If it’s not the World Cup that’s on everyone’s lips, it’s the return of Big Brother that’s got tongues wagging as the iconic TV show enters its final year. Along with a new batch of colourful characters and bizarre challenges making sure the show goes out with a bang, the iconic house in Elstree has been kitted out with some intriguing new areas for series 11 - including brand new rooms in the garden.

The Big Brother garden is a core area of social interaction between the housemates, and is fitted with artificial grass, which is perfectly suited to stand up to the ever-changing weather of the British summertime and always looks great under the scrutiny of the TV cameras.

The Big Brother garden was once again fitted by Evergreens UK, the leading supplier of artificial grass and event flooring in the UK. The series’ production company Endemol decided that natural grass was unsuitable for use in the house several years ago, and called in Evergreens UK to fit synthetic lawns for several series of Big Brother as well as Celebrity Big Brother. These lawns were fitted in just one day, during construction of the house.

The new artificial lawn for the current series is 120 square metres in size, and uses durable artificial grass that keeps its shape and won’t show signs of wear and tear even under the feet of housemates for the next few months - it also won’t add muddy footprints to their list of cleaning duties.

This year’s Big Brother garden may end up hosting the most activity yet - and not only thanks to the great weather! The ‘natural world’ theme of this year’s garden has seen the construction of a unique room named The Nest, which Channel4.com says contains enough chairs to comfortably contain all the housemates. Viewers can be sure that this outdoor room will be the scene of many dramatic encounters over the course of this landmark series.