Simon Olpin News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Dr Simon Olpin's back garden in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, is the perfect place to bask in the searing heat as it's 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, thank you so much for showing us around your garden, it has been an absolute pleasure. paul, it ha...