- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books; First edition (8 Oct 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563384654
- ISBN-13: 978-0563384656
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 106,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
"Thank you for lending me Geoff every Friday evening. I feel he's there in my living room."This viewer's reaction to Geoff Hamilton's sudden death in 1996 sums up the impact the charismatic TV gardener had on many Gardener's World devotees. From the moment he appeared on our screens to the time he was laid to rest in his jeans and boots, Geoff Hamilton was the domestic gardening authority; the one to whom people turned week after week for down-to-earth, practical advice on what was going on in their own back yards.
Subtitled A Portrait of Britain's Best-Loved Gardener, this book is a must for anyone who regularly switched on BBC2 on a Friday night. From his early life as Tony's identical twin (when his charisma soon became apparent), through marriage, fatherhood, divorce and new-found happiness, this is the story of how an ordinary man communicated his passion for gardening to millions every week.
Not always successful, Geoff suffered through two failed businesses before--up against the wall financially--a friend offered him a job as a gardening writer to help him out. From that moment, he never looked back. He had found his niche, and used his knowledge of what people wanted (this was why his businesses failed--this quality overrode sensible business decisions time and again) to become a household name. With contributions from Geoff's family and many friends, the authors (his twin brother and a former co-presenter) succeed in drawing a warm, loving portrait of a man sorely missed...not only by them, but by a nation.
Guardian Weekend
Sure to make you laugh out loud bring a smile to your face – and occasionally, a tear to your eye.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I spent every Friday night for as long as I can remember watching Gardener's World with my mum. Geoff's enthusiam when presenting the programme shone through and encouraged me to go out and dig an allotment in my parents garden! If you were as saddened as I was when Geoff died then this book is a must read. It tells of his schoolboy days, his relationship with his dad, his failed businesses and his love of singing in the local choir. It also shows Geoff's obvious reluctance to accept his household name status. There are some lovely stories of the goings on whilst filming Gardeners World and if you can manage a visit to Barnesdale Gardens in Rutland too - you can actually imagine Geoff walking around the garden. It is obvious from the book that he was greatly loved by all his family and those who worked with him. I wish my wife would let me walk straight through the kitchen with my muddy wellies on! Read it - it offers a great insight into a great man.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Many books feed you with enthusiasm for the moment but fail to reach right down into your soul. Well for me, this book was able to achieve just that. A book I found hard to put down, it is full of funny experiences that has you side splitting. Then there are other moments when you find yourself welling up with tears. Reading this book has inspired me to visit Barnsdale again to soak up the atmosphere of Geoff Hamilton's legacy - his planting schemes in their full maturity. Oh how I feel for Tony Hamilton and Gay Search, as well as his family, who clearly miss Geoff's playful nature and mature gardening wisdom. This is a book that is not to be missed.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a really nice book. Nice is a hackneyed word, but I feel it sums this biography up very well. Geoff Hamilton's story is well written (primarily by Gay Search) with affection and humour but without rose tinted spectacles. The result is an honest account of Geoff's life and the development of his career, his gardens and his thinking. A fascinating account of a man who stuck to his principles and who cared for his fellow men and the planet on which he lived. Bravo Gay and Tony! I read this in a single sitting, I coudn't put it down. What a loss to us all Geoff's early death was, but his philosophy of life and gardening lives on and is well encapsulated here. Highly recommended.
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