The Wild Gardener

After 30 years of filming the creatures of the world, wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson returns home on a personal project - to turn his old childhood garden into a haven for native wildlife. He begins by getting down and dirty, digging ponds, clearing scrub, planting woodland and sowing meadows as he tries to figure out how best to lure the wild creatures back

After 30 years of filming the creatures of the world, wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson returns home on a personal project - to turn his old childhood garden into a haven for native wildlife. He begins by getting down and dirty, digging ponds, clearing scrub, planting woodland and sowing meadows as he tries to figure out how best to lure the wild creatures back

Colin Stafford-Johnson continues to transform his childhood garden into a haven for wildlife. Rain finally arrives and the garden is transformed - ponds burst with dragonflies and damselflies, meadows explode in flower and the much-awaited hum of life can be heard everywhere. Colin Stafford-Johnson encounters his first nest of the year, a real milestone for the project and he explores the life cycle of the much overlooked solitary bees

Colin Stafford-Johnson continues to transform his childhood garden into a haven for wildlife. Rain finally arrives and the garden is transformed - ponds burst with dragonflies and damselflies, meadows explode in flower and the much-awaited hum of life can be heard everywhere. Colin Stafford-Johnson encounters his first nest of the year, a real milestone for the project and he explores the life cycle of the much overlooked solitary bees