Your very own Eden: Going wild, boosting biodiversity

A little unkempt, carelessly graceful and wild at heart: that's how we like our garden(er)s. And that's how a myriad of humming, buzzing and crawling creatures like them too.

This book takes you on a garden visit of a very special kind. Through remarkable photographs and in his own distinctive voice, the author takes us on a journey through his natural garden, sharing with us the incredible flora and fauna he discovers along the way.

In just a few short years, a light-touch approach to gardening has led to an astounding increase in wildlife and biodiversity, which this book explores and documents throughout the seasons. 

Come face to face with nature on a very personal garden tour. Discover a miraculous world in miniature that lives and thrives all around us, and feel inspired to create safe havens and habitats for wildlife in your own gardens too.

 

Looking into the crystal ball

A riot of colours and a multitude of forms
A new sighting in our garden of curiosities
A chorus of toads
Larch ascending
Deep insights
Slow worms
Bright little things
Snail shine
Orchard in bloom
I watched a blackbird
A crucial difference
Sawfly caterpillars
The very hungry spider
A wealth of colours
Grass snake and frog
Intimate moments
Shadow play
Nights under the cherry tree
Red dot
Incognito, ergo sum
Garden photographs almost without creepy-crawlies
Photoshoot with lizards
Crikey, the crickets
Fruit bodies
Caterpillars and eyes
Two for tea
Our natural garden
Butterfly with a benevolent smile
Three little caterpillars sitting on a leaf and two not so itsy bitsy spiders
The emperor dragonfly
Peppered moth caterpillar in the blackberries
A comma butterfly in July
Master climbers
Of bulging trousers, empty skins, rose caterpillars and mourning cloaks
Sleeping habits
For they have sown thistles, and they shall reap insects
Courageous critters
Orange Darwin wasp
Of arduous paths and winding ways
An acrobatic fly
Wild weather hits our harvest
A day in autumn
After the rain in October
Of creatures great, of creatures small and creatures in between
The pitter-patter of tiny feet
Cold nights, bright days
The garden in winter
Moonset
A frosty night in the garden
Winter feeding
Surprise at New Year s
From wide view to close-up
Spring awakens
Nesting spots close to humans
In sheep s clothing
Do flies have hooves
Darling buds of May and June
Orange legs and a long sting
Hairy times
The perfect camouflage and a good hunt
Jumping out of one s skin
Potter wasps
Lichen on trees
Are caterpillars insects
A turn about the garden
The common scorpionfly
Getting together
Wasp with fly
Spider mating season
Peacock butterflies
Well-camouflaged caterpillars and wild fruits full of colour
Grace and ingenuity
My precious
Snails and slugs in our garden
Between water and ice
Bubbles underneath a leaf
Caterpillars in snow
Approaching winter solstice
Hope.