I worked for a municipal government. Some houses have 'nature reserves' near them, wild areas of mostly indigenous vegetation.

Resident: "This needs to be cleared. Snakes live in there "

Me: "Good. That's the point."

The 2023 pic is beautiful and looks really nice. But if we're comparing in good faith, it's also pretty obvious that the 2022 photo was taken in early spring when nothing is growing.

There's surely a lot more plant life on the bottom anyway, but it would not look that vibrant if it was all dormant right after winter like the top pic.

TBF, the 2022 photo looks like it was taken in the winter (no leaves on trees, empty/dead garden beds), and a 2023 winter pic would look about the same but with more empty/brown garden instead of grass.

Once established it's probably significantly less water and maintenance too. Just trimming and weeding every quarter instead of mowing, fertilising and/or watering every few weeks.

My yard is becoming 2023 and my neighbor's yard is 2022, and he complains about my yard every opportunity he has, but he never complained when it was only grass