The Wild Garden: Expanded Edition

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Welcome to The Hyde Estate, a private country estate secluded in the heart of the Sussex countryside. A natural wonderland of beautiful lakes, romantic gardens and ancient woodland, the estate’s 850 acres have been owned and lovingly cared for through the generations by the Warren family. A truly enchanting, picturesque and tranquil setting, The Hyde Estate is, surprisingly, only 45 minutes from central London. Water is essential to all life and garden pond ideas attract a wide variety of insects and animals, and are valuable habitats for a multitude of aquatic species, so are wonderful wildlife garden ideas. Centre for Wildlife Gardening - This much-loved London Wildlife Trust community garden has been delighting local residents for over 25 years now. Located behind a quiet residential street, it’s the perfect place to enjoy inner city nature, to learn and to relax. The centre runs regular, free family-friendly events and works closely with the local community. Simply leave the mower in the shed until the end of June, or at least reduce the frequency of mowing to once every four weeks. This will allow all sorts of flowers such as red and white clovers, daisy, self-heal and dandelion to spring up in your lawn, which the bees and butterflies will love. Read more: Love Your Garden host Alan Titchmarsh: How did he help William and Kate celebrate their wedding? Where is Wild Gardener Colin Stafford-Jones from?

This classic favorite among cottage garden plants has pretty blue-green foliage covered in masses of fragrant lilac blooms from June to August. What's the best way to style a living room end table? We spoke to the interior designers to round up their ideas to create a stylish yet practical display To give the best chance, when planning your flower bed ideas, grow different types of pollinator-friendly plants so that there’s something in bloom for them all year round. In fact, his father Barney Johnson was the first TV gardener in Ireland, although he sadly died of cancer when Colin was just 15.

If you have the room, install a bird box to give your local feathered friends somewhere to raise their young. Bird boxes are best installed in late February before the nesting season gets going, but you could always put one up now for next year. Robinson’s greatest written work ‘The English Flower Garden’ was published in 1883, and is still available today. He encouraged each and every person to be individual in creating their own garden, encouraged the study of the interaction of plants, how each ones size, shape and foliage worked with the other. He wanted to leave gardening ‘to each gardener’s individual imagination and ability to create his own private, personal wilderness’.

A pond, or even just a container of water, will attract wildlife such as frogs and newts to your garden. If you're overwhelmed with slimy slugs and snails, enlisting the services of Frogs and Toads is a great way to keep them at bay. These hungry amphibians are spectacular at keeping down the slug population, meaning no more chewed-up home-grown fruit and veg and no decimated plants.

The Hyde Estate, West Sussex

Finally, recycle kitchen and garden waste on your compost heap. As well as creating useful food for your plants, compost heaps can shelter a variety of interesting animals – including slow worms that get rid of slugs. What are good wildlife flowers?

Working through the winter, the wildlife cameraman reflects on his journey so far and plans the busy spring and summer months ahead. You can get creative about how you reuse other natural materials to create dry spaces for bugs and other wildlife,’ suggests Jo Thompson.Entering the Wild Garden through the wrought iron gates, restored in 2010, you see the Lime Avenue stretching ahead of you. A hundred Limes, some over 250 years old, grace the entrance to a magical place. A few old species of apple tree have been planted (yielding crops of very tasty apples), while various bird feeders full of Vine House Farm seeds keep the resident birds happy and well fed. Open 9-5 Mon-Fri, Manor House, Broad Street, Cambourne CB23 6DH Essex Wildlife Trust

The bigger the diversity of flowering plants the greater the number of insects will benefit and the more birds will come in to eat them,' explains garden designer Cheryl Cummings. Think of your garden as a jigsaw piece, slotting in next to many other green spaces to provide wildlife with a ‘corridor’ in which to move around freely! Suggested plants: A few simple changes in the way you manage your garden can help provide habitats to support a rich variety of species. Zooey Deschanel's pink walls give this 2024 color trend a new spin. It pairs perfectly with her trim. The lawn has been allowed to grow as a wildflower meadow with mown paths through the sward, a venerable pollarded weeping willow shading its centre. A laid hedge of elm and hawthorn boundaries the lane while to the rear of the farmhouse is the orchard which leads onto Lugg Meadow – an historic Lammas meadow. The garden is managed with wildlife in mind not only through the planting but with log piles, a large compost heap, bee houses and the sensitive hands of the wonderful volunteer gardeners. London Wildlife TrustThere’s something calming about having a white scheme. It’s a blank canvas you can add to and change up whether it’s with cushions, plants and flowers' It’s worth bearing in mind that among the best flowers that attract bees are purple blooms, as bees can see the color purple more clearly than any other color. All visitors to the Wild Garden are reminded that the Garden is private property and they are required to respect the rules of entry and to help preserve the peace and tranquillity the Garden offers. We can guarantee that The Wild Garden will be an extraordinary discovery for your guests and an unforgettable place for you, where you have the freedom and flexibility to create, celebrate and share lifelong memories. Having developed relationships with some of the industry’s finest suppliers, we know anything is possible and each event is bespoke. From bohemian-inspired tipi weddings and extravagant marquee parties to feasting suppers and fine dining luxury, the choice and potential is endless.