“There has certainly been a whole new bunch of people getting involved in it [during the lockdown period] since they have discovered what we have known all along – that it is rather an absorbing pastime. There was nothing set in stone. Trouble signing in? And then, of course, I reminded them I was English. Call: 020 8267 8121. Other regular contributors include George Anderson, and the BBC Scotland weather presenters Heather Reid, Gail McGrane and Peter Sloss, who present forecasts on the show. In the same year Jim joined George Barron to start a new gardening TV programme for BBC Scotland. 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It has provided endless hours of joy and pleasure.”. “Word of this soon got back to BBC Aberdeen director Mike Marshall and plans were drawn up to set about cultivating a corner of land right behind the Beechgrove Terrace studios. Jim presented the show from BBC Scotland's Aberdeen base alongside George Barron. Its late summer 1985 and as well as Jim and Dick talking about the onion harvest, Robbie Shepherd and George Barron put up a pretty impressive shed in under three hours! It may have a simple formula, but it has tapped into the sprouting popularity of horticulture; one of the few industries which had actually flourished in lockdown. “The simplest thing that people can do is buy a couple of dozen bags of seeds, or drop some potatoes into the ground, and in a couple of months they will multiply and then you will get a huge reward. “Because, until then, it was two men, it was Jim and George. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. He said: “I loved the man from the moment I met him back in the 1970s. “That is 100 years between the two of us. Neptune Energy today announced drilling has begun at its operated Adorf Z16 gas development well in the municipality of Hoogstede, north western Germany. It has provided endless hours of joy and pleasure.”. Beechgrove was going to be out there, in the back garden. “I gave the caller plenty of advice on how to grow the plant – but then, just a few days later, the police got in touch, wanting to know the caller’s details.”. Get it Tuesday, Feb 23. Sign in. “People would ask: ‘How do plants cope with that and how do we cope with that?’. It was inspired by the garden behind the home of WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, named the Victory Garden. Alongside the seeds, saplings and specimens, a constant in The Beechgrove Garden since the beginning has been presenter Jim McColl. And much of that success is down to the couthy charm, decades of gardening experience and enthusiasm and commitment which has oozed from the Beechgrove environs and such hardy perennial presenters as Jim McColl, Carole Baxter and George Anderson. Yet, no matter the vagaries of the Scottish weather, the show must go on. And it was a pleasure to work with them all and travel up to the beautiful north east of Scotland.”. “In my case, it is also a profession which started off in 1954 with a year’s practical before I went on to college. Jaws dropped in households across Scotland in 1978 when George Barron told television viewers he was off for a “wee jobbie” in the potting shed. The new series begins this week and while P&J columnist Jim packed away his trowel in 2019, his famous words “Every day’s a school day” sum up the programme’s philosophy. And ultimately, no matter how much you have done on the lawn, in the greenhouse or amid the hanging baskets, there will always be other wee jobbies to deal with. Reset password: Click here. George Anderson, Self: Beechgrove Garden. The new series begins this week and while P&J columnist Jim packed away his trowel in 2019, his famous words “Every day’s a school day” sum up the programme’s philosophy. The down-to-earth knowledge and banter of Beechgrove's first presenters Jim McColl and George Barron helped take the programme to phenomenal success. The Beechgrove Garden is a gardening programme, which started on 14 April 1978. by George McColl, Jim; Barron | 1 Jan 1980. And it was a pleasure to work with them all and travel up to the beautiful north east of Scotland.”. On the contrary, he has no doubt about the benefits of people escaping from lockdown and watching things grow outside close to them. Jaws dropped in households across Scotland in 1978 when George Barron told television viewers he was off for a “wee jobbie” in the potting shed. “People would ask: ‘How do plants cope with that and how do we cope with that?’. Jim and George’s use of their own dialects particularly endeared them to a huge Scottish audience, attracting one million viewers in those early days. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys Women's History Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events Jim first appeared on Beechgrove in 1978 with Aberdeen man George Barron. Perth & Kinross – The Courier…, Want to post on our blog? And then, of course, I reminded them I was English. And there have been some seriously bad winters since Beechgrove began blooming, while the presenters have had to deal with the grievous impact of such events as Storm Frank in 2015 and the “Beast from the East” three years later. Password. Jim and George’s use of their own dialects particularly endeared them to a huge Scottish audience, attracting 1 million viewers in those early days. It is a Scottish equivalent of Gardener's World. The Beechgrove Garden is a television programme broadcast on BBC Two Scotland since 1978, but since 10 April 2007 now broadcast on BBC One Scotland. Presenters may come and go, but, like the land, the programme endures. With George Anderson, George Barron, Carole Baxter, Chris Beardshaw. The Beechgrove Garden grew out of his participation in a Radio Scotland series The Scottish Garden. She recalled: “I was asked to present and there were a couple of things I said straight away. Jim was among those who paid tribute when Mr Inkster died in 2019 and his words reflected many of the qualities which have kept Beechgrove evergreen. There were no gimmicks, no attempts to appeal to a “yoof” audience, but the newcomer quickly made her mark and demonstrated her ability to join her older colleagues in getting her hands dirty. Email: hwsupport@haymarket.com. He said: “I’ve known all my life that gardening is brilliant to get into, it is social, it can be taken at any level and it can be started at any time in your life. “The others [on the panel] thought it was a type of cabbage, but I knew he meant a type of cannabis plant because, previously, I had grown cannibis sativa in a foliage border in the Reading University Bsc students teaching garden in Shinfield in 1960. It is a Scottish equivalent of Gardener's World. Yet, more than 40 years later, and even though George has long departed to that great greenhouse in the sky, the Beechgrove Garden has become a treasured part of Scottish life and is one of Aberdeen’s best-known broadcasting exports. Beechgrove is on BBC Scotland at 8pm on Thursday. You can find out more at: https://www.beechgrove.co.uk/, Police were in attendance in a street in Perth today after a man in his thirties died. He had a career as a horticultural advisor before joining the show, while his original co-presenter, George Barron, was 64 when the show started, having retired as head gardener at Pitmedden House in rural Aberdeenshire, where he had worked for 30 years. “The others [on the panel] thought it was a type of cabbage, but I knew he meant a type of cannabis plant because, previously, I had grown cannibis sativa in a foliage border in the Reading University Bsc students teaching garden in Shinfield in 1960. He recalled: “At the beginning, we were given a blank canvas. No frills, no grand designs, just a passion for planting which others can follow. There were no gimmicks, no attempts to appeal to a “yoof” audience, but the newcomer quickly made her mark and demonstrated her ability to join her older colleagues in getting her hands dirty. “But what really kicked it into life was a visit by a BBC Scotland executive to the United States, who saw a programme called the Victory Garden, which was set out in the backyard of WGBH Boston. He gained accolades for the quality of his gardens and allotments and, in 2017, also won the P&J Garden of the Year award for the whole of the north and the north-east. Jim presented the show from BBC Scotland's Aberdeen base alongside George Barron. John Macpherson, the producer of the inaugural series 43 years ago, recalled: “The Beechgrove Garden came from a variety of people who had seeds of ideas. “The thing about gardening that is so great is that it is basic and anyone can do it.”. The BBC programme will be back this Thursday – on April 1 – but Jim doesn’t think there is anything foolish about people immersing themselves in their gardens. And Elaine C Smith, who narrated the affectionate documentary, helped explain why Beechgrove arrived at the perfect moment for a generation who were moving out of tenements and high-rise flats and finding themselves with little plots of land. Yet, more than 40 years later, and even though George has long departed to that great greenhouse in the sky, the Beechgrove Garden has become a treasured part of Scottish life and is one of Aberdeen’s best-known broadcasting exports. The Beechgrove Garden is a hardy annual TV gardening series which sets out to deal with, glory in and celebrate Scottish horticulture and growing conditions. Subscribe From £299/pa. The Beechgrove Garden 2018. He said: “I loved the man from the moment I met him back in the 1970s. 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In 2018, a 40th anniversary programme was screened to celebrate the remarkable success story of the allotment scheme which became a national phenomenon. “My answer to that was that George Barron was standing next to me and he had 60 years experience and I’ve got 40 years experience in horticulture. 4.5 out of 5 stars 65. It was one of those unforgettable moments where scores of people did a double take and wondered if they could believe their ears. As of 2010 McColl and Baxter still present the show, joined by Carolyn Spray and Lesley Watson. Paperback Currently unavailable. And that was how the whole thing started.”. © Aberdeen Journals Ltd 2021. It may have a simple formula, but it has tapped into the sprouting popularity of horticulture; one of the few industries which had actually flourished in lockdown. “The thing about gardening that is so great is that it is basic and anyone can do it.”. Due to its small size, the programme's popularity and the fact the garden had been transformed several times over, a new area of ground to the west of Aberdeen was acquired for the pro… Gardening came down in the genes. Jim had acquired some broadcasting knowledge before he even arrived in Aberdeen – and discovered he had to mind his sweet peas and qs in his role as radio expert. Since the 1980s, The Beechgrove Garden has been shown intermittently on the BBC in England usually in non … The show was once parodied in the BBC Scotland comedy sketch show Scotch and Wry, with Rikki Fulton as George Barron and Gregor Fisher as Jim McColl (dubbed the sunshine boyos) "growing" whisky. “If you wanted advice on where to start, you had to go to the Beechgrove Garden.”. It was one of those unforgettable moments where scores of people did a double take and wondered if they could believe their ears. All Rights Reserved. Jim and George relationship is immortalised by the comedy duo of Scotch and Wry and their Beechgrove parody. 14 days limited access to subscriber-only content; Register. “Until then, we had been living in a tenement with a shared back court, so there was no gardening required, really. When the ground was broken on the Beechgrove Garden in 1978, it was an excuse to do something with a barren patch of land in the backyard of BBC Aberdeen. Barron retired in the 1980s and was replaced by Carole Baxter. “Until then, we had been living in a tenement with a shared back court, so there was no gardening required, really. The beechgrove garden : a booklet of advice on vegetable growing. Jim McColl, one of the original presenters alongside Mr Barron, has always been a down-to-earth character; an ideal trait for a gardening guru. As current presenter, George Anderson, said: “Jim has been standing in his short sleeves with the temperature at 24 degrees in April, then, the next week that we filmed, there was six inches of snow and the temperature was down to four degrees. The first Presenters were Jim McColl and George Barron, who started designing and building the garden from a derelict plot next to the Studios. Their early work helped The Beechgrove Garden become one of the most popular and long running television programmes for Scottish viewers. Includes yearly calendar, monthly planner, plants journal and space for personal notes. “In my case, it is also a profession which started off in 1954 with a year’s practical before I went on to college. Beechgrove is on BBC Scotland at 8pm on Thursday. George Barron offers Jim McColl a taste of the Beechgrove Garden spring rhubarb. Sign in to continue. He was a perfectionist, somebody who was enthused by everything to do with horticulture and it was always a pleasure to meet him and talk to him. So if we canna talk for three minutes about how to grow tatties, then it’s a pretty poor do!”. by Harlen Annable | 7 Apr 2019. And much of that success is down to the couthy charm, decades of gardening experience and enthusiasm and commitment which has oozed from the Beechgrove environs and such hardy perennial presenters as Jim McColl, Carole Baxter and George Anderson. George joined Beechgrove at the age of 64, after retiring as head gardener at Pitmedden House, where he spent 30 years creating a formal French garden in the midst of rural Aberdeenshire. The Beechgrove Garden is a television programme broadcast on BBC Two Scotland since 1978, but since 10 April 2007 now broadcast on BBC One Scotland. And the rest is history. For as little as £5.99 a month you can access all of our content, including Premium articles. He was a perfectionist, somebody who was enthused by everything to do with horticulture and it was always a pleasure to meet him and talk to him. So if we canna talk for three minutes about how to grow tatties, then it’s a pretty poor do!”. The down-to-earth knowledge and banter of Beechgrove’s first presenters, Jim McColl and George Barron, helped make the programme a success. The programme had viewing figures of over a million people, which was a quarter of the population of Scotland at that time! What would people like to have in it?’ And we set off from there. However, the show actually owes its origins to a concept which sprung up in America. The programme discovers how the down to earth knowledge and banter of Beechgrove’s first presenters, Jim McColl and George Barron helped take the programme to unprecedented success. 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