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Returning our land back to nature and bringing communities together whilst doing so.
Please take a minute to read this and just maybe you'll get it.... 💚🌍🙏
What happens when you call a gardener to do a 'good cut back'? I'll tell you.......
They rock up with their petrol or electric equipment and crack on, nice and quick and the jobs done, but at what cost?
No matter the time of year, I approach all my jobs with the expectation of disturbing wildlife from its comfortable home and this video is a perfect example.
Whilst cutting back a huge wisteria today (with my secateurs) I came across this little one, just terrified that I'm going to destroy it's home. I didn't!
My customers were incredibly understanding and supportive and agreed to leave the lump of wisteria around the nest until the chick has fledged.
If I'd have gone at the wisteria with power tools this chick would have had no chance and, instead of mum watching me work carefully around her baby, she could have watched her baby be brutally chopped up and killed.
Please take a minute to consider our wildlife and ask your gardener if they do!
Last week I turned down a £300 job just for this reason, no amount of money will allow me to commit this kind of murder on any living thing. The customer replied 'but I watch Springwatch and all the birds have finished nesting', afraid not. There's a reason there's a hedge cutting law in place that prevents hedge cutting from March to September.
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Well still no sign of summer but, I think these spots have brought some sunshine to people's day as they wander on by.....
A massive thank you to Simon Bowen for his incredible videography and editing skills and to my buddy Dan Wainwright for letting us use his beautiful music for this video.
And a huge thank you for everyone's continued support.
This space is just under 1000msq split over 5 areas that are now full bloom uk native meadows. A safe haven for wildlife to be left alone all summer long which would have been grass areas speradically cut by the council and left generally untidy, unattractive and a green space defined only by colour!
Oliver
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If you like Dan's music you can check out the album here.... https://open.spotify.com/album/57TwmmN5Noi5Kkyc4V7yi3?si=F_gIaZbGQdiqVLPe4zjvrA
Then and now....
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29/06/2024
That warm spell woke everything up
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28/06/2024
It's not just us that gets warm and thirsty in the summer. 💚🌍
18/06/2024
Absolute chuffed with how the wildflower meadows are looking. Another week and they'll be a sea of colour.
Photo credit to Hannah Black
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15/06/2024
Anyone else sick of this weather now and ready for summer?
All my wildflowers are holding shut, waiting for the warmth of June!!! 💚🌍
13/06/2024
Followed round the garden by this handsome fella today
Got to hang out with the kittens today 💚
07/06/2024
That's 7 swift boxes up now.
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02/06/2024
One not to miss 💚🌍💚🌌
Here's How And When To See June's Planetary Parade Six planets will align on the same side of the sun, causing them to appear to be in a straight light, though only Mars and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye, while Neptune and Uranus will require equipment and Jupiter and Mars most likely won’t be visible at all.
01/06/2024
Well Plantlife: saving wild plants No Mow May campaign is over and although they promise that their campaign isn't just a business and greenwashing campaign they seem to have forgotten to promote their next campaign of, Let It Bloom June!
Obviously this isn't a surprise at all, we know their business strategy and their main aim and it isn't to educate people and create a cleaner and better environment for all that lives on this planet.....
If you've taken part in this campaign then well done because you are wanting to make a difference but I now ask you to leave some of that area you've left in May to grow wild all summer long.
If anyone needs any advice please don't hesitate to contact me
Oliver
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27/05/2024
What a beauty! 💚🌍
Wow, look what I found today....
The Elephant Hawk Moth.
Because I work without power tools and always on the look out for wildlife I may disturb or potentially hurt, I came across this beautiful wonder. If I'd have been strimming it wouldn't have survived or, if I used a w**d killer it'd die a death of chemical warfare, luckily this moth will remain safe and hopefully live a full life.
For more information on the Elephant Hawk-moth hit the link below
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2018/07/elephant-hawk-moths/
25/05/2024
Never easy to grab a good close up of the working bee but this lady had a little rest just long enough to get up close and take a couple of snaps
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Love my window bird feeder, here is a Starling feeding it's recently fledged chick
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My first pond for a customer finished today.
It just needs some plants and it'll be a wonderful place for wildlife. The rockery to the side will provide a perfect safe place for frogs, toads and whatever else wishes to call it home.
I am very greatful to be able to create these spaces for nature in people's gardens. We may not be able to have a big impact imdividually on a national or glabal scale but, if enough of us do a little something in our green spaces then together we can create change, but only together.
Oliver
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Just pollinating away unaware of the importance of their role on this planet
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15/05/2024
When you try to move a tiny mouse to a safe space but it keeps running back to you and up your arm 💚🌍
13/05/2024
Due to a train confusion I ended up at Ribblehead this weekend. What a beautiful accident it turned out to be
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The Elephant Hawk-moth (pre moth), just filling it's belly.
Find out more on the link below Butterfly Conservation
https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/elephant-hawk-moth
06/05/2024
Why I do what I do 💚🌍
The State of Nature report, published on 27 September brought together data from 64 conservation and research organisations. It found that the abundance of species in the UK has declined by an average of 19% since 1970, with almost one in six (16%) in danger of extinction from Great Britain. But mammals like the Hazel dormouse have seen their population decline in Britain by 51% since 2000. 54% of flowering plants have also seen their distributions reduced
One in six UK species in danger of extinction The State of Nature report, published on 27 September brought together data from 64 conservation and research organisations. It found th...
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