b'B E E S , F L O W E R S A N D V E GEMBRACINGNATURALTECHNIQUES Creating gardens is to us so much more thanwhere to put the patio and garden shed. Faced Sowing wild flowers using no dig techniquewith a massive climate crisis and littleleadership from the politicians, we all need tostep up and take action towards minimising ournegative impact on our precious planet.Growing your own fruit, veg and flowers is greatfor the soul, reduces your garden footprint andeducates the young and not so young as towhere our produce comes from. As such, raisedbeds often provide a low maintenance methodof introducing such concepts to gardens thatwe create, but in addition we are closelyfollowing the work of Charles Dowding. His philosophy of protecting our precious soilsby trying not to destroy their structure andmicrobes is achieved by adopting a no digapproach that is both challenging but also very Sophie, Charles & Robpertinent. Hence Sophie and I on meetingCharles during a speaking tour were suitablyinspired.So imagine our excitement at working on a fiveacre scheme where the client alreadyembraced no dig and who wanted help withboth a master plan and the development of anorchard and wild flower meadow. Sourcing and planting mature fruit trees was agreat way of creating that instantly establishedlook whilst sowing a stunning wild flower mixwith help from the client, transformed the plot,the picture being completed with the arrival ofthis stunning greenhouse from GriffinGlasshouses.charlesdowding.co.uk Heaven 8'