A small garden meadow with Tom Massey | Virtual Chelsea Flower Show | RHS

Garden designer Tom Massey talks about how you can achieve a natural, flowing style of meadow garden in your own space, even if that's just a tiny front garden.
Taking inspiration from the Yeo Valley Garden, which was designed for Chelsea 2020, Tom Massey demonstrates how to plant a small front garden to encourage wildlife. Using organically-grown plants, this scaled-down version of a wildflower meadow is perfect for an urban or rural setting, and will plays an important role in encouraging natural diversity.
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[@neverlostforwords]

Two beautiful inspiring gardens - Yeo Valley Garden and Tom Massey's front garden. I love the idea of slow gardens - gardens that evolve and take care of thorny challenges such as pests without intervention. Organic is the way to go. Tom, you did a great job implementing a version of your planned Chelsea show garden in your front garden. Also, it's great that you gave away the thousands of plants intended for Chelsea to hospitals. I am sure that your plants brought many smiles to many deserving people. Thanks for sharing your work with us here

[@supergirlpickle]

Brilliant, we need this to be happenning everywhere! , I was really moved by your donation of the plants from your project to the hospitals . Well done all around, I am grateful that you took us to the farm, listed some beautiful plants and am really looking forward to seeing your project next year Warmest regards from an organic gardner in Greece

[@thesolitarycyclist9005]

Excellent film. Kind of what the BBC should've been putting on instead of all the rehashing old shows!

[@catherinepritchard489]

Stunning garden based on sound principles.

[@pygiana16]

I loved the black pug!

[@christineparker8429]

Fabulous garden in Yeo Valley I love the whole ethos. I never use pesticides and our garden teams with insects. Went out yesterday and the annoying greenfly I had been rubbing off with my fingers was providing main course for some ants. Today my Rose's are almost pest free. Result. But agree about the slugs. I throw them into the field ( they have such cute faces I can't bear to leave them on the bird table)

[@conniekeshet]

Really beautiful!! Thank you!! Wonderful to see the collaberation!!

[@claudiaa4759]

Bellísimo ! Felicidades!

[@lilwilliams1896]

So lovely, thank you

[@pollopacheco1891]

Thanks for sharing your philosophy! Really love ❤️ your garden congratulations 🍀

[@kathryngreenhalgh8644]

What was the lovely ornamental grass you used there?

[@tommassey9129]

Melica altissima 'Alba'

[@dusankamaracicmarusic7184]

Does organic also incorporate what is native to the area? Which are and which are not?

[@hectorbrown656]

That is a very good question , and it would be good if they explained that .

[@tommassey9129]

Organic doesn't have to be native. In my planting area I used a mix of native and non-native species, this is proven to increase biodiversity and be beneficial to a wide range of insects and pollinators.