I wanna TV garden makeover

betterbargains4u

Having already been on TV last year in a programme called .... Build, Buy or Restore, where they tried to find my Husband and I a property to buy, we would now like to have a go at a garden makover show that seem to appear quite frequently on our screens.
We didn't eventually buy any of the 3 properties that the Build, Buy or Restore team found for us, but have found a lovely house that has been a huge project from day one. Lots of decorating, renovating etc...so no time, energy or money left for the garden.
Does anyone know which websites I would look on, to find out the programmes that are looking for willing participants?

louise24769

Hi there,
Try the BBCI website, then type in the search bit 'be on a show'. This will then take you to a list of various shows that they are looking for contestants for.
I haven't seen any garden makeover shows asking for contestants for a while as they aren't as popular as they used to be.
If you've got a favourite garden show then you could try and contact the makers of the show direct.
Check what type of contract you signed when you appeared in BUILD, BUY OR RESTORE. We once appeared in a BBC1 show and had to sign an agreement to say we wouldn't appear in any similar show for 2 years.
Good luck searching
Louise

Nile

Hello betterbargains4U

I'll move your thread to the 'Greenfingered' board, where the gardening experts will see it.

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~Chameleon~

Just bumping this thread as I found it on google search while searching for tv garden make-over shows. Does anyone know whether there are plans to do any more of these shows and, if so, who I should contact to apply please?

ronald1938

I am new here, About 4 years ago we lost our Daughter and now have 2 grand children who are 18 and 7 they are brilliant kids but i am 70 years old and my wife is 68 and we still run an Hotel in Blackpool, we have bought an house ready to move into when we retire (LOL) but the garden needs doing and i am not well enough to do it,
how do i apply for a makeover

Davesnave

To be blunt, with the economy and the housing market being as it is, I think you're unlikely to find TV companies making new warm and cuddly garden makeover shows in the near future. The closest you'll possibly get is a series on how to rip up Alan Titwalsh's decking & gravel so that an average family of four can practice a bit of subsistence agriculture on a 20' x 10' plot.

I've just realised that this is the first bit of positive news I've found in the credit crunch! Swiss chard sandwich, anyone?

maypole

Davesnave wrote: »

To be blunt, with the economy and the housing market being as it is, I think you're unlikely to find TV companies making new warm and cuddly garden makeover shows in the near future. The closest you'll possibly get is a series on how to rip up Alan Titwalsh's decking & gravel so that an average family of four can practice a bit of subsistence agriculture on a 20' x 10' plot.

I've just realised that this is the first bit of positive news I've found in the credit crunch! Swiss chard sandwich, anyone?

I wonder why people have to be so rude and scathing about other people's names it's not even funny.

Larumbelle

I don't think he was being rude about anyone's name maypole, I think it was just an amalgamation of 'alan titchmarsh' and 'tommy walsh'...or am I missing something?

Davesnave

silvercharming wrote: »

I don't think he was being rude about anyone's name maypole, I think it was just an amalgamation of 'alan titchmarsh' and 'tommy walsh'...or am I missing something?

No, you are spot on. I wasn't making any personal attack on the two gentlemen concerned, who were (are) both excellent presenters, though I don't share their enthusiasm for the kind of rushed makeovers they became famous for.

HAVEFAITH

I am searching the web for any current or new projects out there in the Garden Makeover area. We have just finished a garden fencing and security and now need some good tips/help with a brand new garden. Why because all we have is mud and building materials. It is a space of 65 feet in length x 45 feet wide. We are total garden virgins and need lots of help and advice. So a tv prog would be most welcome/helpful

lindaadele

Dear Sir,

Please could you do a garden make-over for my mum's boy friends garden because it has got worser and worser over the months it that bad that my mum is about 5 foot and we messured the grass compared to her and it must of been about 4 foot (it went up to her neck.) Also he has tall netles so when i go his house i can not play out with my dog and he has also ruined it because he has a lovely garden swing but it has been ruined by bird poo and dirt and he has loads of junk pilled in his garden but its so big he could realy do something with it because its soooooooo big!

Yours sincerely,
Adele St John

ps. it would be a mirical if you could do his garden up!:shhh: