Simon Olpin News Today

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Dr Simon Olpins back garden in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, is the perfect place to bask in the searing heat as its an 8,000-square-foot tropical paradise complete with 25ft palm trees.

A green-fingered dad will be basking in the cool shade of his incredible back garden "jungle" as most of the U.K. sweats in blistering record temperatures this week.

Dr Simon Olpin has been passionate about nature since he was a boy – but his fear of flying means he has never travelled the world

Tree fun, but it survives in sheffield, despite some quite cold winters. 40 or 50 years ago, it certainly would not have survived the constant cold winters that we have. ——tree fern. tell us about your prize species in the garden. it is this snow gum, this eucalypt. i grew it from seed in 1987, and i planted it in the garden as a very small seedling in 1989, and it has watched the garden develop over all these years. i can tell you�*re really proud of it. lam. look at the size of it! simon...

Throughout the pandemic, gardening has been a way for many people to forget about coronavirus, lockdowns and social distancing. but not many of us could compete with simon olpin�*s horticultural skills. his garden in the suburbs of the northern english city of sheffield is — quite literally — breath—taking. paul hudson reports. i�*ve come to millhouses, it is a suburb in the south of sheffield. i�*m here to meet a family who started on a journey 30 years ago to produce something real...

The garden has more than 30 species of bamboo, three species of palm, four species of eucalyptus, and hundreds of other trees, and shrubs

Dr Simon Olpin, 69, has turned the garden at his home in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, into a jungle with more than 100 species of plants and 100ft palm trees.