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    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

    In 1804 a disparate group of seven gentlemen, all forceful personalities, met for the first time above a bookshop in Piccadilly. They included a domineering aristocrat, a womanising MP and a money-grabbing toy boy. Amazingly though, they also all had a deep love of gardening and plants - and this meeting was in fact the inaugural session of what is now the highly respected Royal Horticultural Society.

    Narrated by keen gardener Sandi Toksvig, this documentary explores the stories behind the seven founders, their feuds and their quarrels. It then zooms forward to investigate where gardening is heading today, through the eyes of seven modern key horticulturists hoping to ensure the successful future of the RHS.

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    Suzie

  • #2
    Thanks for the heads up on this!

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    • #3
      Yay!!!!!!
      Last edited by zazen999; 03-12-2009, 05:19 PM.

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      • #4
        Looks good doesn't it

        I feel a feet-up-glass-in-hand night coming on
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        Suzie

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        • #5
          well, I enjoyed it - apart from the stupid boxing bit! What the heck was that all about!!

          Interesting to hear how they all got together tho
          aka
          Suzie

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          • #6
            Preferred the first one on women gardeners tho' - more about plants and growing things.
            Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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            • #7
              First one I've watched for a bit but found it quite interesting. Interesting point about the RHS being aware that they are seen as a white middle class organisation, something me and OH have commented on in the past and a real shame.

              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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              • #8
                I turned off after about 20mins. Was a bit boring for me.

                “If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”

                "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson

                Charles Churchill : A dog will look up on you; a cat will look down on you; however, a pig will see you eye to eye and know it has found an equal
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