My English Garden Tour - Early May

Gardening For Wildlife - In this video we take a tour of my own garden, look at the main features including the trees, shrubs, plants, meadow and pond to name a few and explore how they benefit wildlife.
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[stevef]

If only more young people were like you Joel incredible garden. I'm 57 so lot older than you but I've always loved wildlife. I got foxgloves centaurea verbena bonariensis knapweed cowslips..most of your favourites. My pond has cuckoo flower growing in it & it's full of tadpoles. I'll just say I feed the hedgehogs every night & have been thrilled by the goldfinches feeding on my sunflower hearts. They're such gorgeous birds. I love your videos mate keep up the great work

[CheshireCat]

Oh my word, this is my dream wild garden, i only moved into my lovely social bungalow last November, but I am planning all sorts everyday, my poor gardener, , 😂😂 ty Joel again a real treat to watch 🎉

[jamesdigby]

Amazing how much you can fit into a small garden. Very inspirational

[bexlowe]

I've planted so much stuff this past Spring, I can't wait for the coming years where it takes over like in your garden!

[samanthariley]

It's so funny to hear you saying you've built nest boxes for starlings and house sparrows that are declining, because here (in NYC) they're both enormously abundant and invasive! We're advised specifically not to build boxes that are accessible to starlings.

[deborahflello]

My book 'Wild your Garden' will be arriving in France any day now, thank you.
Then I will be up to my elbows in the soil!
I am inspired. I can't wait to get digging, preparing, planting pond making!

[patdelaney]

I have a pesky squirrel who visits my garden, but it can't get any birds eggs as the boxes are protected by wire baskets. The squirrel doesn't go hungry as he has access to plenty peanuts 👍

[KnowNaturenow]

Great video Joel. It really warms my heart to see a garden like this with so much thought. I really and very proud. Well done!

[Martial-Mat]

I LOVE that you've gotten so much plant criness and wildness in there in a relatively modest space. It's almost like a plant oasis. To me, the animals are a bonus, but just sitting on one of your benches surrounded by all those plants would put me into pure heaven. I'd be out there with tea several times a day. Is there a solution to the squirrel?

[HomeHarvestCo]

I can't get enough of your stunning garden tours! 🌸🍃

[elizabethbale]

Hi Joel, I have just finished watching your garden tour. It was mesmerising! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful garden with us all. It is clearly such a rich habitat for so many different kinds of wildlife and a truly special place.

[wildlifegardener-tracey]

Enspiring. Our garden still needs to get a little wilder due to the neighbour removing so much on their boarder side. So much ivy was lost, but it’s getting there. You’ve given me some great ideas Joel. I especially liked that your canopy doesn’t mean that a meadow can’t be developed. In fact your meadow and pond have really given me some ideas to work towards. I love it. I’m thinking that my garden is still a little too formal. 🤔 my brain is buzzing now. 😄

[kathrynnorman]

I have just watched your videos with Sir David Attenborough & Alan Titchmarsh.
I must say what a wonderful job interviewing 2 wonderful human beings & please keep up the brilliant work :)

[normajeane]

I started building little birdboxes & hedgehog homes that I paint like beach huts. My garden is so colourful and the woodland animals love it. Obsessed with your videos, Joel!

[peepingjo]

What a treat this video is! 😍 Your garden is so beautiful a real paradise. Thanks so much Joel for showing us around!

[nigelmorley]

Lovely stuff Joel..I've done lots of projects (wildflower meadows, woodland regeneration etc) over the years in my garden and beyond but there is always new stuff to learn..amazed how you remember all the plants !! Just re nestboxes, I have had the open front type boxes used by Robins, Wrens, Blackbirds etc and all been raided by squirrels, crows or Great Spotted Woodpeckers over the years...my really strong recommendation is that they have to be incredibly well hidden in deep cover when put up to have a chance. I have found also putting the box sideways on against a fence or wall (still only in hidden spots) rather than with the entrance facing straight out, really helps success rate. The birds love to land someway away and make their way through the cover to the nestbox so predators have less chance of spotting the nest location. My other recommendation for anyone who's garden has no thick cover, is putting them in a busy location. So near a door on your house, in a garage or a workshop that has permanent access for them for them of course etc as the predators often are not brave enough to go there. Great channel ...everything here in Kent two weeks behind but bursting into life now !!

[itsmewende]

Loved your garden tour, especially all the info you included, I must think to thank Alexandria again for having you on her channel. I bet your mom had to remember to empty your pockets when you were a kid before laundry day. Wow, that bee was so loaded with pollen, I hope he wasn't far from home. Squirrels, they are a real pain here, they ate a hole in my roof, now I'm having a time trying to keep them out of the attic.

[shawnas]

What a wonderful sanctuary for you and all the wild creatures in your neighborhood 🌱

[pennypink]

Beautiful meadow and pond and garden. My garden is organic and for wildlife. I have 3 small ponds hoping to have a stream oneday. I love lawns and growing fruit and vegetables. I'm in love with trees atm so the last 2 years been planting lots of trees also fruit trees.

[greycatblue]

Thanks so much for a very informative tour Joel. My hop seeds arrived yesterday, and the packet says they need a sunny spot, but you confimed my idea of growing them in partial shade.
We have house sparrows nesting above our front door in the slate wall.
We are looking forward to giving you a tour of our wild garden 😀🌻🐛