By ABBIE JURY
Wow! Isn’t it great to be a winner? This is the gardening equivalent of the Olympics or the World Champs and on this country’s first attempt, we win a coveted gold medal.
Do not let the fact that this success was relegated to page five in the newspaper (albeit with a colour photo) detract from this wonderful success. Let us give credit to the designers, the backers, the workers and all who made this happen.
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By ABBIE JURY
When I went into print a couple of years ago being very critical of Maggie’s Garden Show on TV, it frankly never occurred to me that the replacement programme that was to come could be so much worse.
Ground Force, the new Friday night gardening show, makes us think that maybe Maggie Barry was all that stood between us and the philistines and we should thank her in retrospect for attempting to keep some hint of horticultural merit.
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By ABBIE JURY
When I went into print a couple of years ago being very critical of Maggie’s Garden Show on TV, it frankly never occurred to me that the replacement programme that was to come could be so much worse.
Ground Force, the new Friday night gardening show, makes us think that maybe Maggie Barry was all that stood between us and the philistines and we should thank her in retrospect for attempting to keep some hint of horticultural merit.
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Tikorangi The Jury Garden 