"Rewilding does not mean letting it [the garden] lie fallow and doing
nothing with it. There's a misconception abroad that the only way to get
more wildlife into your garden is to rewild."
"But what saddens me more than anything else is that a well cultivated,
well tended, well grown garden is getting disparaged - which is a
nonsense. To learn your craft as a good grower of plants, to produce
plants which look beautiful and are good for wildlife, is key for me.
I'm not embarrassed about being a gardener."
"You can rewild your garden for a couple of years if you want, then you
keep looking at it and think, 'It's really boring. There's not much
colour, I can't see that many insects. What I can see is a lot of cola
cans, which people have thrown over the wall, and dog mess bags because
they thought it was just waste ground'.
This is total bollocks. He's setting up a straw man.
Who has ever said that 'the only way to get wildlife into your garden is to rewild'? Who has ever disparaged anyone for being a gardener? I've never seen on this forum or anywhere else. People might say "that's not my taste' or 'I might do it differently' but the gardening world seems to be "this and.." - plus, plus, plus. There are certain folk here that tell others their plants are ugly or bad, but they are few and far between.
Titchmarsh is a fool if he thinks a rewilded plot is without colour, full of coke cans and poo bags. It saddens me that he has such a narrow view and is not more informed or more interested.
He has a new book coming out - I guess he is just trying to get attention.
There have been many occasions on this forum [and elsewhere] when folk - whether unintentionally or not - have made people feel guilty about having a tidy garden, or a bit of lawn etc. That's all.
The whole re wilding thing is just another bandwagon to jump on IMO. In a couple of years it'll be something else. You can disagree if you want. My opinion is as valid as anyone's. If you don't like it - well - I'm not that bothered. Everyone's an expert nowadays, it would seem.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You really do have it in for some of us, @Fire. If i want to say a plant is IMO ugly, I will. I would however never say a plant was bad. It really is none of your business.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I would only say a plant is "bad" if it's invasive to the point of being a menace. Japanese knotweed and the like. But there are many that I think are unattractive, or combinations that I think don't sit well together, or garden styles that I just don't really like. I try to be careful to say when something's my opinion/taste. Rewilded gardens I'm no expert on, and I find it difficult sometimes to tell the difference between deliberately rewilded and just neglected. Maybe I need to see more examples. I must say round here there seem to be some people who're more inclined to throw their litter etc into an obviously well-kept garden than into a wild-looking one.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I heard the owner of a solar farm say when interviewed, that it was fine to use prime agricultural land for his solar panels, because he was rewilding the surrounding area!
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
There have been many occasions on this forum [and elsewhere] when folk - whether unintentionally or not - have made people feel guilty about having a tidy garden, or a bit of lawn etc. That's all.
The whole re wilding thing is just another bandwagon to jump on IMO. In a couple of years it'll be something else. You can disagree if you want. My opinion is as valid as anyone's. If you don't like it - well - I'm not that bothered. Everyone's an expert nowadays, it would seem.
There have been many occasions on this forum [and elsewhere] when folk - whether unintentionally or not - have made people feel guilty about having a tidy garden, or a bit of lawn etc. That's all.
The whole re wilding thing is just another bandwagon to jump on IMO. In a couple of years it'll be something else. You can disagree if you want. My opinion is as valid as anyone's. If you don't like it - well - I'm not that bothered. Everyone's an expert nowadays, it would seem.
It isn't a bandwagon, it's called being re-educated. If you want to remain uneducated then that's your problem.
"Rewilding does not mean letting it [the garden] lie fallow and doing
nothing with it. There's a misconception abroad that the only way to get
more wildlife into your garden is to rewild."
"But what saddens me more than anything else is that a well cultivated,
well tended, well grown garden is getting disparaged - which is a
nonsense. To learn your craft as a good grower of plants, to produce
plants which look beautiful and are good for wildlife, is key for me.
I'm not embarrassed about being a gardener."
"You can rewild your garden for a couple of years if you want, then you
keep looking at it and think, 'It's really boring. There's not much
colour, I can't see that many insects. What I can see is a lot of cola
cans, which people have thrown over the wall, and dog mess bags because
they thought it was just waste ground'.
This is total bollocks. He's setting up a straw man.
Who has ever said that 'the only way to get wildlife into your garden is to rewild'? Who has ever disparaged anyone for being a gardener? I've never seen on this forum or anywhere else. People might say "that's not my taste' or 'I might do it differently' but the gardening world seems to be "this and.." - plus, plus, plus. There are certain folk here that tell others their plants are ugly or bad, but they are few and far between.
Titchmarsh is a fool if he thinks a rewilded plot is without colour, full of coke cans and poo bags. It saddens me that he has such a narrow view and is not more informed or more interested.
He has a new book coming out - I guess he is just trying to get attention.
I think you missed:
" Alan Titchmarsh has warned that the trend towards rewilding - letting nature take care of itself to encourage wildlife and biodiversity - should not displace traditional gardening."
" It's a case of balance - there's room for both"
And:
" It should not and does not need to replace a well cultivated garden"
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https://uk.news.yahoo.com/alan-titchmarsh-rewilding-not-answer-092900735.html
Berating folk because they want a bit of lawn is something that gets on my wick.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That's all.
The whole re wilding thing is just another bandwagon to jump on IMO. In a couple of years it'll be something else.
You can disagree if you want. My opinion is as valid as anyone's. If you don't like it - well - I'm not that bothered.
Everyone's an expert nowadays, it would seem.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It really is none of your business.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
If you want to remain uneducated then that's your problem.
" Alan Titchmarsh has warned that the trend towards rewilding - letting nature take care of itself to encourage wildlife and biodiversity - should not displace traditional gardening."
" It's a case of balance - there's room for both"
And:
" It should not and does not need to replace a well cultivated garden"
To sum up, there is room for everything.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border