Charlie Dimmock
Charlie Dimmock - our pond specialist
Ever since she was a young girl, Charlie Dimmock has been fascinated by water and, in her revival, wants us all to celebrate water and wildlife in our gardens. Pollution, redevelopment and demand for water have resulted in the loss of half a million natural ponds over the last century, and Charlie believes now is the time for us all to take the plunge and do something about it.
Charlie finds out how important garden ponds can be for our wildlife,聽she immerses herself in a new style of water gardening 鈥� the swimming pond, and we see how a community in East Yorkshire have come together to breathe new life into their village pond.
With its network of lakes, small ponds and water features, the Brackenhurst campus of Nottingham Trent University is the starting point for this revival. It鈥檚 from here that Charlie gives us her step-by-step guide to building a wildlife pond and bog garden, from the initial design, right through to planting up.
