1979: GLORIOUS amateur GARDENS | The Front Garden | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive 

I do hope that someone is keeping her grave well.

This was the Gt. Britain that I grew up in.

Simply a treasure to behold, may God bless them all. 🙏

❤ This footage makes me so happy ❤🎉

She was a very kind woman.

What charming elegantly these ladies were. The gardens, landscape, cottages, churches buildings erc are are beautifull! Maintaining that beauty remains in this very beautiful part of beautiful Derbyshire!

Absolutely adorable🙏🌟

Her little cottage looks very much the same today. Even down to the large basket on the wall. The whole place is a bit of a picture postcard touristy place now.

You put the hairy end of the plant in the garden and hope for the best

Lovely ladies who came from a generation who just rolled up their sleeves and got on with it. I just hope these gardens are in the same beautiful state as when they left them.

The word Paradise comes from the Persian word pairidaezas which means 'Walled Garden'. The notion of Paradise as a garden predates Islam, Judaism, Christianity and even the Garden of Eden. It stems from the Sumerian period 4000BC in Mesopotamia. Shade and water are two important elements of paradise.

I remember my mother gardening in a black velvet skirt and heels

nice to feel the vibe of England from lovely old lady with both sense of humor and skill of gardening.

Beautiful photography; shooting under bright sunny conditions can be a nightmare for cinematographers but this looks soft and balanced in its exposure without any apparent fill lighting, some shots benefit from being slightly overcast but the results are really impressive. I would love to know who the cameraman was.

It's interesting that what they describe as an "informal garden" is far more regimented than 99% of gardens 45 years later.

Such a delightful woman at the end.

Both lovely!

|Thanks so much the Britain I remember.

"People's always seem as though they're looking for something, and really it's at the end of the nose."

Such a lovely voice, people just dont sound like that these days

Beautiful

Love it love it love it ! Make the BBC great again - we want ordinary people talking about their ordinary lives. Not all this celebratory worship, or any of the woke stuff and diversity push. Just normal everyday people will do please.🙏

She says it was one of Capability Brown's folies but having a look it seems it was actually built in 1815 by Jeffry Wyatville. The name of it is Newsham Lodge. What I've typed above is from 5 minutes research so I would be grateful if anyone could add further info or even correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.

Such a lovely little snippet of ordinary people, getting on with life and making the best of things. My grandmother's generation - roll your sleeves up, this is your lot, might as well enjoy it. Sadly the lodge seems to have returned to it's semi-derelict state, the only photos I can find of it are from 2017 and it has boarded windows. No flowers to be seen any more. I hope they lived there much longer after this and enjoyed every minute, perhaps the last people to care for it.

Excellent and lovely to see so many traditional plants and shrubs. I might have to work at the other end of the coach house garden though to get some peace and quiet 😅

This was in the days when gardens were for plants

People will tell you that this kind if england never existed

Iceberg rocks.. what a lovely phrase

...has the world really changed for the better? What a different time...

Given wisdom EVERYONE can live in a beautiful garden...😅

Seeing the smiley older couple I thought I was watching 'Little Britain' for a second.

A portal on a lost world, complete with birdsong…all gone.

I bet the ghosts of that place took care of those people

What a mess this country is now just 40 or so years on.

Very Beatrice Potter.

What country was this? I’ve seen meticulously accurate BBC dramas set in 1970s England and it looked nothing like this place, wherever it is.

I bet the three people in the video are dead now.

Any CHANCE you can stop capitalising RANDOM WORDS? It's kinda annoying and CHEAPENS THE brand and great content.

1979: Amateur GARDENERS' EXTRAORDINAIRE | The Front Garden | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive 12.4.24 in my neighborhood its a case of that looks nice and......you guessed the rest............ "corme look at my glorious gubbins." do we didn't. went t't pub instead.

I'm 40 and am a single Christian man, 6"2, bald but ok looking still, well travelled, level headed, sociable. Despite all this, it's been more than 8 years since I was properly with someone and that only lasted a few months. Time before that I was the victim of gaslighting and quite an abusive relationship going back 12 years now. For several years now I've gone on dates and it goes nowhere because I'm generally not meeting women I find physically attractive because the ones I see on these apps aren't into me. I sometimes match with them but then no response. I guess as an attractive woman, they will always have so much more choice and get snapped up quick. What's more, I am still a virgin technically speaking, despite having had multiple opportunities over the years with the few relationships I've had and then one off flings and "one night stands" which I really regret even going that far because it was wrong. But never had full intercourse. I wanted to save myself for marriage and do what's right before God but I guess the wife and the marriage never happened. I hope it's not too late but it's certainly getting to a point where I'm worried whether anything will change. I understand that confidence and being content on your own is key, however I can't seem to shake off the feeling of failure and being unable to find and attract a woman that I want. Being on my own for so long, I can't see how it can be beneficial for anyone to be this way for this long and not have companionship. I don't mind being on my own, as I said I've travelled a ton, I've been to almost 70 countries now and the vast majority of that on my own.