The other evening I was searching through the stations on tv, when I spotted a documentary on BBC4, titled: 'How Britain Got the Gardening Bug'. I thought this would be great to watch. They approached the subject from gardening in the days of World War 2, right up to the present. Percy Thrower was there as was Geoff Hamilton, but there was a glaring omission from their array of celebrated gardeners. As Germaine Greer warbled on about the philosophy of the whole thing, I began to wonder, have they forgotten Geoffrey Smith, one of the finest gardeners of the early 1980's.
Poor Geoffrey Smith, was omitted from the programme. Well I liked Geoffrey Smith even if some cannot remember his name. How Britain Got the Gardening Bug, BBC4, 29th March 21:00.
Sadly Geoffrey Smith passed away last February, read : http://blog.gardenersworld.com/2009/03/02/geoffrey-smith/
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