Geoffrey Smith - Desert Island Discs 1998

[@davids8449]

Thank goodness for audio tape and video tape Mr Smith will live on people like him do not exist in 2022

[@squeezyjohn1]

This man is a hero ... no TV gardener comes close today. RIP Mr. Smith.

[@barriedownborough7800]

I TOTALLY AGREE GEOFFREY WAS A SUPER MAN IN EVERY WAY EASY TO UNDERSTAND PLUS A TRULY GREAT BOSS I WORKED WITH HIM AT HARLOW CAR IN 1960 S AND LIKE MYSELF HAD A GOOD CLEAN SENSE OF HUMOUR HE IS SADLY MISSED AND GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY FROM BARRIE DOWNBOROUGH .

[@VousEtre]

What a lovely storyteller. Love to hear people passionate about what they were born to do.

[@Stuart36]

My upmost favourite gardener, even if I didn't discover him till many years after he passed away

[@jurassicjungleuk1726]

One of the great gardeners I could listen to his voice all day long

[@barriedownborough7800]

YES I FULLY AGREE HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN IN EVERYWAY AND I WORKED WITH HIM AS AN APPRENTICE IN HORTICULTURE WAY BACK IN 1964 AT HARLOW CAR GARDENS HARROGATE PLUS REALLY GREAT TO BE SHOWN HOW TO PROPERLY GARDEN THERE SADLY MISSED AND HAPPY DAYS REMEMBERED FROM BARRIE DOWNBOROUGH NOW RETIRED .

[@MarkSmith-zg9mb]

I could listen to mr smith for hours. I’d take him on my desert island. Keeps me absolutely captivated, so interesting

[@vincentneale2620]

Geoffrey Smith - a real gardener sadly missed

[@brianmorrison9168]

Just got an allotment so have been watching Geoffrey Smith on KZbin. As a kid in the 70s I loved his gardening programmes on the TV . My dad enjoyed the brass band music too. Sadly missed TV personality.. RIP !

[@steveoshakes]

What a gentleman! A real pleasure to listen to.

[@simeonbanner6204]

It really angers me how so many gardeners are from different backgrounds, classes but on the BBC they are all middle class. Not just gardening but every aspect of British life. Men like Smith really command respect: humble, talented and nature lovers. I grow up in the country. The gardeners, farmers always understand more than the local aristocrat who owned the lands, gardens. Now we have James Wong with his "exotic" gardening. Old wine in new cups.

[@VeggieBackGarden]

I don't understand (and maybe I've misunderstood your comment) - but wasn't Geoffrey Smith from a middle class background ?

[@jurassicjungleuk1726]

One of the great gardeners sadly missed

[@laurenb6451]

Sadly, I only recently discovered Geoffrey Smith. From what I see there really are not many on his level now. Very few. I’m thinking...

[@carlconway7188]

Such a pleasure to listen to. Loved the story associated with the Volga boatmen and the way he describes the size of cod and his wife's Yorkshire puddings

[@mojohn825]

What a gentleman! They don’t make them like that any more.

[@JPinFuerteventura]

I enjoyed that, thanks for uploading it. I started corresponding with Geoffrey a year or so before he died. I would have liked to have met him. I have the whole of his Favourite Garden series which I have just transferred from VHS to dvd. I will be uploading them to KZbin over the next month or so as they don't seem to appear anywhere and I think it was his best series. Perhaps I have the only copy?

[@mrsmithsgardenseries6242]

Thanks for your comment JP, that would be fantastic, perhaps you do, Iv'e certainly never seen it. Have you seen his other videos I have posted? They cost a fortune to have transferred from laserdisc but it was a small sacrifice to make to be able to share his knowledge and keep his spirit alive. There's also a couple of videos from an episode of Mr Smith's Fruit Garden that someone kindly posted a few years ago, which I've added to this channels playlist, please let me know when you post your Favourite Garden Series and I will also add to this. It's unfortunate that I never got to speak to him myself but he always sounded so enthusiastic and generous with his knowledge and is sorely missed by many.

[@JPinFuerteventura]

Actually I have the whole series of his fruit garden series on VHS I have just realised. I will do the same with that. I will let you know when they are up.

[@JPinFuerteventura]

I could monetise them but I am sure that they would get a copyright strike straight away by the BBC which then means any ad revenue goes to them rather than the poster. If the BBC have lost them then they don't deserve any money so I wouldn't. You shouldn't be so anti-adverts on KZbin videos though. I monetise my Fuerteventura videos because, as well as taking up lots of time to make and edit, they actually cost me money to make so it is good to at least have help with funding upgrades to cameras etc.

[@mrsmithsgardenseries6242]

I often wondered why they didn't repeat or sell any of his programs to other channels like Living etc, if they've lost them though that's a real shame. Unfortunately Geoffrey Smith is rather niche today but I'm sure that those interested enough and looking for his videos will find them wherever they are so don't worry about that. I think as a man who spent his life trying to inspire and educate others about gardening he would be rather pleased that people are still interested and watching his videos :)

[@carlconway7188]

JP in Fuerteventura , thanks for posting Favourite Garden, are you still planning to upload his Fruit Garden series as well please?

[@seanjamescameron]

Hello. Would you have Mr Smith's Fruit Garden ?