{"id":180668,"date":"2023-10-09T09:51:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=180668"},"modified":"2023-10-09T09:51:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:51:13","slug":"dad-creates-incredible-jungle-in-his-back-garden-in-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/dad-creates-incredible-jungle-in-his-back-garden-in-yorkshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad creates incredible &apos;jungle&apos; in his back garden &#8211; in Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Go on holiday? There&#8217;s no need when I&#8217;ve got a jungle paradise in my own back garden&#8230; in Wakefield!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kris Swaine started his amazing horticultural project around five years ago<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A green-fingered father has declared there is &#8216;no need&#8217; to go abroad on holiday after creating an incredible &#8216;jungle&#8217; in his back garden &#8211; in Wakefield.<\/p>\n<p>Kris Swaine, 41, sat back and enjoyed the fruits of his labour beneath a 45ft eucalyptus trees he planted in his suburban paradise during the 25C heat over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The father-of-four started his amazing horticultural project around five years ago after picking up a small hardy banana plant from his local garden centre.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to transform his 165ft by 30ft grassy plot at the back of his semi-detached home in Wakefield with dozens of palms and bamboo.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Swaine even has an incredible &#8216;chocolate vine&#8217;, which smells just like cocoa, along with a wooden footbridge that sits above a tumbling rock waterfall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/08\/76326583-0-image-a-4_1696836795885.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kris Swaine, 41, Cafe Manager from Wakefield, Yorkshire, in his tropical garden<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/08\/76326625-12609677-image-a-14_1696836960967.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kris, who loves to entertain family and friends in his &#8216;jungle hut&#8217;, now says he doesn&#8217;t need to jet off for breaks as he enjoys the fruits of his labour in Blighty<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/08\/76326601-0-image-a-5_1696836805307.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He says he has &#8216;no need&#8217; to take overseas holidays after creating an incredible &#8216;jungle&#8217; in his back garden &#8211; in Yorkshire<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/08\/76326585-0-image-a-6_1696836821227.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He started his project around five years ago after picking up a small hardy banana plant from his local garden centre<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/08\/76326621-0-image-a-7_1696836825738.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He has transformed his 165ft by 30ft grassy plot at the back of his semi-detached home in Wakefield with dozens of palms and bamboo<\/p>\n<p>Kris, who loves to entertain family and friends in his &#8216;jungle hut&#8217;, now says he doesn&#8217;t need to jet off for breaks as he enjoys the fruits of his labour in Blighty.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0I spent \u00a350 a month turning my drab backyard into a Japanese garden complete with a monk&#8217;s Zen space &#8211; now people travel from all over the world to visit<\/h3>\n<p>He said: &#8216;When you&#8217;re sitting in the jungle hut area surrounded by all the bamboo and grasses, it does feel like you&#8217;re on holiday &#8211; or in a much warmer climate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There&#8217;s been no need in recent years to go overseas when you&#8217;ve got all the tropical plants and palm trees around us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And when we have nice weather, it does feel like you&#8217;re on holiday in the garden.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Kris, who works for his local council, said he purchased his property in 2013 with his wife specifically for its North-West facing garden, which backs onto farmland.<\/p>\n<p>He then started on his project by taking away two greenhouses and a shed at the end of the property, before laying down 30 tons of grit and topsoil.<\/p>\n<p>And once the land was fertile, he planted it with hundreds of different types of flora that are more usually found in the jungles of Borneo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/10\/76326629-12609677-Kris_who_works_for_his_local_council_said_he_purchased_his_prope-a-2_1696842855803.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kris, who works for his local council, said he purchased his property in 2013 with his wife specifically for its North-West facing garden, which backs onto farmland<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/08\/76326617-12609677-image-a-9_1696836921500.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He even has an incredible &#8216;chocolate vine&#8217;, which smells just like cocoa<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/09\/76326587-12609677-image-a-15_1696840476085.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He also has\u00a0a wooden footbridge that sits above a tumbling rock waterfall<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/08\/76326613-12609677-image-a-10_1696836931784.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kris said he liked to challenge himself by sowing plant seeds that might struggle in Britain &#8211; battered by rain and ice<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/08\/76326575-12609677-image-a-11_1696836935737.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>And he was particularly proud of some of the towering tropical trees that he had managed to grow from tiny sprigs<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;It started with picking up a small hardy banana plant from the local garden centre and looking for unusual, exotic-looking plants that might grow outside.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Who needs a holiday abroad? Mother spends \u00a310,000 transforming tired-looking garden into Singapore-inspired outdoor oasis &#8211; complete with hot tub, fire pit and stunning lounge area<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;I did draw out a plan for what I wanted the garden to look like &#8211; even before we started clearing it and thinking about designing it properly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And then over the next four or five years, I went ahead and made the garden to that plan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve changed it a bit over the last ten years, but pretty much stuck to the original idea of having a long exotic jungle garden.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Kris said he liked to challenge himself by sowing plant seeds that might struggle in Britain &#8211; battered by rain and ice.<\/p>\n<p>And he was particularly proud of some of the towering tropical trees that he had managed to grow from tiny sprigs.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;We&#8217;ve got some large eucalyptus trees at the bottom of the garden which has grown from little seedlings to towering trees as tall as the house now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve also got lots of palm trees &#8211; including quite a large Chilean Wine Palm in the centre of the garden.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But at the moment, one of the most interesting plants is the chocolate vine over the archway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not related to chocolate at all, it just smells like chocolate. It has some really unusual blue-ish purple fruits at this time of the year.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/08\/76326579-12609677-image-a-12_1696836949888.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He said his neighbours were supportive of his green-fingered hobby, despite having different tastes in garden design<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/08\/76326577-12609677-image-a-13_1696836953612.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kris said up to 400 people come to visit his garden when he opens it up to the public during the summer<\/p>\n<p>Kris said up to 400 people come to visit his garden when he opens it up to the public during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>And he said his neighbours were supportive of his green-fingered hobby, despite having different tastes in garden design.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;I get on well with the neighbours. Obviously, we&#8217;ve got very different tastes in how we have our back gardens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ours is very different from traditional lawns and borders, so it&#8217;s a bit of a contrast to next door.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12609677\/Go-holiday-Theres-no-need-Ive-got-jungle-paradise-garden-Wakefield.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go on holiday? There&#8217;s no need when I&#8217;ve got a jungle paradise in my own back garden&#8230; in Wakefield! 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