Most complaints I've seen are about not having the money to do this kind of designs. I think the concept of the show is very interesting and it even has a "low cost" section. I think the show is pretty good to take your mind off your problems and just imagining what we could do to our own gardens. It does not want to be a budget show nor does it pretend to be. I think in its essence does exactly what I want from it, which is to see very good garden designers talk and show their ideas. I don't care if I don't have the money needed, I just want to see beautiful things and take my mind off work.
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Great concept and execution, overdramatic delivery
lavaontheflo7 February 2021
Great program, love seeing the garden concepts they come up with but the host is over dramatic, I feel like she's trying to make me watch a thriller when I watching a garden makeover...almost to the extent my blood pressure goes up and I'm only in my 30's. She's a great host but she needs to chill out and ground
Realistic
platinum-4536426 February 2021
It's finally good to see realistic budgets for intricate designs. Garden rescue etc give the general public a ridiculously cheap view without labour costs etc. This program takes everything into account and some really nice ideas aswell.
Underwhelming, contrived gardens and a con.
heppy8817 March 2021
The only reason I gave this a 5 is because it's mildly entertaining. The most frustrating thing is the fact the initial virtual pitch nearly always over sells what is possible for the budget. I'm up to episode 5 and all but one of the garden's look like the one originally proposed. I realise gardens and the plants have to mature, but a couple of the gardens had major hard landscaping omissions. I don't believe any of the gardens could match the original design keeping anywhere near the proposed budget. In fact the programme is a con on many fronts.
Startlingly bad
Thatwhichcounts17 June 2022
What a load of drivel. Pathetic in it's scripting, 5 minutes of information drawn out to an hour, full of emotionally out-of-control actors prancing around over self-induced first-world problems. I tried watching it to look for real help in re-doing a garden, but this was a total waste of time. It's as bad as any TV that I've ever seen.
A typical quote: "So you've trained as a yoga instructor; is that something that you want to do?" Duh.
A typical quote: "So you've trained as a yoga instructor; is that something that you want to do?" Duh.
Does it never rain in England??
stefjacob21 May 2021
Designs are gimmicky and mostly impractical, a bit drawn out, not a patch on its sister show: Your Home Made Perfect, would be better if it was 30 mins and how about showing us some of these gardens in the rain? One couple spent 20 grand and they didn't even get a covered area to sit out in the rain. I also laughed when the designer said she didn't want to distract from the lovely view and her design had all these ugly pipes and upright posts everywhere, like that isn't distracting!
Pointless and boring
lucydady23 February 2021
I don't know who this slightly odd show us aimed at. Certainly most people with a flat,rectangular space and a lot if money would be able to do something to improve it themselves while the transformations are ugly,difficult to maintain and expensive.add to that a slightly condescending tone and you seem to have an odd mash up of grand designs and changing rooms. Time better spent watching gardeners world.
Pretty bad designs for a lot of money
dhruba_bd19 February 2021
Unrealistic budgets for most people
robpearce-6194018 February 2021
Most ordinary people don't have this sort of money to spend on a garden makeover so the show is not really relevant in the real world in which most of us live. My advice.....stick to watching Garden Rescue with Charlie and the Rich Brothers!!
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