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

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'

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

plastic grass needs banning

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

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 🤮

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

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

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

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

I love his facial expressions

As someone who is studying Garden Design, this hurts.

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

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

It baffles me that in an era where people are wracked with anxiety over the state of the planet we all suddenly decide to start paving over our lawns with plastic.

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

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!

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

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

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

british gardens are one of a kind

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

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

just imagine George taking the piss out of your garden

I'm just glad someone shares my opinion about gardens

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I can't get behind astro turf gardens, they look so sterile it's awful. George is so right, flowers and shrubs. My lawn spends a lot of time in shade and the soil is very sandy, the lawn isn't brilliant, but it's full of lovely weeds, makes a great texture, looks nice and natural

So many of these just give off liminal space vibes

This is premium content. I love grass.

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

george love the daily uploads

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

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

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.

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

The semi detached in Bolton felt so aimed

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

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

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

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

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

‘Fake plastic trees’ - Radiohead

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

As a gardener my heart weeps seeing this

Seriously. If you don't want a lawn, fine, just pave the fucking place and have some potted plants or whatever if you want greenery still.

(1:00) Having just the raised platform in white ivory, and the rest grass, maybe the stairs ivory too. Then it might look nice?

The answer to all these plastic gardens and astro turf is simple. For the home owners it's low maintainence. People can't be bothered to now lawns and water plants these days. When you have a big garden that you can't maintain just bulldoze it and lay down patio / decking and astro turf and never have to worry about gardening again. For developers is cheap as chips to build new builds on mass like this. No need to to contract landscapers to fill out the gardens with flower, lay fresh soil for fresh grass turfs. Modernism at its most extreme. Functional, bland low maintainence, low effort required.

The gordon ramsay of newbuilds 😂😂😂😂

2:30 pissin myself 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Petition for George to do viewer garden review

the only people who should have that astro turf grass are the elderly so they can have some greenery without the hassle of looking after it/mowing the lawn if they struggle to get around etc

Happy birthday Georgie boi

well there is like 1,5 good reasons for plastic plants 1: you want greenery in low light indoor spaces 0,5: you want a durable play area for kids i think some of the squares are meant for 0,5 but for that getting the right grass if still better

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

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

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

Unless it’s grass which really does not grow well and has no hope of salvation, maybe fake grass is an okay solution… And if you have a patio or decking, definitely only have it for garden furniture or BBQ, no extra…

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

2nd garden made for that elderly relative that you want to inherit from ! Edit: - also 'new builds' , the companies are too cheap to pay for multiple designs, they get an architect firm to draw up a dozen plans and then repeat them in their thousands across the country. And yes they are shite designs ( often full of faults ) that are only going to last a decade or two before becoming too expensive to repair.

MORE GARDEN VIDEOSSSSSSSS please 😳

Please do a god tier gardens video next I love gardens

I love gardening. My sister doesn't! She has artificial turf everywhere, seating for 18 people, and just one potted plant for them all to admire, in her back yard!

Where I come from we have a phrase for people who want their neighbours to think they're loaded when they're not - "ten-bob millionaires".

George aka The Back Garden Connoisseur.

Ur in my top 5 favourite yputubeds

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.

The white tiles a lot of them have just make it look like a fancy kitchen or something

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

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

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

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

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

issue with nice gardens is neibours complain saying you have weeds or grass is too unmaintained when it looks fine it's a piece of nature

The before picture on “love your garden” looks better then these.

riveting content from the georgem channel

I really like your vids Georgina

George has officially become a Facebook dad 😂

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?

made me feel significantly better about my garden lmao

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

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