmaus. My landscape teachers would not have been impressed if I submitted those.
I feel like somehow Iâve stepped into both a meeting of the StĂ©phane fan club, and âthe angry exes of StĂ©phaneâ luncheon club all at once.
Please! The very idea of being an ex of his sends me into a declineâŠ
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We love âGardening Australiaâ mainly as they such lovely birds!!
Sorry, âhaveâ such lovely birds. (been a long day!)