I guess I am very late to this thread. I will not presuppose what the value of her show is to others, but I can communicate what I value. I do NOT watch Garden Answer to learn about gardening, per se. Laura is a highly commercial animal, and all of the products she uses are transparent product promotions. I don't know how much she understands gardening outside of the framework her sponsors feed her. She probably understands a huge amount, but I always feel she is reading from a commercial script. It is very clear that Proven Winners is her main product sponsor, and I do see some value in having her catalog their latest products. That said, the main value of her show to me is landscape design. She has a pretty modest property that she has turned into an oasis of small gardens with semi-formal design. She uses a lot of statues and formalisms throughout that really elevate the garden. I guess her co-producer/husband is a landscape designer, and maybe these are his designs? That really does not matter to me, because the main value for me is in seeing how they use space, and just as important seeing how their designs evolve over time. That helps me to shape my own use of my small space. Understood in this way, her channel is a kind of landscape design aspirational channel. It is a place everyone goes to dream about a garden they would like to have but probably will never get. Here is a recent overview video she did showing how their property grew from just under two acres to over seven acres in less than 10 years, and how they created 25+ named garden areas within this space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlJpdCIKvHs Considering that both she and her husband love gardening, and that they must be getting many/most of their plants and garden supplies for free and make considerable money on gardening videos in this space, it is a kind of dream job for someone who loves gardening.

...not in person, @jerijen, but your photos are almost as good as the real thing! I currently have 2 Chinas: China-Bourbon 'Hermosa' and a baby "Sherri Berglund's Pink China" rose. So far, both are doing well here in soggy PDX. I used to grow a few others and may branch our again now that Portland's summers are hotter, drier and longer. 'Five Yuan' is exquisite! I have a dear friend and neighbor who grew up in China, and she just lost her oldest son. I see that 'Five Yuan' is commercially available and am thinking of offering her this rose (or another China origin rose) as a memorial for her garden. I love that 'Five Yuan' came from a monastery near Lijiang and is also referred to as the 'Camellia Temple Rose'. (Yufeng Temple, I think?) It looks like Rose Petals sells 'Five Yuan', but do you happen to know of a west coast source? Carol

No, sorry, not in that color. I did see it in this color at several places. https://incrediblerugsanddecor.com/products/surya-gypsy-gyp-201-navy-area-rug?variant=17585327302&gclid=CjwKCAjw-vmkBhBMEiwAlrMeF8iXNdVdZKekBuKNDQjY7Sog3rRMjkNud1xSry4a3of3fHhjtIwMHBoChDkQAvD_BwE

The only thing we could see to turn off would be the water that mists from the seatback in front of you. So, maybe this varies by city. The seats seemed to be in sections of 4 that moved together. I think ”Haunted Mansion” in 4DX would be another cool one. My favorite parts where were they were in a tuk tuk going down a staircase and NYC subway. Those felt super realistic.