Most of the people who called into his show belonged to an organisation called "The Chris Needs Friendly Garden Association". "The Garden" as it became known, claimed almost 50,000 members, mainly from Wales but also from as far away as Queensland, Australia. The great majority of members were women, and everyone was given a membership number; in the case of men, this would be prefixed with M - for "Mere Male"! Members could even enrol their pets as members; their numbers were prefixed with A for Animal member.