Liverpool agreed a British record deal for Caicedo but the player's preference means he is likely to complete a move to Chelsea.Ī highly entertaining encounter showcased the attacking quality of both sides while the defensive deficiencies illustrated why Caicedo has become a prized target. And while he admits that not everyone has an acre to play with, even a suburban garden can become a natural wilderness.Chelsea and Liverpool played out a thrilling draw at Stamford Bridge as both sides delivered a prime example of why they are doing battle over £110m Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo. New ponds become a magnet for mating damselflies and dragonflies, his freshly sown meadows burst with wildflowers attracting countless bees and butterflies.Īs autumn rolls in, some native mammals begin to prospect for a new winter home. After just a few short months working on his own patch, there’s a transformation. If we wanted, in the next ten, 20 years, Ireland can be far better than it is now, and I think we can start with gardens.’Ĭolin is not just waxing lyrical his latest programme proves that one man can indeed make a difference. 'Nature has an extraordinary ability to come back - and in this country we have pushed it to the very edge. Irish wildlife cameraman, filmmaker and television presenter Colin Stafford-Johnson. ‘But what I’ve learned from this project is that we have a massive opportunity to put things back together. A lot of people hardly even know what it is any more as they never come across it,’ he says. ‘We will lose our connection with nature completely. ![]() But everything has gotten so much worse.’Ĭolin’s warning is stark - that if we continue to mistreat and exploit our land, we risk living in an ‘impoverished country’. What’s interesting is that we are taking plants from the other side of the world, which would be considered as weeds, and putting them in a pot and selling them in a garden centre, and suddenly it’s a plant that’s worth having.Ī post shared by Colin Stafford-Johnson 15 years ago I completed a series of programmes for RTÉ, Living The Wild Life, and I was concerned but I just presumed things would get better because we were learning about the damage we were doing with farming and building and removing natural habitat. ![]() ‘What we are encouraged to do is get rid of everything that’s native and replace this with the exotic. Now he’s hoping his new programme will inspire viewers to do the same. He had one goal in mind: to create a sanctuary for native plants and animals now struggling to survive in Ireland. In fact Colin - who is the son of Ireland’s first TV gardener, horticulturalist Barney Johnson - took great pleasure in getting down and dirty and undoing all the work he did as a youngster to get that perfect lawn. ![]() ![]() He’s been digging ponds, clearing brambles, planting woodland and sowing meadows in the garden he spent his childhood summers in. The concept is just completely outdated.’ When I go into a garden centre, which I rarely do, I just smell the poison. ‘I was brought up with a lawnmower cutting an acre of grass every week and I remember the heavy feeling of weedkiller on my back,’ says Colin, who hails from Cabinteely and now lives in Westport. ‘I’d be more interested in that tiny little wildflower which arrived all by itself in my garden. ‘It’s not about the fancy hydrangea for me,’ he says.
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