Artificial flowers in gardens

Some people have trouble with gardening due to health or physical problems. Me, actually.
But instead of artificial plants, a garden centre not far away does a wonderful selection of ready planted pots and hanging baskets. So I shall soon be buying some of those.

I don't get “ do whatever makes you happy” remarks. Lots of things make people happy that we wouldn't advise them to do. Hopefully future generations will be horrified at the amount of plastic in the oceans and ground which will clog up the earth for hundreds of years just because it made some people hundreds of years before a bit happy. If you can’t manage a garden there are schemes where people who haven’t got any outdoor space can use it to grow vegetables and flowers like an allotment. In return they give the householder some of the produce.

Well plastic plants or plastic shoes, bags etc aka vegan leather - the impact from the latter will be greater than the former I'd imagine.

Garden sharing schemes sound great in theory but how easy are they to arrange. Are these people thoroughly vetted, many households needing this arrangement would contain vulnerable householders?

To be frank, my grandsons couldn't care less about plastic.
Perhaps it's just them.

I had an allergic reaction to Daz ,Tide and Omo and was glad that we didn't use them.
I recall those awful really fake looking flowers at a relative's garden.
These daffodils looked a bit naff in July and August.
There were red roses all year round.
And some strange blue flowers as well.

I've been researching fake flowers for a cafe
owner to put outside and found that you can buy them UV proof.

Artificial flowers are quite usual on graves in French cemeteries.

I would say it depends on the size of garden: if say 5% of a large area is artificial then it leaves a good margin for pollinators, wildlife, bugs etc.
otherwise — no, it’s naff & damaging