OPEN WILD GARDENS IN THE HOPE VALLEY SATURDAY 28TH-SUNDAY 29TH JUNE ‘FOSTERING NATURE AND BEAUTY’
- peakadvertiser
- Jun 24
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Eight homes in Hope Valley are opening their "wild" gardens to the public this June.
People in Hope Valley have been coming together to take action to help address climate change and biodiversity loss and wild gardens is one of the things they are doing. Wild doesn't mean unkept. What's important is that the gardens foster wildlife.
Here are some of the things people say about their gardens. "I have worked towards creating an organic terraced garden with a variety of habitats for wildlife, including flowers for pollinators, ponds, native hedge, trees, shrubs, wood piles and a meadow. I favour an ‘untidy’ approach, but also grow fruit and vegetables in a more orderly way."
"There are habitat piles of decaying brushwood and prunings in all four corners. We have a pond, a meadow, a lawn that is given over to moles in the winter, a vegetable raised bed area, a south-facing soft fruit slope, a reed bed for processing greywater from the house, and a pond and bog garden."
"Wild gardening involves observing and learning from experience, not using herbicides and pesticides and creating habitats for birds, mammals, insects and amphibians. We have made bird boxes, which have raised multiple broods, including swifts. Badgers visit and brown hares and pheasants live in the garden. Moths and butterflies are plentiful."
See the HVCA website for opening times. No need to book. Come along for advice, inspiration and a day out.
