Customer Reviews for Richard Jackson Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
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Richard Jackson Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book
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5 of 18(28%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer reviews for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
Review 1 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
lunar
Location: pinner
Posted: June 06, 2010
Overall Rating
expected more from Richard.
"I'm sorry Richard i'm an avid fan of yours, have bought loads of plants from qvc, never miss the gardening shows which was why I purchased this book but like other reviewers I was very dissappointed. I feel this book is for beginner gardeners and this should be made clear when item is on air. I have to say I don't class my self as a super gardener and i'm always learning as I go along but this book gave me no information or tips that I didn't already know. Now having said that there is good advice if your a beginner and I know I could of sent the book back under my 30 day money back but I wanted to support Richard so I have kept my book. I feel the pace of information needs to be stepped up one or two notches ok maybe three or four so maybe Richard and QVC could offer " experienced " gardeners a way of learning more."
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Review 2 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
katy8
Location: Chichester
Posted: May 26, 2010
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Charming little book
"I rather like this book, it's charming, some interesting tips, some I knew, some I didn't (drying hydrangea flowers in water, thanks). I'm a big fan of Richard his enthusiasm for gardening is very catching. My only complaint is I thought it a slightly overpriced.
My tip to add is when I trim my lavender and rosemary hedge I collect the clippings and put them round my hostas as a mulch, helps to keep the slimy beggars away!
Also use your old tea bags as mulch around the hydrangeas."
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Review 3 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
MistyMo
Location: Welshpool, Powys
Posted: May 05, 2010
Age: 65 & over
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 2-5 years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
Overall Rating
Very disappointed ...
"Along with many other reviewers, I was disappointed in the book which was too expensive for what it was. I bought one for a friend's birthday but sent it back as the content did not justify the price. Also, there was a "smudge" on one of the pages near the back which made it look as if I had used it! Obviously, proof readers were not used as the yucca plant was spelled yukka (which is a clothing company!). Please present us with a more comprehensive book/paperback, Richard and you will make more gardeners happy!!"
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Review 4 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
faxington61
Location: Scotland
Posted: April 16, 2010
Age: 45-54
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 10+ years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
Overall Rating
Not worth the money
"I recevied this book as a birthday present - and having seen it on the TV with Richard I thought it was going to give me lots of new gardening tips - got to agree with others - theres more info in "Gardeners World" magazine - the pictures take over - theres more of them than any tips - thought it would be about planting times, cuttings, pruning etc - very disappointed"
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Review 5 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
Devondaisy
Location: Devon
Posted: April 14, 2010
Age: 45-54
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 10+ years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Who would this be a perfect gift for? Best Friends
Overall Rating
Great book for anyone who loves gardening
"I love this book because you can use it as a reference book. You don't have to plough through lots of information to find the tip you need.
If you have been gardening for years then this may not be the book for you, I find that I do know a few of the tips but I can never remember them when I need them so this is the ideal book to keep handy for just those times.
I have lots of books which go into greater detail but who wants to spend hours looking through all that information.
It is just like having granny around to answer all your questions. Great pictures.
Thanks"
If you have been gardening for years then this may not be the book for you, I find that I do know a few of the tips but I can never remember them when I need them so this is the ideal book to keep handy for just those times.
I have lots of books which go into greater detail but who wants to spend hours looking through all that information.
It is just like having granny around to answer all your questions. Great pictures.
Thanks"
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 6 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
modelp
Location: Manchester
Posted: April 13, 2010
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Bit of a let down
"Nice pictures and a few tips but sorry not worth the P & P let alone the price of the book!"
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Review 7 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
Nibz
Location: Leicestershire
Posted: April 09, 2010
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Presenters made this sound a good read
"Sorry Richard I wasn't impressed. It's got a few new tips but I expected the book to be packed with things I'd never heard before and unfortunately that wasn't the case. Very disappointing though the photos were nice."
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Review 8 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
JammyGirl
Location: Cheltenham
Posted: April 08, 2010
Age: 55-64
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 10+ years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Who would this be a perfect gift for? Co-workers
Overall Rating
Good beginners book
"This is a nice book for beginners to gardening. It has many tips I do not know and lots of information for the first time gardener with out being boring. If you are trying your hand at gardening and want tips and information easy to read then this is for you."
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
Locarno5
Location: Hertfordshire
Posted: April 08, 2010
Age: 55-64
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 10+ years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
Overall Rating
Very disappointed!!
"I watch Richard each and every time he appears on QVC and have purchased lots of plants as a result of his helpful descriptions... but this book took me about 15 minutes to read with a few tips I was interested in. Admitedly there are lots of beautiful photographs but that wasn't what I had hoped for. It's a very expensive book with very little content."
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Review 10 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
sturdy60
Location: south wales
Posted: March 20, 2010
Age: 55-64
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 2-5 years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
Who would this be a perfect gift for? Significant Others
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not very informative
"not what I was expecting I wanted to know when to cut back when to plant etc perhaps I sent for the wrong sort of book sorry richard have sent it back"
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 11 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
Fos1
Location: Angus, Scotland
Posted: March 18, 2010
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 10+ years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Overall Rating
What a Beautiful Book!
"Richard I have to say that I find the other reviews on this Book upsetting, each to there own thoughts but I have to say what a Beautiful colour book packed full off not only your 150 tips which not everyone will know I don't know half off them but I also found the book packed full off ideas to do in the garden, the pictures are lovely to look at, I myself have had so many ideas to try in my garden with in the first few pages and which I will try out, the page on pots your only saying that lots of pots are lovely together but stop and look at the flowers in the pots it gives you a clue to what flowers look good together, how many times do you ask yourself what plants go together, well look in the book and see, just things like that looking through the pages if you look you can see so many ideas of things you can do in your garden, you might think you have just done the book on hints and tips and thats what many people were expecting but I see far more from this beautiful book, and thats why you are the expert Richard so many lovely ideas to try out and it is such a joy to sit down and look through and it is a book you can pick up to remind you eh How do you do that again oh yeah it's in Richards book, I love it and well worth every penny thank you so much for doing this Amazing book Richard"
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 12 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
GardenDigger
Location: Bridgend
Posted: March 14, 2010
Age: 55-64
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 5-10 years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
Overall Rating
Sorry Richard, My First Bad QVC Review
"The pictures in this book dwarf the content. Granted that about 6 of the tips were new to me, the rest are (as far as I know) fairly common knowledge.
On a simple "book size to price" equation, this book is small for the price - you pay a lot for each word. There's much more useful content in a monthly "Gardener's World" magazine than in this book.
It might be good value if it was a paperback "mini-book" sold for a quid but as it is, sorry, it's simply not worth the money."
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 13 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
jandd
Location: Northampton
Posted: March 08, 2010
Age: 45-54
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 2-5 years
Overall Rating
disappointing
"Ordered this for mothers day.Disappointed with quality and content,not worth the money have returned."
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 14 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
Bethjacq
Location: Scotland
Posted: March 06, 2010
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Not for me
"Disappointed in this book. A lot of hype in the show but limited content in the book. I expected much more. I will probably return it."
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 15 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
busyteacher
Location: Midlands
Posted: March 05, 2010
Age: 45-54
Overall Rating
Disappointing
"I was dissapointed in the content of this book. I expected it to have more useful information in it. May have to send it back. Sorry Richard."
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Review 16 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
HDIVER
Location: London
Posted: March 04, 2010
Age: 55-64
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 10+ years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Who would this be a perfect gift for? Best Friends
Overall Rating
Good Book
"An inexpensive, easy to read and follow book of gardening tips - especially for an almost novice, such as I. As the previous reviewer says, it does have tips that some people would already know but I believe that a lot of people who would buy this book will be new or not so experienced gardeners, such tips would have to be included for them, it is well worth it. Nice to dip in and out of."
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 17 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
moonie
Location: Billericay Essex
Posted: March 04, 2010
Age: 65 & over
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 5-10 years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
Overall Rating
waste of money
"I like the previous review I expected more from this book my friend likes it so I am keeping it but otherwise I would return it you can do better Richard"
0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 18 for Richard Jacksons 150 Top Gardening Tips Hardback Book - 759193
floss
Location: Blackwood
Posted: February 17, 2010
Age: 45-54
How long have you been shopping with QVC? 10+ years
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
Who would this be a perfect gift for? Significant Others
Overall Rating
Not WhatIExpected
"Not what I expected a big dissapointment
"When Richard was talking about this book he made it sound like there were a lot of new things to try in the garden to get the best out of it. I was dissapointed because nearly all of the tips in there were old ones that I and I am sure a lot of other gardeners whould know already. Even my partner who is not a gardner knew all the tips in there and he said he wasn't impressed because he didnt think there was enough content especially for beginners. I bought it because i have Blueberries and Richard stated that he would tell you how to get the best out of your plants. The only tip given was to leave the berries on a bit longer so that they ripen more and get sweeter and buy doing this they come off easier. This to me was not really a tip but common sense. I think even the novice gardener would know that fruit needs to ripen first before you pick it.
I assumed there would be a more indepth passage for each tip but it was very short and sweet.
Sorry but I was very dissapointed as I expected better from Richard.""
"When Richard was talking about this book he made it sound like there were a lot of new things to try in the garden to get the best out of it. I was dissapointed because nearly all of the tips in there were old ones that I and I am sure a lot of other gardeners whould know already. Even my partner who is not a gardner knew all the tips in there and he said he wasn't impressed because he didnt think there was enough content especially for beginners. I bought it because i have Blueberries and Richard stated that he would tell you how to get the best out of your plants. The only tip given was to leave the berries on a bit longer so that they ripen more and get sweeter and buy doing this they come off easier. This to me was not really a tip but common sense. I think even the novice gardener would know that fruit needs to ripen first before you pick it.
I assumed there would be a more indepth passage for each tip but it was very short and sweet.
Sorry but I was very dissapointed as I expected better from Richard.""
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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