I really love that garden! Why wouldn't I? It's mine! Thanks for such an amazing space Joel. As a family we love it and just watch each new development with awe throughout the seasons.

@gypsyspniel8251

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful garden, I'm sure it brings you lots of joy & happiness 🦋🐝🌱

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hello you! :) Just back from Scotland where I was visiting clients and a pond I created about 2 years ago now, your garden has had a wonderful response and you should be so proud of how you have continued to maintain it - we know it doesn't take much maintenance but keeping that french lavender alive during our cold winters is certainly a feat! ;) Catch up soon - Joel

@CheshireCat6639

2 ай бұрын

It's beautiful ❤

It's a beautiful garden. I spotted a hedgehog in my garden today. I'm so happy.

This is not just a brilliant world for birds and wildlife to inhabit, but for folks of all ages to come, observe, take to heart, and feel at home in. Love your work Joel!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

What wonderful words :) Thank you so much, I really appreciate it - your support makes a lot of difference and I'm so glad you enjoyed it - more makeovers to come - best wishes to you and yours - Joel

Its wonderful to witness urban gardens being created into wildlife habitats. I've been creating wild life gardens for 20 years now. I have moved house many times yet always created my own wildlife habitat. May many more people begin to green our planet and bring back the natural world of beauty in all its characteristics. Thank you Joel.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Helen - and that's great to hear about your 20 years of effort, I expect all those years have been very rewarding :) I agree too that although we might not be able to stop land-clearance, logging, habitat loss in the wider world, we can certainly utilise the spaces we have and make many rest stops to make up for the losses elsewhere :) Best wishes, Joel

👍😎👍 It's weird how when the sun comes out, so do the bees. Then when the sun goes in, the bees disappear...lol Also, at my place in the country there was a mini cyclone and I lost a small eucalyptus - now after watching your videos, I'm gonna chop it and pile it up to be used as shelter and homes for who knows what..

French lavender plant looks gorgeous.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful plant Moha, it usually finds it difficult to survive the winter weather in the UK but thrives in the South of France where lavender is seen in great numbers as it likes to grow in rather barren gravel and sandy areas. This plant is very well looked after it seems and brings great rewards :) Best wishes, Joel

Very beautiful garden, relaxed atmosphere in the garden!!😌🌼

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

It's certainly enjoyed by the client a lot - I do hope you are keeping well, i am just catching up with everything now after a week away. Best wishes, Joel

Lovely wild flower section! So pretty! ❤

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful isn't it - I am so pleased the client chose to make her garden more wildlife friendly, she has a lot of enjoyment from this and the meadow will look even better now :) Thank you for your support Lakshmi, I appreciate it - best wishes, Joel

What a beautiful garden :)

such beautiful & special works!!

Great video Joel and congratulations on 17k subscribers mate 🐸💚🐸

Absolutely amazing 😮

It’s a fabulous garden Joel. Sitting on the decking by the pond , bliss.

What a difference between the before and after garden makeover shots😀. Stunning wildflowers, a beautiful pond, and real wildlife refuge and insect attractor area. Love the bird boxes. Well done as always. Have a great week.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

They certainly do remind me of what we were up against, but it's absolutely wonderful to see the difference and the client takes good care of this, although it of course requires little maintenance. The French lavender is notoriously difficult to keep over our winters (which is why it flourishes better in the South of France, same as with most lavenders) but this client certainly knows how to keep it going! Hope you are both doing well - best wishes, Joel

Thanks again Joel, lots of great info and ideas in this one, and a lovely garden to! :)

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris - so sorry for the delay in responding, I've been away in Scotland and just trying to catch up :) Trying to upload a video of my garden at the beginning of June but KZread is not being helpful and it's taking ages to upload! Hopefully it will be up soon - thanks so much for your continued support and kind words, it really does make a difference :) Best wishes to you and yours, Joel

I love seeing these gardens - so inspiring! I’ve just planted my hawthorn hedge and I’ve been thinking about planting some flowers in front of it. This has given me some ideas of what to plant. Hope I get to see the Channel 5 piece!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lillifer - really appreciate your support and it certainly is a wonderful example of a garden and how it can help so much wildlife in a relatively small area. There are lots of videos on the channel about different plants, including of my own garden - hope it's helpful - best wishes to you and yours - Joel

A proof that even not that a big of a garden can be beautiful and attract so much wildlife. The biggest mystery however is how you make that deck overlapping the pond :)

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Marek! How are you?! Just back from Scotland where I've been visiting clients, we need to catch up properly when you are able - everything has been so busy this side. I do hope you and the family are keeping well - thank you as always for your wonderful support. Best wishes, Joel

@helenyates3951

3 жыл бұрын

You can create a wild life garden in ten feet. Not sure where you live Marek but many people reside in urban concrete jungles and even on a balcony you can attract wildlife. I had a blackbird nest in a pot and successfully had a family of six new fledglings. I only had a small courtyard at that time.

@helenyates3951

3 жыл бұрын

"Even if it is just a balcony..." is so true! Great to encourage high rise residents. Thank you Joel.

Great work 👍

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, appreciated :)

Great garden, Joel.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark - it's really come on and takes very little maintenance :) Best wishes, Joel

Great video, packed with lots of advice and ideas. Really wish I had been watching these videos years ago 🐝

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark - I'm still playing catch up after being in Scotland for a week! So glad you enjoyed this :) You can still make little changes that make a big difference - best wishes to you and yours - Joel

Wow everything is so wild and beautiful, I love it! and I also get confused with echinacea and rudbeckia as well before they flower, they really do look alike.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Christopher - so sorry for the delay in acknowledging your comment. Just back from Scotland and catching up, I really appreciate your support and so glad you enjoyed this video. Just trying to upload another one of my own garden earlier in June, but it seems to be taking ages! Best wishes, Joel

Great new video today nice update.Diesel dave like's it well done.

Beautiful

Fantastic garden! Now I know why I'm not getting dragonflies - no perch for them!

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The owner has enjoyed this area so much and yes, dragonflies and indeed damselflies and birds will be attracted to the perch - let me know when you see your first one! Best wishes, Joel

Fabulous Joel! 🙂

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joanee! Sorry for the delay, been so busy of late and just trying to catch up with everyone. Really appreciate your support, it makes a big difference - best wishes to you and yours, Joel

@peepingjo

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton You are such a gentleman for taking the time to acknowledge people’s messages especially as you’re such a busy person. It’s an absolute pleasure to watch your videos and I wish you and your family every success and happiness.

Looks so amazing

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sean, really appreciated :) Best wishes to you, Joel

Wow it’s look beautiful

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :) Best wishes to you and yours - Joel

Fantastic garden Joel... well done .. I can see a lot of thought as been put into this 👌

What a lovely garden, thanks for the tour Joel. Make sure you let us know when the channel 5 footage airs. Oh, and love the t-shirt! Hope all good with you and yours.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! *Still* catching up! haha - I will let you know for sure, they'll be letting me know soon I think. It might surprise you where I ended up! Yes, I couldn't resist this t-shirt, wasn't looking for it but stumbled on it when I was looking to buy a completely different piece of clothing! ;) Best wishes to you, we must catch up properly soon. Joel

That's a fantastic Garden Joel.. just so much in there.. beautiful. Love the pond.. how deep is it? Great that the newts have found their way in. Spotted the cheeky lil magpie dropping in off the fence over your right shoulder as you were signing off 😁. Honestly there's so much to learn from your videos, you create little gems. Loving the Red Campion, as always 🙂👍. Keep up the great work Joel 🙂👍

Thank you for that wonderful garden tour Joel. Loved it.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Toby - I am so pleased that you enjoyed it - just attempting to upload a video of my own garden from earlier this month, but it seems to be taking ages! Trying to keep awake - sorry for the delay in responding, just back from Scotland and visiting clients - a lot more footage to upload. Thank you for your support, it's appreciated - best wishes, Joel

Nice job Joel, I hope my pond looks half as good as that next year😊

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

It certainly will - that much I know, I've seen the evidence so far! So sorry for the delay in catching up, just back from Scotland and trying to upload the latest video of the garden here earlier in June but it's taking ages tonight! Won't be much longer hopefully. Hope you and yours are doing fine - best wishes, as always - Joel

Lovely to see the results of your work after some time has passed. Thank you! Out of interest, do you know of any Hebe’s that can take a winter temperature of -20? My climate isn’t typically too different to the UK, but we occasionally get colder winters. The last cold winter hit -23 and took out my mature Hebe’s despite covering them in advance. Thanks again - Craig.

Fantastic garden! It inspires me a lot to get my own going.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Rob - I hope you find the channel useful, there are lots of hints and tips here, I am so thrilled that there will be another habitat for nature real soon - you will be rewarded for your efforts, I promise :) Best wishes, Joel

Please could you do a video where you go through companion plants and maybe list them in the description? New to gardening and would like to learn more about wildlife friendly plants for the existing flowers in my garden! (Roses, jasmine, peonies)

Hi Joel, nice video. Is there any possibility you can make a video to show how to make a small floating garden for a wildlife pond using low growing natives to give amphibians a refuge and place to climb out. Best Wishes, thank you 👍

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Gaz - sorry for the delay, have been away in Scotland looking at client jobs. But I'll do my best when I'm next able to do so on a client pond, or even my own in Spring when I get a chance to actually be in the garden :) Am just about to upload a video of the garden earlier in June, it's taking a while though! ;) Thank you for your support, it's appreciated - best wishes, Joel

@gazf6163

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton great, I look forward to it. Hopefully you’ll have an opportunity to do it. I know about floating baskets but I was thinking of a more rectangular shape and more of a floating garden/mini flower bed. Thanks for the reply, best wishes 👍

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I have 5 efts in my pond just wondering why they only come out at dusk I never see them during the day thanks

@UkAmphibians

3 жыл бұрын

They come out at night to avoid predators through the day I hope this helps

Beautiful garden Joel. I have been listening to your advice and changing my garden to attract more wildlife. I have a problem with my Honeysuckle. Each year it gets attacked by greenfly. I have tried all organic ways to get rid of them but nothing seems to work. I have got to the stage where I'm thinking of taking the plant out as it's not healthy and can't flower because of the greenfly. Should I give up and remove the plant or is there anything else I can do to save it?

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there Kate - the one insect I know that is a voracious hunter of greenfly are ladybirds :) I also know that if you search the internet there are suppliers of native ladybirds (ie if you are in the UK they provide native only rather than the invasive Harlequin). You could try Lace Wing larvae too as they enjoy greenfly just as much. This should help keep the numbers down and I believe they are available from April through to August so there is still time this year :) I hope that's helpful, it's the most organic and effective way to keep numbers down. Best wishes, Joel

@patdelaney191

2 жыл бұрын

Attract Bluetits to your garden. They love greenfly.

I grew a species of Erysimum this year from seed native to my area (western north america) and planted them out this spring as transplant, do you know what year they first flower approximately in your experience? I didn't get any flowers this year. I hope at least year 2. Ours has yellow-orangey flowers, I was hoping it might be a good nectar flower.

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

10 күн бұрын

Hi there Hayley, I think from the description you have our "native" too, Erysimum Cheiri, and it's just brilliant for pollinators. They take around 80 days to flower from seed, but if the plant looks healthy it will definitely flower next year and depending on the weather where you are they usually start to flower from mid to end of March. I hope this helps, best wishes - Joel

I dont live in England soforme it i isgreat when you write the latin names of plants, as some times there are several common names to translateand it is confusing thanks

@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Monica, utmost apologies for the delay in responding, I don't seem to be getting all the notifications re comments and am having to trawl the videos to ensure I'm acknowledging everyone :) Really pleased you enjoyed this - thanks so much for your support - Joel