David Domoney

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Blogs, guides, and gardening ideas from TV Gardener and Chartered Horticulturalist David Domoney.

  • Love Your Garden series 4 episode 4: Behind the scenes photos

    Love Your Garden series 4 episode 4: Behind the scenes photos

    You’ve seen the show, now check out what happens behind the scenes!

    (Missed it? Watch it on ITVPlayer now!)

    David Domoney Love Your Garden ITV1 with Alan Titchmarsh

    Here is me with the production manager Jim Boyers. Take a close look, I’ve done this clapper board especially for you readers – it’s titled Domoney blog! Scene: 1, Take: 207, Roll: Bacon! You’re welcome!

     

    David Domoney Alan Titchmarsh Katie Rushworth Frances Tophill present ITV Love Your Garden

    This is Alan, Katie, Frances and myself drawing up the plans for the garden. Stef the cameraman is in the background. We have to film this sequence about three times – one for each different camera angle. This one is at the back looking down on the plan. We always film this in a professional location, um… on a trestle table in middle of the street.

     

    Frosts Landscapes behind the scenes laying decking ITV Love Your Garden

    Here we see Shaun down a hole, getting underneath the decking trying to put the lights in. You can see the lengths we go to on these garden makeovers! To the left with the hat we have Sam and to the right is Kevin, as the guys attempt to get everything together.

     

    David Domoney Alan Titchmarsh and Love Your Garden team including Frosts Landscapes hide in marquee on set

    Next is a shot just after the rain – we had a marquee at the top of the garden, so we all hid under it. You can see the back of Alan’s head, Jon, Matt the sound guy and Matt the landscaper there to his left, as we all get under there to keep dry.

     

    Make up artist with Frances Tophill on Love Your Garden

    This is Amy Moon, our makeup artist. She’s giving Frances a little touch-up as she sits in a wheelbarrow, as you do. My makeup usually consists of dabbing a bit of peat behind my ears!

     

    Kevin Frosts Landscapes with digger on set of Love Your Garden

    Here is Kevin, he’s our digger, driver and heavy plant material guy! The way he can swing those machines around makes an amazing difference to the garden. Though I always make sure my car is parked a few miles away when he’s on that thing, just in case! He does an amazing job carrying the packs in, and he’s quite a character.

     

    Cath on set Love Your Garden with burnt kettle

    Here is Cath, she’s one of our researchers. She put the kettle on, thinking it was one that you put on the stove over a flame. In fact, it was electric, and we had to buy a new one because she melted it!

     

    Jon Frosts Landscapes digging concrete in front garden for David Domoney and Frances Tophill on Love Your Garden

    This is where I planted the tree in the front garden with Frances. The trouble was that as we dug down, we realised there was a huge chunk of concrete under the soil. We had to get one of our hard landscapers, Jon, with a pneumatic drill and break up the concrete and get it out!

     

    Alan Titchmarsh planting a tree on Love Your Garden ITV

    In this picture we’ve just had a rain shower, but Alan is out there looking fresh and dry! I don’t know how he does it. He’s putting a tree into position in the garden, and he’s busy explaining all the benefits of that particular variety.

     

    Frances Tophill mowing the lawn on Love Your Garden

    Here is Frances cutting the lawn when we get together for our front garden makeover. There were some marvellous shots in the programme – I love doing front gardens. They’re so important to families and communities, and that’s why I started the Cultivation Street campaign to bring back Britain’s front gardens.

     

    David Domoney selfie with a gnome on Love Your Garden

    This is the gnome that we found in the front garden. It looked very angry, so when we finished the makeover I drew on a little smile and put him back in the garden. I’m very pleased it made it into the final programme! As you can see there, in between the rain it was a very hot day, and my face is bright red.

     

    Steve cameraman on Love Your Garden filming a wendy house

    Back at the main garden, I found Steve shooting through an old Wendy house that he discovered round the back. He’ll go to great lengths to get the right shot, and here he is really leaning in through the window for the best angle!

     

    Kevin and Martyn from Frosts peering through fence on set of Love Your Garden

    Here are two of the Frosts guys having a nosy through the fence! On the left is Kevin, who’s one of the planters and heavy machinery guys, and to the right is Martyn, one of the lead chippies and a marvellous craftsman. They’ve both got a great sense of humour and it’s a pleasure to work with them.

     

    Eric Spungold TV researcher stealing limelight from Frances Tophill on Love Your Garden

    This is Guy, the cheeky runner/researcher trying to steal the limelight! Frances is presenting in the background, and the team is trying to focus on her, but he’s jumping in front of the camera and taking all the credit. What a cheeky monkey!

     

    David Domoney viewpoint from the other side filming Love Your Garden for ITV behind the scenes

    This is what I see when I’m doing a piece to camera in the garden. It may look like I’m just talking to you on the telly, but actually I’ve got a large live audience! Two cameramen, a director in the front and two sound technicians. There’s another cameraman at the back taking shots from other the fence. From left to right we have Stef, Matt, Grant, Ben, Alice, Jim just behind her and Steve.

     

    Alan-Titchmarsh-Love-Your-Garden

    Here is Alan doing a piece to camera to sum up the show while all the people are in the garden celebrating. It’s always emotional when they get to see what a difference we’ve made to their garden.

  • Five best purple plants from RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

    Five best purple plants from RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

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    Purple is a huge trend in the gardening world. It was THE colour at Chelsea, and it came to the fore again at Hampton Court.

    Check out my top five Hampton garden looks to try at home.

    It’s such a flexible colour to have in the garden, so here are my top 5 purple plants from the show!

    1 Lavender

    lavender lavandula at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Floral Marquee

    It’s the iconic purple plant! It was used to great effect in the One Show garden, and here on a stand in the Floral Marquee. Mixing different shades of lavender works really well.

    2 Hydrangea Kardinal Violet

    hyrdangea Kardinal Violet at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Floral Marquee

    A stunning plant with masses of flowers. Hydrangeas work in any garden, and this one is a lovely deep purple colour.

    3 Agapanthus ‘Indigo Dreams’

    agapanthus ‘Indigo Dreams’ at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Floral Marquee

    I love agapanthus. Did you know it means Love Flower? (Agape is Greek for love). This one is so dark it’s almost black, and will bring great height to your beds and borders.

    4 Campanula lactiflora ‘Prichard’s Variety’

    campanula lactiflora ‘Prichard’s Variety’ at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Floral Marquee

    This is a much lighter purple shade, with lovely star-shaped flowers. It makes a really delicate addition to any garden, but also works with my woodland garden!

    5 Veronica longifolia ‘Marietta’

    veronica longifolia Marietta at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Floral Marquee

    This is a stunning upright plant with strong purple flower spikes. It’s really effective as border edging along a path.

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    For more garden planting ideas, check out my blog:

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    Or check out my Pinterest board for more ideas:

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  • The five best plants for foliage at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show

    The five best plants for foliage at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show

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    So often people think the Floral Marquee is all about flowers, but the foliage on show is equally spectacular! Here are my top 5:

    1 Eryngium x zabelii ‘Jos Eijking’

    eryngium plants from RHS Hampton Court Palace

    Also known as the Sea Holly. Beautiful blue-purple colour and spiky leaves.

    2 Fatsia Spider’s Web

    fatsia-spiders-web plants from RHS Hampton Court Palace

    This has huge pointed leaves with white speckles that look like they’ve been painted.

    3 Imperata cylindrica Red Baron

    imperata-cylindrica-red-baron plants from RHS Hampton Court Palace

    A great grassy plant whose leaves turn red at the tips. Perfect foliage for colour.

    4 Acer palmatum ‘Shirazz’

    acer-palmatum-shirazz plants from RHS Hampton Court Palace

    Acers have lovely foliage, and this mixture of red and green leaves makes it an ideal garden tree.

    5 Pelargonium Scarlet Pet (Unique)

    pelargonium-scarlet-pet-unique plants from RHS Hampton Court Palace

    Okay, I know this is technically a flower, but it has scented foliage!

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