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NY Post
New York Post
13 Jun 2023


NextImg:This man’s ‘Love Island’ backyard villa has a 2-year waiting list

A dad who built a glamping pod based on the dating show “Love Island” is reportedly raking in some good cash thanks to the backyard rental. 

While watching the notorious reality hit, Derry Green fell in love with the “overall vibe” of the series’ set and decided to replicate it for himself. 

The father-of-two learned from YouTube tutorials and spent some $7,500 making his vision a reality — and his version has since become a viral sensation in its own right. 

Within three days of completing the highly Instagrammable property, it earned more than $251,000 and sold out for two years.

Its website now claims it to be the UK’s “most booked glamping site.”

“It’s one of my favorite shows,” said Green of “Love Island,” in which a dozen singles are isolated on a WiFi-free tropical island, and challenged to find and stay with a lover for the duration.

Inside a pod.
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Guests can enjoy a fire pit.
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Green is now working on another glamping site he has named the Secret Garden.
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“We’ve even had some of the previous cast come and stay at the site, with them making content around the place and comparing it to the show,” Green told Jam Press. 

Other guests have flown into the UK retreat from as far as New York, and Green hopes to host the show’s producers one day. 

On the heels of his first project’s success, he’s now working on another glamping experience, this one called the Secret Garden.

Set to include nine glamping pods, it will also be inspired by the show.

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Green, his girlfriend Chelsea and his two children.
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The space is inspired by the hit TV show.
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A pod bedroom.
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A pool at the pod.
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The garden before it was turned into the glamping site.
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“Each unit is hand built by myself, along with some help from my son, where I create new ideas and set to work,” he explained. 

In addition to “Love Island,” he also bases the space off things he likes in his immediate environment. 

“The inspiration comes from different places and it could either be a piece of wallpaper I’ve seen or the way the trees are shaped around the area,” he said. 

“I never have a plan when I start and I change my mind about 10 times a day — it’s a very fluid process,” he added.