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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. 💚🌍

Then and now.... 💚🌍

Got to hang out with the kittens today 💚

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 weed 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/

Love my window bird feeder, here is a Starling feeding it's recently fledged chick 💚🌍

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 💚🌍

Just pollinating away unaware of the importance of their role on this planet 💚🌍💚🐝

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

Suffering from hay-fever??? The Mountain Pines are in full swing kicking out pollen as the wind blows.

Yellow meadow ants. I disturbed this colony whilst lifting a block paving driveway. I decided to move to another section for them to relocate themselves and their larvae. Just 10 minutes later I returned and they almost all cleared up and moved into the nest under the lawn. 2nd video in comments. 💚🌍💚🐜