Allium Gardeners Essex Suffolk & Cambridge

11/09/2026

10/09/2026

I’d love to see children in our schools being given more opportunities to connect with nature and wildlife.

Because I truly believe — if you respect it, you protect it.

Imagine schools helping children fundraise to buy native trees, then taking them out into areas of our countryside that have been devastated by wildfires to actually plant them.

But it doesn’t end with planting a tree.

Take those children back the following year. And the year after that.

Let them watch their trees grow. Let them see wildlife returning. Let them understand that they played a small part in restoring a damaged landscape.

Suddenly that place means something to them.

For the rest of their lives, they’ll be able to say, “I helped restore this.”

That’s how we create a generation that doesn’t just learn about nature from a classroom, but actually feels connected to it — and wants to protect it.

So if you’re a school, a teacher or a parent reading this, why not give it a go?

🌳🌱🦋🐝

If you respect nature, you protect nature.

09/09/2026

I’m standing along a stretch of road here in Suffolk where old oak trees have been removed as part of a development I know because I’d driven past them many times.

Trees that had stood in this landscape for hundreds of years.

Yes, they were dead.

But a dead tree is far from lifeless.

Standing deadwood can provide an incredibly valuable habitat — supporting beetles and other invertebrates, fungi, lichens, mosses, birds, bats and countless other organisms. The hollows, cracks and decaying timber that develop over decades can become an entire ecosystem.

And you simply cannot replace that by planting a young tree somewhere else.

These old oaks were part of this landscape. Beautiful in my eyes, even in death, and still giving something back to nature.

Of course, where a tree presents a genuine safety risk it may need appropriate management. But removing veteran and dead trees simply because they look untidy or don’t fit the finished appearance of a development has to change.

Development is going to happen.

But that doesn’t mean biodiversity has to be stripped away with it.

We need mandatory wildlife-friendly practices on new developments across the UK — protecting valuable existing habitat wherever possible and making meaningful provision for the wildlife displaced when we build.

That’s why I started my petition.

Please help me push this forward.

🌳 Sign the petition — link in my bio / link below.

https://c.org/5zC45fwZmd

And please SHARE this reel. The more people who see what is being lost, the harder it becomes to ignore.

08/09/2026

A NEW GARDEN BEGINS 🌿

We started this garden today, and the first thing to go is the lawn.

After the drought, much of it is already struggling and half dead — so rather than trying to bring it back, we’re going to turn this space into something far more interesting, productive and valuable for wildlife.

The lawn is being lifted and replaced with a naturalistic gravel garden, planted with swathes of perennials and ornamental grasses. Once established, these plants will provide nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies and other insects, as well as seeds, shelter and habitat throughout the seasons.

We’re also planting three fruit trees, bringing blossom for pollinators in spring, fruit later in the year and more structure and cover within the garden.

Three raised beds will create space for home-grown vegetables, salads, herbs and cut flowers — making this a garden that feeds both people and wildlife.

And rather than an expanse of thirsty lawn, the gravel garden will be much better suited to increasingly hot, dry summers. The planting will create layers of vegetation, flowers and seed heads, while the gravel provides warm, open areas that many insects love.

Less lawn.
More flowers.
More food.
More habitat.
More life.

I’ll show you how this one develops over the next few days. 🌿🐝🦋

08/09/2026

Dear Monty,

I just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you.

For 23 years you’ve inspired a nation to garden, and you’ve certainly been a huge inspiration to me. I remember reading your books many years ago when I was finding my own way in gardening, and your passion, knowledge and gentle approach have stayed with me ever since.

To then, all these years later, have you introduce me and my garden on Gardeners’ World was an incredibly special moment and one I’ll never forget.

You’ve given so much to gardening and inspired so many people to get outside, grow things and discover the joy a garden can bring.

Many, many thanks, Monty, and wishing you all the very best for whatever comes next.

Paul

07/09/2026

There are nearly 70 million people in the UK.

Surely 100,000 of us care enough about wildlife to stand up for it.

We need homes — but we also need nature.

If development takes away habitat, giving something back shouldn’t be optional. It should be part of the deal.

For the birdsong.
For the hedgehogs.
For the bees, butterflies and bats.
And for our children, who deserve to grow up with them.

I need 100,000 signatures to help make this impossible to ignore.

🌿 Please sign.
🌿 Please share.
🌿 And if you’ve already signed, share this with someone who hasn’t.

Let’s make them listen.

🔗 Petition link in my bio

Or here -

https://c.org/5zC45fwZmd

06/09/2026

After Gardeners’ World, I want to ask you for one thing.

If you liked what you saw in my garden — a space where wildlife is welcomed rather than pushed out — please help me take that message beyond our gardens.

Every new development takes away habitat.

Trees. Hedgerows. Wild spaces. Places to feed, nest and shelter.

I’m campaigning for simple wildlife measures to be made mandatory on new developments, so when we take something from nature, we have to give something back.

We need 100,000 signatures.

If you care about the wildlife we still have left, please sign the petition and share it.

This isn’t about me.

It’s about giving nature a fighting chance. 🌿🐝🦔🦋

Petition link in my bio.

Or link here -

https://c.org/5zC45fwZmd