Awful Gardens

[@Arran05]

George is literally a middle aged mum watching Come Dine with Me and looking at gardens.

[@RyanKeane9]

She’ll be reviewing garden centres next, bless her

[@fm57-13]

@riley.infinity4031 That could well be true, the voice could be a voice changer!!

[@b0undToTheYaxis]

and judging all the houses in life in the sun

[@Geothalste]

All we need now to complete the set is a "George M plays Candy Crush" video

[@chilli-iceolive-abode2447]

And don't forget he/she likes to look at houses as well 😭

[@pigeon_the_brit565]

you should do brilliant gardens afterwards to restore sanity. also austro terf is so awful and damaging for the enviroment. the best thing would be to keep the normal grass if space allows and if it doesn't, put a load of pebbels on the ground and use plant pots with actual onest to cod flowers in them. unless you are 80 years old or have a physical disability there is no excuse not to not use plastic grass. I cant even belive in this day and age its even allowed. The best thing to do and the easiest thing to do is to hardly mow your grass at all or at least a section of grass, that way the wildlife get to benefit from your garden and you get to benefit from the wildlife. a plastic garden is a sad, dead garden. Sow some wildflower seed native to your area and watch it thirive. don't just listen to me though, there are better guides on the internet than a random guy. i recomend terms like 'rewilding your garden'

[@echoisaway]

100% agree! Plastic gardens make me want to throw up, they look disgusting and cheap and on top of that they’re bad for the environment

[@Union_Jack_official]

My old house had an astro turf garden, same with my school's football pitch

[@frrlokn3536]

i have to have an astro turf garden because of my dogs

[@frrlokn3536]

I do have loads of plants and flower beds though

[@ffuuzzuu5943]

microclover works really well aswell, and looms nicer imo

[@islaburchell]

I genuinely really did enjoy this. I’m autistic and love gardening so it really did just make me happy. I mean the gardens were very sad but gardening being discussed is a win :D.

[@AlfredSoul]

Feel you on that big time.

[@carmeenfloz]

i enjoy this comment :D

[@Tdyddyydrddyw5dvrftrj6s]

Why did you mention your autistic?

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Also, these gardens were so bad anything looks better. I would take ANY real lawn filled with dandelions over that horrible fake grass any day of the week!

[@samstyles5789]

My grandparents got the grass removed and replaced with fake grass. My nan wonders why the birds barely stop by her garden anymore 😭 babes, you took their grass away

[@mgthestrange9098]

They could’ve just paid someone to cut the grass withe the money they spent on fake grass! 😩

[@davidlewis1787]

And the bugs, worms, spiders, catapillers……….

[@ashten6259]

@@mgthestrange9098long term paying someone to cut the grass is more expensive than even a cheap fake grass

[@silviasanchez648]

What the... WHY????

[@alice45-fgd-456drt]

@@mgthestrange9098 Unless they own a whole ass castle it would not take much time to mow it yourself either, or get an automatic one, like come on. Fake grass is some pathetic American crap.

[@therabbitking7592]

How has george made us look at gardens for 9 minutes?

[@luckyqwertz7676]

Charisma!

[@Alexandra-privacc]

And how have we had a good time

[@xSuperStarx]

I also used to have a really bland garden. Now that I have my mechanical bull installed I think it's a lot more lively and festive.

[@galaxy736cat]

The fact they have the audacity to call these 'gardens' when they don't have a single Bush plant or tree in it and its just so empty its so bad lmao

[@Yournansaman]

If George exposed my garden I’d reconsider my life choices.

[@CluelessAce1265]

the fact George can make a 9 minute view of looking at gardens and we watch it shows hes doing something right

[@liljatupsu]

Hi IDW Soundwave :D

[@cloudybens]

george is single handedly keeping the phrase 'i feel as though' alive

[@NotTheRaccoonInYourTrash]

All of these scream “unfinished Minecraft build” in my head lmao

[@teawitched]

i agree george, i absolutely hate it when people take beautiful old houses and give them black boring windows and paint them all white. same with the gardens, i'd much prefer a lovely grassy garden with tons of flowers and stuff...some of these "gardens" look very depressing. if these people are so adamant on paving over their lovely garden, maybe we should trade and they can have my tiny concrete backyard

[@techbaffle]

New garden bingo 🟢 Astroturf. Wicker-effect furniture. Grey windows. Round hedges. No flowers. Grey fence. Empty shed. Grey/white tiles. Grey decking. Grey stones.

[@lukecrossley]

some of your videos really have such unique and random topics, it really makes them stand out and I love it

[@catladyfluff8423]

I hate plastic grass with a passion. I have front and back lawns, they're not massive but they are real grass. Imagine how hot it must get in the summer on plastic grass 🤮

[@kittikoko]

These gardens are the outdoor equivalent of 'live laugh love'. 😬

[@conkerman01]

Chapeau!

[@charleslambert8648]

2:08 the worse kind of new build is when they’re trying to make it look old but it just looks tacky

[@BroganGunts-mr6ls]

I love his facial expressions

[@harrisonclark9469]

As someone who is studying Garden Design, this hurts.

[@peakofhumanity1022]

you can study that ?? 😭

[@TheSilverPhoenix356]

@@peakofhumanity1022of course

[@Cowboy_Frog]

I was going to say that’s a useless qualification but looking at these “gardens” I think you’re needed more than ever.

[@billy_on_2_wheels]

Good take up horticulture more usefull its not hard I've seen em drawn up on ciggy boxes im sorry pointless degree 😂 atleast with horticulture your gonna know exactlly the best plants to match for what climates and what natives makes gardens netter

[@harrisonclark9469]

@@billy_on_2_wheels Garden design is something that we study during the horticultural course.

[@kierancampire]

I don't think words will do it justice But I lived with people that had a tiny garden, but it was so beautiful! It was two tiered with a small water feature, there was flowers and stuff everywhere, this sorta red wood gazebo thing but it was hidden behind all these bushes and flowers. It was a tiny garden, yet it didn't feel cluttered and messy, it was so beautiful!

[@clarethecat5199]

In southern California, we're not really allowed to water lawns because of the constant drought, so people either have ugly astroturfing or a completely different type of garden: "desertscaping." Luckily, at least in my area, astroturfing is rare enough to stick out like a sore thumb because everyone goes the desertscaping route - even the actual city! It looks nothing like a 'normal' garden but it's really beautiful in its own unique way when done right. Admittedly, it's unusable as a play area for kids, but it's fine if you're not gonna be using it for that. I remember when I first moved down here, I was absolutely fascinated by all these weird new plants that I'd either never seen before or had rarely seen in-person. Plus, with deserts having the (largely undeserved) reputation of being wastelands, you'd probably be surprised at how lush it can look. There are some very drought-resistant bushes with vibrant flowers that are in bloom year-round. Thought I'd share since it's one of the coolest things about the place I live, and not many people are familiar with it even just a few hours away in some directions. So I'm sure you probably don't see it in England.. you guys certainly don't have to worry about a lack of rain when planning your gardens!

[@patchso]

Desert-scaping sounds beautiful.

[@clarethecat5199]

@patchso Thank you, I think so too :D

[@CriticalityIncident]

Totally agree when it comes to new builds. They're bland and horrible for the most part.

[@Cowboy_Frog]

A lot of them are cheap crap that’s easy to put up as well. Looks good but isn’t hardy and doesn’t last. Wear and tear hits them hard.

[@Anrd0meda]

The 2nd garden would make such a great slip and slide but i doubt that was in the homeowners mind when they contracted someone to do it

[@TheOfficialBigPro]

2:30 he really utilised the free sample, the recession hitting hard

[@theowinter3199]

1:52 "I think we need to round up all the people that design houses like this in this country and just execute ..." -Jeremy Clarkson, probably

[@Ereathal]

Good on George for diving into trivial matters, truly inspiring.

[@EDBDEV]

just imagine George taking the piss out of your garden

[@neonwired4978]

plastic grass needs banning

[@lukelz]

Newbuilds are genuinely soulless and usually horrible quality, I'd love to see george react to them

[@FlareonSky]

These gardens all look like someone started building them in The Sims and then couldn't be bothered to actually put down plants

[@YourXavier]

A lot of these seem to be "gardens for people who hate plants".

[@ashade0fred103]

the fact everyone wants fake grass now makes me feel like we're going into the lorax, it'll be the trees next

[@at1the1beginning]

As a gardener my heart weeps seeing this

[@ashleygoggs5679]

As an ex landscaper im going to stick up for some people in these gardens. Some people work alot and dont have time to prune the plants or water them. I think in an ideal world if time wasnt a factor gardens would be full of plants everywhere. But facts are wages are terrible so people work extra hours and dont have time so they go for easy maintenance which is why some look bland but very functional. Most older generations would have these kind of garden puirely becuase they arnt as physically able anymore.

[@alisonexd]

I'm a simple girl. I see George Memeulous, I click.

[@liannekok9571]

I'm just glad someone shares my opinion about gardens

[@rosie_k09]

british gardens are one of a kind

[@Drobium77]

I saw not one garden in this video, they are all just yards, or compounds. It would be like driving into your local Tesco's car park and declaring "what a lovely garden this is" they all have the same amount of concrete and cheapness

[@bosoerjadi2838]

No plants, no flowers, phoney grass, no trees, no ivy climbing the fences. Those aren't gardens. Those are bad taste social influencer backgrounds.

[@211inprogress]

British Garden's are mixture of nice one's and overgrown ones full of empty cans and crisp packets.

[@ThatsOffensive00]

recently sat through a presentation on garden history (Im taking a highschool-level gardening class) and even the most bland and boring historical periods had more going on than whatever the hell these people are doing. monasteries in the middle ages were not allowed to have gardens for pleasure but they would have little areas with useful herbs and usually some form of cross design for a pathway, the baroque loved big bland lawns but at least they had intricate hedges and fountains. these gardens just make me sad, it's depressing what people do with their outdoors spaces, you could at the very least use the space for something, like the one with the football equipment brings some form of joy to the people living there but the rest are so very useless smh

[@Jamesfrank-x5z]

My garden is overgrown with weeds but at least it’s good for the ecosystem

[@faultier1158]

Based.

[@dianneatfeld687]

I live these programmes, sone of the houses are so crazy. Thanks for some much needed laughs. Ironing the Astro turf! 😂

[@srspower]

The reason most people have fake grass is because their lawn doesn't get enough sun to have a nice natural lawn which is quite a common problem with new builds.

[@skoetiepoetie]

The lawn at 1:31 looks like something from a ‘modern Minecraft house’ tutorial

[@L0ve1tRetr0]

"It's just gonna get boiling hot in the summer." True George, BOTH days where it gets that hot will be a nightmare!

[@the_femboy_gravemind]

2:20 ah yes. The Ghost face™️ lawn

[@DonnaGB333]

OMG I love gardening and this whole video is chef's kiss.

[@sarahoconnor9356]

I don’t like astroturfing but I get that it’s practical for some people like my grandma. It can’t be recycled and it gets really hot in the summer.

[@liamholcroft7212]

I think the fake grass is the biggest problem, It looks so shit, especially when it gets old and has been swept one way. However, I think it makes sense for kids to play on. Cant get wrecked when it's wet etc... My own garden, If i owned a house would probably be worse than all these. I'd have plain tarmac with planters made from sleepers around the border, but that's because I'd be using my garden as a car park for multiple project cars/ financial mistakes.

[@frrlokn3536]

i have to have an astro turf garden because of my dogs

[@liamholcroft7212]

@@frrlokn3536 To stop them from digging?

[@frrlokn3536]

@@liamholcroft7212 mud because my garden floods

[@ashten6259]

@@liamholcroft7212if you have big dogs their feet slightly sink into the mud and then they carry it into the house, especially when its been raining. helps to keep everything cleaner all year round. plus the more expensive fake grass options can look nice if they’re complimenting the rest of the garden, and brushed properly when laid

[@rachelcookie321]

I have a big grass garden and I barely go out on the grass because it’s always wet and muddy. It’s only good for the dogs, fake grass can get really hot and hurt their paws. I usually stand on the deck and throw their toys from there because I don’t want to get my feet dirty. But then the dogs never bring back the toys so I have o go chase after them and stand in the grass anyway.

[@neilthehermit4655]

George, rename this one, " Gardens for people who are afraid of nature".

[@jnyYT]

7:02 why have they put a Venn diagram in the middle of their garden

[@dariialol8776]

The semi detached in Bolton felt so aimed

[@kirafarrell5694]

Oh god I actually liked most of these. I guess I’m insane 😂😭

[@Thismaybeliam]

You’re not on love island, you’re in a semi-detached in Bolton I felt that oh damn 😂

[@Wermfare]

All of the astroturf just looks like someone wanted to put a pool in but instead just stuck some fake grass there

[@whatscout78]

i love how george of all people where he lives is judging peoples gardens lmao

[@martlgr]

Fashionable grey is the scourge of our time. It’ll look so shit in 5 plus years.

[@rogerwilco2]

It has been going on for about two decades now.

[@Ulysses_S_Grant_18]

New builds are even more shit inside as they just have miniscule square rooms No alcoves No big rooms There isn't enough space for 1 Person nvm a family of 4 that they're supposed to be built for

[@hehe_potato3859]

So many of these just give off liminal space vibes

[@maybenell]

This is premium content. I love grass.

[@shelbee05]

Even as someone with HORRIFIC hayfever I still love the forest looking gardens

[@xToniMichellex]

2:30 pissin myself 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SunflowerAsp3n]

Living on a new build estate myself, all of these gardens looks like they’re from my neighbours and I think that says something about British architecture

[@bsmlayton2116]

The gordon ramsay of newbuilds 😂😂😂😂

[@FYG_GAMING]

4:23 I live in Bolton.❤❤❤❤

[@alanax_]

all those tiny patches of grass give 'oh we need some grass for the kids to play on'

[@singingblueberry]

1:53 My brain didn't even register for a few seconds that it switched from the grass to the green screen.

[@benjamincroft4106]

I'd love to see your garden George 🤣🤣🤣

[@jessicaholscher4097]

3:49 this is the worst thing i have ever seen. why is the grass that color, and why is the walkway not even? it is one square deep on one side of the shed and two deep on the other, and what is happening in the upper right corner?

[@arthurgoonie4596]

Where we were moved to was new builds on a marsh so we litterally had to put down astro turf and decking before then it was a litteral swamp when it wasnt the summer

[@jackosaurus117]

6:30 that looks like a level of the Backrooms lmao

[@Ulysses_S_Grant_18]

this gardens are all AWFUL WHERE IS THE BIODIVERSITY

[@migly515]

We have a wooden decking that goes to a plastic grass patch for our dog, and on the decking we have plants and cacti around, we have a Brooke behind our house so it’s surrounded by huge trees with a fence to look over

[@ngxreciu9257]

george love the daily uploads

[@tess_ticklz]

I'm a grade A lazy cunt who hates gardening, so I approve nearly all of these.

[@Saint_Dan132]

I didn't know you could get heartburn looking at gardens but yup.

[@Clownstyle1982]

George, we need to see your garden now. Don't be shy 😂

[@lucavercoe8484]

I really like your vids Georgina

[@bettysupremacist]

thank you

[@williammackinnon367]

‘Fake plastic trees’ - Radiohead

[@nilryth]

These people will never find cool bugs in their garden, all the more cool bugs for me.

[@MareSerenitis]

Spuds > Lawns Potatoes are absolute fire. They look cool af, have super rad 'nightshade' flowers (because they literally are nightshades), and you can make chips out of them. I'd rather have infinite chips than a sea of boring boojie green bullshit.

[@lj671]

Petition for George to do viewer garden review

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Im from mainland europe, hope you can forgive me (lol brexit btw) and i agree the new built houses just look bland and awful. I live in a house that was built like 100 years ago and it looks better than the ones in the new neighbourhoods theyre putting up. Dont these people have any style, its seriously a problem

[@shelleyjames4446]

The white tile patio thing people are doing round the grass makes it look like the lawn should be a swimming pool

[@Alex20741]

At 2:55 u genuinely think that's the same housing estate I live on. The Shed, Patio, Orange Brick houses and Cream brick houses looks extraordinarily similar. If it's not my housing estate, it's definitely a 'Lindon Homes' estate lol.

[@anadrellik]

is astroturf a big thing in the uk?? why don’t you just have grass?? i can’t imagine that there aren’t smart grass options for gardens in the uk. you guys get enough rain and such. who would rather walk on plastic than actual grass?

[@suicidalbuddha]

It never used to be a thing at all. It's only really in the last 5-10 years that it's started to spread. Mostly it's just people (almost entirely us millennials it has to be said) being lazy and not wanting to put the same effort into their gardens that our parent's generations did. It still has a stigma of being a bit low class though and hopefully that keeps it from becoming too common.

[@anadrellik]

@@suicidalbuddha that's really interesting actually. especially considering the "plant parent" trend (i guess it is a trend?). i can see value if it's what you can do within your means, but a lot of these seem ostentatious and just bad. fingers crossed that it doesn't catch on any further

[@Shigization]

Imagine how much additional microplastics you inhale everyday because you chose to own a plastic lawn.

[@hi-pj8bp]

the garden at 4:32 looks like its from Minecraft🤣

[@mudlarklady3835]

I also find the bland fence panels equally disturbing. Give me a proper hedge full of sparrows!

[@MRHealthHub]

Happy birthday Georgie boi

[@Shmucckk]

5:35 BRO, MY DAD DID THE DECKING FOR THAT HOUSE

[@Shmucckk]

Sorry 5:50

[@Alphoric]

Why do they all look like minecraft gardens Just 90 degree angles everywhere

[@Prime-yashin]

2:50 that’s hunts grove in Gloucester I’ve legit been there i knew I recognised it from where the shed is and the gate

[@Reec3b]

Got the btech garden and cardboard house 💀🤣 3:19 plus could of added a pool

[@Jane-oz7pp]

A lot of these gardens have actually pretty good base design... they just need actual gardens to compliment the overall design of the space.

[@babygirlvelvet]

If by base design it means 'shapes' in a rectangle

[@nickevershedmusic8927]

3:00 is that up North somewhere? Yorkshire

[@hankthetank420x]

MORE GARDEN VIDEOSSSSSSSS please 😳

[@chilli-iceolive-abode2447]

George aka The Back Garden Connoisseur.

[@GecMaster27]

I don't understand fake gardens unless you have really bad allergies. Wouldn't you want to grow your own vegetables and flowers and such?

[@sweetandcynical]

something tells me George wants his garden to be 90% native flora and honestly same bro