Funny you mentioned the “change of work”. Following you few years now you inspired me to change my business to landscaping gardens for wildlife here in Ireland last year, previously biodiversity was focus in my garden only but now I can spread that passion too. Couldn’t been happier with what I do 😊🙏🏻

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

24 күн бұрын

Fantastic, so glad to hear this and even better knowing that I helped encourage you, I still need to visit Ireland but when I do it'd be great to meet up. Thanks ever so much for letting me know that you're doing this, I've been doing this for 20 years and, believe me, in the beginning it was difficult enough to get a client to put up a bird box... but I have seen the upsurge in wildlife landscapers/designers/gardeners in the last 4 years and knowing that the wildlife is benefitting is reward enough. Well done, and best of luck, keep at it! Best wishes, Joel

I’d like to live next to people with such forethought and presence of mind.

A most satisfying stroll through a beautiful garden...thank you Joel 🌟✨

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

Күн бұрын

My pleasure Angie, so glad you enjoyed this 😊

On the topic of shorts, I say keep them comin. Helps bring it to the masses!

Oh my, this was like wandering through a fairy tale. What an absolute dream wildlife garden. This is beyond beautiful in every way possible. Every thing looked perfect. And all of those flowers growing together in perfect harmony. It looked like an exquisite water color painting. Absolutely divine. The cow parsley looked incredible. All of those little white flowers reminded me of a starry sky. I totally fell in love with this. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it possible to watch something so incredibly wonderful🌻

Thanks for that Joel, one of my favourites to date, so inspiring and informative. I love hawthorn and cow parsley, it’s like entering a fairy kingdom. Thanks also to the garden owners for allowing us a peek 🥰

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

16 күн бұрын

You're very welcome 😊 So glad that you enjoyed this, I will be returning to do an update on the pond in a few months and won't be able to resist another walk round of the garden for you - best wishes, Joel

That acer....magnificent. Glad I found your channel. Inspired me to really push for a more wildlife friendly planting this year. Was even able to find some stores selling native plants here in Ontario canada.

Beautiful that garden just beautiful,so glad I found your channel and your expertise as I have many plants now blooming for wildlife and everyday we seem to have something new in our garden,holly blue or small blue butterflies,saw an orange tip and my garlic mustard hasn't grown yet and for the first time I believe a cinnamon moth landed in our garden,we took have house martins , swallows and swifts arriving, keep up the good work

pretty garden. but i have to say those yew balls were stunning. i love topiary.

The yellow poppy is really the Welsh Poppy, used to be Papaver meconopsis cambricum but the name has now changed to stop confusing it with the Himalayan Poppy . Thank you for the tour. Lots of ideas.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

24 күн бұрын

Hi Helen, I did refer to these as Welsh poppies but the client actually planted these of course and assured me they were Himalayan poppies. Glad you enjoyed the tour, best wishes - Joel

Hello Joel great video on the beautiful wild cottage garden, and the pond you created, it will be another great addition for the wildlife to benefit from, also Thanks for the kind words on the Hedgelaying I did Hopefully should get thicker and taller in time with the appropriate maintenance, I must try and get over to see the pond you created 👍

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

24 күн бұрын

Hey Stephen, so sorry I missed you - I'll definitely be returning to do an update on the pond in a few months, but also early tomorrow morning, if you're about I can always send a text to Gina so that I can relay an approx time of arrival.... It's a *great* hedge, it really is. What a heavenly garden this is. Hope you've had a good weekend, best wishes - Joel

@gibbosj08

23 күн бұрын

the hedge you laid there dad looks fantastic 👍 lovely garden and that will be some pond 👍

Lovely video….and of course the butterfly whisperer, discussions are appreciated.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

7 күн бұрын

Thank you Laura, so much

Feel like I'm walking with you through this garden even though I'm on a bus from Dalat to HCMC 😆. I was really enjoyed it and would like to walk through many more English gardens with you haha.

Chatted to Jo Thompson about No Mowe May about you and your very strong argument for a No Mowe Summer. After that she linked you video about it on her The Gardening Mind for everyone to see! I think you do a brilliant job! 👌

Hello from New Zealand Joel..gorgeous garden,always have time for your videos,again thanks for posting👍

I am currently studying Horticulture in Tasmania, Australia. I love watching your videos, Thank you very much for the informative content 😊

Thank you for such a beautiful video. This is exactly what I want to do with my 20-acre property!

Absolutely loving these tours, Joel! I’ve been breaking them up over time (the beautiful three hour tour took me a few days to watch). It’s wonderful to see so many more people planting for wildlife. I also agree that it’s okay to have a mix of plants, where some are non-native, so long as they are not invasive. I aim for at least 80% intentionally planted native plants, and no more than 20% non-native. I really wish I could grow most of the plants you encourage, but as we’ve talked, most are unfortunately invasive (garlic mustard, purple loosestrife, yellow flag iris). I LOVE that you have encouraged others for career changes. I wish I could (maybe, one day, if the wife makes enough to offset my current income). My dream is to have my own small native plant nursery one day… Keep up the great work, my friend. Talk with you soon. - John

The sheared hedge filled with perennials is very inspiring. I will be adding this to some of my designs! Great way to show the wild garden is part of a managed landscape. I appreciate all your videos, cheers from Wisconsin.

Gorgeous garden, looking forward to seeing it with the pond complete.

What an amazing garden. Needs more ponds though! lol And I agree on Purple Toadflax being great. Was one clump growing in my garden and Ive let it grow where ever it wants too, including in front of my front door (well until my wife dropped a few less than subtle hints) - just so good for bees!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 күн бұрын

Thank you, I'm not sure if you have seen already but here's a short that I filmed of the large pond once I'd finished and was about to leave, but there is talk of another one at least! Purple Toadflax is so good at getting everywhere, very successful and often over-looked in gardens but so vital as you say. Best wishes, hope you're having a good weekend - Joel

@PondLab-wh7wn

3 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Just found it, looks good!

What an amazing garden 🐸💚🐸

Great to hear the birdsong. Shows a great food chain and ecosystem. Thanks for your plant knowledge and benefits to nature. I had lots of purple toadflax last year but been weeding it out this year..Will be leaving some toadflax to flower

I love your message and of course your videos are inspiring. Im an English girl living in up state New York and we have a 2 acre property which fortunately for us, has a crew and a fresh water stream ! I guess my main question is how to deal with Ticks ? there extremely prevalent and thrive in tall grass, my husband has survived one incident of lime disease ! Any advise would be welcomed, trying to live in harmony but Ticks can rally put a damper on that

Good to see your channel growing well 👍

Hey Joel! Absolutely stunning! I love a garden tour and this didn't disappoint. So much to look at and so many ideas to borrow! The Acer was amazing, I don't think I've seen one that old before. I didn't know about the forget me knot pollination sign, I shall have a look at mine. I like them when they start going over and turn pink. Great to see the followers growing I hope we're all doing a bit for nature no matter how big or small our gardens or outdoor spaces are. Hope you're coping with the heat and got some rest time over the weekend. Best wishes.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

24 күн бұрын

Hello! What brilliant weather we've had this weekend, I managed to get half hour in the front garden and have seen at least 4 species of butterfly today, was going to do an update video but everyone was out walking and wanting to stop and chat about the garden so a video would have been impossible, but the word is spreading locally - although not to my local council I might add.... the low growing wildflowers I planted in the verge outside my house after the internet cabling people ripped it all up, was awash with red clover, BFT etc and they mowed the lot on Friday, now it's just dried grass cuttings everywhere. I did do a post on Twitter/X about it and it got 5.1k "likes" and the council have been called out... oh if I had more time! But I hope you've had a briliiant weekend, thanks for always being there - best wishes, Joel

@SisterDogmata

24 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton I saw the post, very sad! I know the guys doing the verges have to do as they're told and it's a council decision. The more people who protest the better! Your front garden is looking amazing so maybe spreading the word locally will have more of an impact. Great to watch the channel grow and know so many of us feel the same about our wildlife. Best wishes.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

24 күн бұрын

@@SisterDogmata Thank you - not sure if you can see the comment from @peaseblossom here but what a fantastic idea?! Not enough time this year but I've just made a BIG note about this.... what do you think?

@SisterDogmata

23 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Just looked at the comment and thought what a brilliant idea. I would certainly buy a plaque or something that would explain why I'm not mowing! Get in there Joel get something in the shop! I'm sure it would encourage other people to do the same. Best wishes.

I adore purple toadflax. One of the best endemic wildflowers of my country along with Anemonoides apennina and Campanula fragilis

Bird and insect heaven

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

24 күн бұрын

It certainly is James, heaven for me too and such a gorgeous morning I set off deliberately early to do this tour before getting on with the pond. There will be more updates on this as it's finished and planted up now, I'll return in a few months for sure. Best wishes, Joel

What a stunning garden. Thanks for everything you do Joel, you are a wildlife hero. The little lilac looks like flowerfesta, which doesn't grow too tall but flowers for months. Will you be selling native orchids at some point as I would love to buy some from a reputable supplier? If you manage to visit me I would welcome your advice about which ones you think may do best here as orchids are not my forte?

Absolutely fantastic tour! Amazing what can be done with one acre. Great job Joel.

Thanks Joel

Made me chuckle when you mentioned the falling blossom making you think you were seeing butterflies, I do the same when I’m out walking on my butterfly searches .

Love watching your video today, so interesting hearing about the different insects, and plants😀🐝🐞🌼🦋 thank you Joel.

Absolutely stunning Joel, its my dream garden, well one of many you have shown! Love the Acer, that is a beauty ! I have so many plans for my new little gaden.. . Ive shared a vlog with my local Highways department too as coming back from Wales, my A556 road verge was being strimmed within an inch of its life, poor 🐌🦋🐛🐜🐝🪲🐞🦗🕷... really sad to see😔 rant over for now 😂 Keep at it Joel🎉 enjoy the lovely evening😎

@SisterDogmata

24 күн бұрын

Never stop ranting! It will make a difference. The sounds of a wilder garden are just as lovely as how it looks. Bees, birds and watching butterflies. Bliss!

@CheshireCat6639

24 күн бұрын

​@@SisterDogmataAbsolutely 💯true

I love how this looks like the native plants have been there forever and only the house was added to it. Also, the garden seems way bigger then it seemed when it was a lawn. Loved the birds singing in that last bit. Think I recognised all but one ;) . Thx , Joel!

In the U.S. and have a tiny front yard and small backyard in urban setting. I am so happy you are sharing on KZread because I am slowly working towards a small cottage garden with lots of edibles and hopefully mostly native and easily included beauties for wildlife and health of my little chunk of the earth. Love the inspiration and your view of plants and wild living that works, even in urban areas. Thanks.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

24 күн бұрын

Hi there, thanks so much for this lovely comment, I really appreciate it and so glad that these videos are continuing to reach the US too. Your garden is going to be wonderful and you will be rewarded for all the effort in thinking about the wildlife too, I promise. I really appreciate the encouragement and support. Hope you've had a great weekend, best wishes - Joel

You are so lucky to visit all these superb gardens and experience and provide these diverse habitats Its so good for the soul and mental health to be at one with mother earth's gifts

2:18 in and I’m already buzzing! Dandelions literally aerate soil and draw up nutrients to other plants through their long tap root. They can get huge but there’s nothing to stop you allowing them to self seed and weed out what’s not wanted whilst keeping a good amount of younger ones in the garden borders careful management of them and your onto a real winner. I’ll continue this video tomorrow Joel. And as always thank you for uploading this tour! 🙏🙏🙏 what a brilliant garden to be working in and once the pond goes in the owners really will have an area of interest for even more wildlife, I also have to say I totally agree with the mosaic idea there’s nothing wrong with having a manicured lawn or border but there’s also nothing wrong with mown paths and small meadow areas and if you can have all then you definitely should brush piles are a favourite thing for me and old plant stems get thrown to the side or back of borders allowing wildlife to move in, I’m even thinking of adding large plant saucers if play sand for birds to bath in! The more we all the do the more we get to help all those in need and at the same time they entertain us instead of a mobile phone!!!!! Thanks for these tours Joel they’re brilliant and the more you can do the better I really appreciate them.

I'm not too sure when the Welsh mountains evolved into Himalayas, but I'll take it 😁 As for garlic mustard being invasive... that only happens if you don't eat it! It looks great growing in between the vinca under my neighbours ash tree as there's a nice contrast between the lime and dark green shades as well as the licac and white

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

24 күн бұрын

You might not believe it, but the client will be watching this and I did refer to those as Welsh poppies but was advised that they were definitely Himalayan as she had planted them! I love garlic mustard anywhere, if you didn't get that from the video ;) Best wishes, Joel

@jayearl3591

23 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton excuses... blaming the client lol. GCSE business studies taught me that "the client knows best" 😉🙂 On an unrelated side note, have you considered a video on what people can do on land that is overly fertile? We have a horse stables near me and it means all of the nitrogen run off means nettles, dock, couch grass and cow parsley end up dominating. Now I know nettles in moderation are great, but it'd be nice to get some diversity.

Such a beautiful garden! Life goals. Thank you for sharing (and to the owner as well-it’s given me ideas). So due to a broken mower and my hubby not being able to mow this spring, I jumped onto the chance to do a #nomowsummer with our front and backyard. For the front yard, we mowed edges last weekend since it was looking super overgrown compared to the perfect shorn carpets of our neighbors and I was afraid they’d call the city on us. I put up a little yard flag I found on Amazon that said “Pardon Our Weeds, We’re Feeding the Bees”. BUT it gave me a product idea for your shop: It would be so cool if you sold yard flags, maybe with the Wild Your Garden design of your book (or whatever else you dream up), and with the hashtags of #NoMowSummer, and #Mowsaic, but also a QR Code that linked to a page outlining the idea of not mowing, pictures of meadow lawns, and simple steps to be more wildlife friendly. I’d buy a few in a heartbeat! (Hopefully they’d be available to ship to the US, I wouldn’t even care about how much shipping costs). Just an idea, since I don’t think my simple flag conveys what I’m really hoping to do. 😊

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

24 күн бұрын

This is a brilliant idea! I had toyed with signs before, but now you've convinced me, not enough time for this year unfortunately but I just made a note and emailed my colleague at Wild Your Garden about this so she can see it when she's back on Tuesday. Definitely food for thought and I really appreciate it! If you get a chance, please drop me a line at enquiries@hazelwoodlandscapes.com as I'd love to talk about ideas for this and I think you deserve recognition at least! Your garden is coming on well by the sounds of it and you're certainly setting an example - the mown edges will definitely make people think twice. Thanks again for this, hope you've had a brilliant weekend, best wishes - Joel

@peaseblossom4252

24 күн бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Yay! I’ll email you soon. :)

@Tambisme

24 күн бұрын

That’s a wonderful idea !😊

What a beautiful garden Joel. Is that the garden in Hitching?

Thanks

Beautiful. Is there a better wildlife garden in the UK especially once you've finished the pond

I have been suffering from a cancer and after effects for a year now - garden was wild before - now super-wild! I can do a bit now but mostly I'm saying 'No, I'll leave that'. Whole site is 5 acres - including 2 fields but sort of tending 1/2 an acre. (Well my son is!) Very helpful video - thank you.

Trying to work towards something like this, but the garden - an acre of gentle hillside - is completely infested with creeping buttercup. Its going to be a long job getting rid of it without destroying everything else. There are places where it has completely eliminated everything else, and at least those areas can be weed-killed, something I use with reluctance but at least then I can encourage a more eclectic mix in those patches. In so many other areas though they are intermixed with other wild flowers that I want to keep. Its going to take a while!

Hey Joel! Quick question: Is it too late in the season to plant? If not, when is? Thanks and all the best!

Welsh poppies

Hi Joel, I've tried to do a no mow area at the back of my garden but it seems to get overrun with bindweed, bramble and sticky willies, I never really see those in your videos. Do you pull them out?

Posting the shorts is like posting a movie trailer. It can generate new interest and an audience that may not be in your algorithm.

Does anyone know what might have happened to my wild flower area? its only 10s metres it was lovely last year tons of false chamomile poppies and cornflowers I have some vetch ,plantains and lots of yellow rattle nothing taller than 200mm I didnt cut it untill the end of september and I cut it really short. I am hoping it progresses but this time last year it was a riot of colour..

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

19 күн бұрын

Hi there Steve - if you wanted to send me some photos of the area over the weekend I'm more than happy to advise on this, the poppies and cornflowers are of course annuals but I can explain why they probably haven't reappeared this year - do send some photos if you get this message - you can reach me on enquiries@wildyourgarden.com. Again, happy to help - best wishes, Joel

Those oak are a bit close together, no? 🤷‍♂️