I wouldn't have the dartboard at all but I did like the scaffolding frames. Not so keen on the slatted roof of the pergola. Too much shade for a Cheshire garden I feel (spent teens there) and too many gaps to allow in all the rain and drip, drip, drip.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I didn't notice that Rachel but good point. I did wonder what the neighbours would think of the party place and all the lights though, not very considerate. I also thought the cost was way over the top for what they ended up with.
I preferred the other designer's plan overall.
I agree. When I saw the lights I thought the neighbours would be less than pleased. I thought the other design made more of the view across the fields. I had to post about the dartboard before they'd even started the build as I thought it was terribly ill considered
Did anyone notice the guy doing the low budget garden was the one who appeared on GW this summer with the garden he'd created on his shed roof in Kent? Interestingly, his viewer video was one of the few repeated in the one hour specials shown in January.
Yes, I recognised him too, the scouser from Broadstairs if I remember rightly. I liked his viewer video on GW.
The dart board was also not attached and was at an angle leaning on the shelf, so would not actually be useable. Nice to see a totally different type of gardening show and liked the visits to other gardens. Hyde Hall is a real treat.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I think it's quite entertaining and I enjoy the visits to other gardens. But I think the design aspects worked better when they did the previous programmes inside the houses.
I would like them to talk a bit more about the plants they are using and about the cost of different items.
I too wondered about what the neighbours thought about all the lights and partying.
In both programmes they chose my favourite design.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
When I used to design gardens I always said as a rule of thumb that clients should spend about the same on the garden as they would on a new kitchen. I had clients spend over £5 on worktops but wouldn't have spent that on a whole garden. There was a shot ( presumably from a drone ) at the end of the programme at night and my first reaction was " light pollution ! I'd hate to live next door"
When I used to design gardens I always said as a rule of thumb that clients should spend about the same on the garden as they would on a new kitchen. I had clients spend over £5 on worktops but wouldn't have spent that on a whole garden. There was a shot ( presumably from a drone ) at the end of the programme at night and my first reaction was " light pollution ! I'd hate to live next door"
Agree with the skinflint comment and that's exactly my thought about the light. (we were probably "thinking in sync")
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Nice to see a totally different type of gardening show and liked the visits to other gardens. Hyde Hall is a real treat.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I would like them to talk a bit more about the plants they are using and about the cost of different items.
I too wondered about what the neighbours thought about all the lights and partying.
In both programmes they chose my favourite design.
I had clients spend over £5 on worktops but wouldn't have spent that on a whole garden.
There was a shot ( presumably from a drone ) at the end of the programme at night and my first reaction was " light pollution ! I'd hate to live next door"
not if you have a VPN.
(we were probably "thinking in sync")