Originally posted by veggiechicken
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I really dont think doing the TV show all those years back did them any favours. Possibly they have more pleasant judging committees by now and I am just out of date over the yellow book attitudes.
I am not sure what counts as a normal size garden overall in UK housing, maybe about 10 or 15 yards per side for most post war housing, just a back yard in many Victorian era houses? Its a long time since I have looked in a yellow book, so maybe there are more gardens of this size now listed? I stopped going at least 15 years ago and most gardens at the time were at least the size of 2 or 3 tennis courts and most were massively bigger - hence my saying most people could not aspire to open or maintain them. There is nothing wrong with such gardens at all, its just they seemed to be the only sort listed in the yellow books, in my area, at the time. But as I said, thinking about it, quite a bit of time has passed since then.
I think anyone should open their garden if they fancy it - people like a pleasant trip out and some nice things to look at, perfection is not required.
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