2013 calendar

Every year I eagerly anticipate the new gardeners world calendar but this year I have been very disappointed.So sad.

I loved the glossy beautiful pictures of gardens, wildlife and flowers.

But this year not only has the calendar gone from a pleasing large rectangular format to a smaller square format,the photoes have a matt finish and  even the pictures have no depth and mainly consist of small flat looking, uninspiring single flowers and on top of that printing has been squeezed into the already smaller area taking all the joy away.

Any words would be better of with the date section.

So now i 'm having to find  myself a new calendar for next year somewhere else.

Your calendar just looks cheap this year.So disappointing.

Some others have the same sentiments

http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/talkback/december-2013-issue---the-calendar/57900.html

and

http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/the-potting-shed/gw-calendar/56849.html

I really like the smaller size. Oh dear, We can't all be pleased can we!

The photo's are from GW readers, so maybe you could put your nominations forward for next year, at least there will be one photo you like.

This is my first one and I  like it, There would never be enough roon for me to write in all my garden notes, seeds etc,on a calendar,  so I use an A4 ring binder book.. The calendar does what it says, tells you the day and date.

Hi,

Just to add my feedback.  My wife and I were very dissapointed with the smaller size. It is perhaps due to the BBC selling the magazine, so the object now is profit, profit, profit.

Kind regards