BUILD A POND GET GROWING
At a time where much of our countryside, and urban green spaces, are under continual threat, a garden pond offers a safe haven for nature. In the last 50 years, one-third of UK ponds are thought to have disappeared, which has had a huge impact on wildlife.
But before I put myself forward as Mother Nature's saviour, I have a confession; building a wildlife pond in our garden wasn't my idea, it was my wife Sophie's. As a professional gardener I have several clients with ponds, so it's down to me to maintain them. This often leaves me slipping, sliding and, on occasion, coming away with half its contents swishing around in my boots. So to