Gardeners World Special
On Friday 18th April there will be a Gardeners World special shown on BBC2.
The programme is about one of the presenters, Joe Swift, taking on an overgrown allotment in North London and will follow the early stages of bringing the plot into production.
On 28th January our chairman was invited, as a result of winning the allotment of the year competition, to go along to a days filming and lend a hand. Joe is a garden designer and co presenter of Gardeners World but knows very little about vegetable growing and needed advice.
The plot is not in good condition, it is thick with couch grass and mares tail and to make matters worse the soil is heavy clay. During the summer Gardeners World will visit Joes plot regularly to check on progress.
The programme will, all being well, visit our site during the season when we will have an opportunity to make Joe jealous when he sees what an attractive and productive allotment site looks like.
When we know any firm dates we, of course, will let you know.
