Does Garen Promote Uninteractive Gameplay?

Is it just me or is Garen always irritating to lane against?

Before you downvote, or I see the "silver scrub" posts, just bear with me. A little disclaimer, it's not that I have trouble laning against Garen, I just think it promotes gameplay that is inherently unhealthy.

It feels like his kit encourages an uninteractive lane and could use a little bit more counterplay. Not only does his kit make the lane frustrating for his opponent, but it must be frustrating for Garen as well.

Essentially Garen's counterplay is either; ~ Don't go near him as a melee champ ~ Prevent him from playing the game as a ranged champ

It just seems like Riot has sacrificed a lot for Garen players and lane opponents, simply to make him accessible for newer players. But do Garen players really feel like it's a rewarding experience? His passive requires next to no interaction, either it's useless if you're getting poked or oppressive for the enemy. (With that said the regen is less impressive than I originally thought.) His Q is a silence, which is essentially lets Garen spin on top of you while you scream internally mashing buttons. His W is free stats and damage reduction yawn. His e isn't so bad (and I personally love the crit interactions). Then his R essentially punishes you for trading with him at all. Because if you get under "x amount of hp" you're instantly dead.

Just curious if this lane frustrates anyone else. I've been spamming Poppy for the past few days and find him really easy to deal with. But I don't like that my win condition is essentially; "Push him out/kill him, or you run out of mana and he wins by default."

I would love to get a Rioter to talk about this, because I feel like there is a lot you could do with Garen. But he seems to lose out on interactive gameplay at the cost of his accessibility.

Edit: Hey downvote people! Please voice your opinion as well, would love to hear your take on it!