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Taking a cynical view, this is an afternoon TV programme where the BBC throw £4,000 of viewers' money, plus probably a couple of thousand more in labour, and then there's production costs on top of that.
Some are worthwhile projects for deserving causes.
All start with an uncared for back garden, for whatever reason. They want to end with a spectaculatr "reveal!" So they end up putting in far too much stuff, in too small a garden for it, which you know in many cases is going to get neglected and die.
Then there's the ridiculous.
Two examples in recent days, where one family with two teenage girls who played in local football teams, amongst the planting was an area of lawn, probabably 12ft x 9ft, with a goal net at one end, so they could practice playing football.
In another, a couple with no kids who were into 50's music, (and a bin of a garden) wanted a water feature and a flagged area floor amongst the planting for them to dance on. The water feature as soon as it was turned on started chucking water all over the dance floor!
Some are worthwhile projects for deserving causes.
All start with an uncared for back garden, for whatever reason. They want to end with a spectaculatr "reveal!" So they end up putting in far too much stuff, in too small a garden for it, which you know in many cases is going to get neglected and die.
Then there's the ridiculous.
Two examples in recent days, where one family with two teenage girls who played in local football teams, amongst the planting was an area of lawn, probabably 12ft x 9ft, with a goal net at one end, so they could practice playing football.
In another, a couple with no kids who were into 50's music, (and a bin of a garden) wanted a water feature and a flagged area floor amongst the planting for them to dance on. The water feature as soon as it was turned on started chucking water all over the dance floor!