Alan T doesn't so much "love" the gardens as have a one night stand with them . May give a brief thrill, but an ongoing relationship is much more rewarding
Alan /T programme love your garden is old hat ,presenters do not gel whereas gardeners world with Monty Carol Joe and Rachael is the best ,only wish they had an hour slot on Friday night .
Watched AT last night, building a garden for a war hero (a more deserving recipient would be hard to imagine)......but oh dear, talk about splashing the cash, the robot lawnmower alone had a price tag of £2,500.
I suppose in terms of the required expenditure to film an hour’s prime time TV, the cost may be justified. Having said that, I feel last night’s show must have cost in the region of £100k for hard landscaping alone.
Have you noticed that everything they put in is flowering? Stuff that in my experience doesn't flower together and if you had a garden like that, you would have one month of splendour then nothing the rest of the year. I am constantly told by friends that I am eccentric because I don't have a colour scheme or theme, the thing is I like it that way
It was the £6K water feature, and the jigsaw of the park that got me! (and that would last 5 years! And all the hydrangeas being put very close together.
I seem to remember they had a problem with people selling their houses after the Groundforce team had been
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Alan T doesn't so much "love" the gardens as have a one night stand with them
. May give a brief thrill, but an ongoing relationship is much more rewarding 
Nicely put catsmother
In the sticks near Peterborough
Alan /T programme love your garden is old hat ,presenters do not gel whereas gardeners world with Monty Carol Joe and Rachael is the best ,only wish they had an hour slot on Friday night .
We can but wish,Annie.
Watched AT last night, building a garden for a war hero (a more deserving recipient would be hard to imagine)......but oh dear, talk about splashing the cash, the robot lawnmower alone had a price tag of £2,500.
I suppose in terms of the required expenditure to film an hour’s prime time TV, the cost may be justified. Having said that, I feel last night’s show must have cost in the region of £100k for hard landscaping alone.
Have you noticed that everything they put in is flowering? Stuff that in my experience doesn't flower together and if you had a garden like that, you would have one month of splendour then nothing the rest of the year. I am constantly told by friends that I am eccentric because I don't have a colour scheme or theme, the thing is I like it that way
It was the £6K water feature, and the jigsaw of the park that got me! (and that would last 5 years! And all the hydrangeas being put very close together.
I seem to remember they had a problem with people selling their houses after the Groundforce team had been
I quite agree with everything that's been written so far, but it did get me thinking. What would I do with a spare £20K.(yeah right, spare??)
I would treat myself to a new lawn but at the moment it a 'hard' labour of love
I woiuld treat myself to a new shed, complete with luxuries like electricity.
Would I get a designer or two in to help. Don't know. Would it then be his/hers garden with my agreement??
What about you?? What would you do??