Bristol Wild Gardens

09/07/2026

A pond revamp from April - very old liner had a leak that could not be found - pond emptied (wildlife rescued), underlay and liner replaced after the hole had a bit of reshaping, refilled with some retained marginals planted up properly in baskets to keep them in check!

28/06/2026

Progress on a garden project from 2024 - in April biennial honesty flowering for the first time, strawberries and thyme establishing in the gravel - and by the end of May foxgloves shooting up and ox-eye daisies flowering delightfully 😍

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24/03/2026

A hazel coppiced in a clients garden, and some of the wood used to create a 'warp and weft' woven border; the rest of the logs, poles and rods I'll be using to make a garden bench, and any remainder will be sawn up for firewood. The hazel will grow back and in a few years it can be harvested this way again and again, providing valuable wood as well as benefitting wildlife 👍

10/03/2026

A new fence for a long standing client in Long Ashton; 40m of 6' panels, so not much wriggle room when it came to the post holes - which of course lined up beautifully with some of the ancient footings of a previous fence! A challenging job in this winter's rain, but the spring finally emerged for the final week 😎 Can't wait to fit some training wires for the existing climbers - and not to forget, a few hedgehog holes in the gravel boards 🦔

22/01/2026

18/12/2025

Revisited this natural wildlife pond created earlier in the year, to give it an autumn clearance - great to see it getting nicely established!
Always leave any algae, leaves etc. by the edge of the pond, long enough for any wildlife caught up in it to return, before disposing of on the compost heap 👌