Just watched Fridays GR today. I must admit I thought the finished project was very good for a small plot. £4,000 brought in a lot of plants and shrubs of a good size and that, I thought , made a big difference. At the end of the day a garden should be more about plants than the landscape Imo
In fairness, the landscape work was done to perfection and I thought the clients waster feature fitted in to the garden makeover very well
Well, just watched Wednesdays GR with a 5 grand budget. I am aware that labour cost could swallow a lot of that but the end project did not meet the expense of the client property. A rill and 5 cherry trees( of a very good side) with lawn cut up in to rectangles for mass planting. It begs the following questions from me
1. Why not have raised planters clad in stainless steel with a tile edge to match the rill instead of cutting a lawn edge that gave no height to the planting
2. Why didn't the client look at extending the patio area in to the flower bed area. This would have created quality straight edges
3. One of the Rich brothers commented that clay soil is ok for plants and would no require the addition of manure or grit. Only sandy soil requires the addition of compost. So, based on that, my gardens clay soil would have been OK for plants and I have wasted a life time, a lot of back breaking digging work and a large amount of money on manure and grit that was a waste of time, work and money
Last couple of times I sat and tried to watch an afternoon Garden Rescue episode I have nodded off and tipped the dregs of my cup of tea over my lap. I usually miss the first 15 mins. It's not a statement on my opinion of the show. I just feel sleepy then as my creaking joints keep me awake at night.
Charlie seems to me to show a lot more love for her plants than do the Rich brothers. I do wonder if they are clearly "landscapers" rather than gardeners .
greenfinger steve, there is NO labour costs in this programme, the budget is all for material, its says the labour is free for the programme.Th word "landscaping" (according to Collins and Oxford English) is blending in and looking natural , which in honesty, most of these gardens dont.
Totally agree and it makes the situation even worse that there are no labour costs factored in to the budget
Iamweedy
Yes, Charlie is the qualified gardener as opposed to the Rich brother who are trained in garden design but I believe they do not hold any RHS qualification. They seem oblivious to some basic requirements on plant care
I know Charlie is obsessed with water features, but today they were designing a garden for a couple with 2 young children; the youngest only just walking. Charlie claimed that it was safe because "It's only a couple of inches deep". That's plenty deep enough for a young child to drown in if they fell in face first.
I just don't think water features which have any form of stream, and very young children, are a safe mix.
When I was nursing back in the early 70s, the M23 motorway was being built near the hospital I worked at in Smallfield, the guys working on it lived in caravans with their families on site, one day, a woman rushed in with her 2 year old, who had fallen into a ditch and drowned in 2 inches of water, it didnt have an ED it was a cottage hospital but he was taken to the theatre and worked on, but sadly had been without oxygen for a long time, he was in the kids ward for years, deaf,blind,unable to move, just like a baby really made noises like an animal in pain, absolutely heartbreaking will never forget him.\there was a woman back in the 90s also obsessed with wa'er features, someone in here gave me her name once!
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watch it just because its a garden show, am amazed at the size of these "budgets"! Price of a car, especially as the labour is free.
Just watched Fridays GR today. I must admit I thought the finished project was very good for a small plot. £4,000 brought in a lot of plants and shrubs of a good size and that, I thought , made a big difference. At the end of the day a garden should be more about plants than the landscape Imo
In fairness, the landscape work was done to perfection and I thought the clients waster feature fitted in to the garden makeover very well
Well, just watched Wednesdays GR with a 5 grand budget. I am aware that labour cost could swallow a lot of that but the end project did not meet the expense of the client property. A rill and 5 cherry trees( of a very good side) with lawn cut up in to rectangles for mass planting. It begs the following questions from me
1. Why not have raised planters clad in stainless steel with a tile edge to match the rill instead of cutting a lawn edge that gave no height to the planting
2. Why didn't the client look at extending the patio area in to the flower bed area. This would have created quality straight edges
3. One of the Rich brothers commented that clay soil is ok for plants and would no require the addition of manure or grit. Only sandy soil requires the addition of compost. So, based on that, my gardens clay soil would have been OK for plants and I have wasted a life time, a lot of back breaking digging work and a large amount of money on manure and grit that was a waste of time, work and money
Last couple of times I sat and tried to watch an afternoon Garden Rescue episode I have nodded off and tipped the dregs of my cup of tea over my lap. I usually miss the first 15 mins. It's not a statement on my opinion of the show. I just feel sleepy then as my creaking joints keep me awake at night.
Charlie seems to me to show a lot more love for her plants than do the Rich brothers. I do wonder if they are clearly "landscapers" rather than gardeners .
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
greenfinger steve, there is NO labour costs in this programme, the budget is all for material, its says the labour is free for the programme.Th word "landscaping" (according to Collins and Oxford English) is blending in and looking natural , which in honesty, most of these gardens dont.
And where do all these people put their wheelie bins and washing lines?
Nanny Beach
Totally agree and it makes the situation even worse that there are no labour costs factored in to the budget
Iamweedy
Yes, Charlie is the qualified gardener as opposed to the Rich brother who are trained in garden design but I believe they do not hold any RHS qualification. They seem oblivious to some basic requirements on plant care
greenfingers steve
Now that does not surprise me. It seems to show when they are planting and such.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
I know Charlie is obsessed with water features, but today they were designing a garden for a couple with 2 young children; the youngest only just walking. Charlie claimed that it was safe because "It's only a couple of inches deep". That's plenty deep enough for a young child to drown in if they fell in face first.
I just don't think water features which have any form of stream, and very young children, are a safe mix.
When I was nursing back in the early 70s, the M23 motorway was being built near the hospital I worked at in Smallfield, the guys working on it lived in caravans with their families on site, one day, a woman rushed in with her 2 year old, who had fallen into a ditch and drowned in 2 inches of water, it didnt have an ED it was a cottage hospital but he was taken to the theatre and worked on, but sadly had been without oxygen for a long time, he was in the kids ward for years, deaf,blind,unable to move, just like a baby really made noises like an animal in pain, absolutely heartbreaking will never forget him.\there was a woman back in the 90s also obsessed with wa'er features, someone in here gave me her name once!