This video of the Inspiring Gardens playlist features Gaz Oakley’s incredible 3-year old homestead in Wales. He has created a beautiful and abundant kitchen garden, and most of the food he east now comes from just a few metres from his house. His story of being a chef to now also a fantastic gardener is very inspiring!
Follow Gaz on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gazoakleychef
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gazoakley/
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First! @huw these garden inspiration videos are what got me started in the garden. Thank you for the work you do!
Beautiful.
Great video and very thought provoking. We definitely need less lawns and more gardens, or even a wildlife meadow or two 💚
Hi, there is a restaurant on a farm in capetown (South Africa ) and one in Stellenbos (SA) that only cook what is grown on the farm.
So if you want to do something like that is awesome 👌. You can even teach ppl to cook. Have them ( small group) stay over and they can learn how to cook aswell as have a get away…so you get income from them staying over and cooking lesson . …..just a suggestion 😊.
I would love to sit in your garden eating peas from the pod.
I love the last comment "turn your lawns into gardens" it's something I wish more people would realize. When a person has a grass lawn, yes it might look pretty, they don't realize they're growing an invasive species that really doesn't do anything except, sort of, look good. I can't wait to see who else and what else pops up on your channel!
Well done thank you!
What a stunning garden Gaz has and what a positive person he is! The garden itself shows who's been the source of inpiration for Gaz 😉
I love Gaz!! And you too, Huw!!!!!!!!!!!
he exudes passion for the garden and so much gentleness. What a wonderful person.
Nice nice nice!
Gaz is so right about the taste of peas changing soon after they are picked. When I go to the garden for the purpose of picking sugar snap peas, there is a problem with so many of them not being able to make it to the kitchen. I just can't seem to quit sampling them as they are picked!
I love this…and gains a new channel to watch. He should look up The Lost Kitchen in Freedom, Maine, USA. She doesn’t grow all her own food, but sources everything local and serves small dinners in her restaurant.
Huw, why not have some “Huw Gnome” figures made up so we can place them in our allotment???
Im a lot older than yourself 😅 I've worked in kitchens for years and when you say you have worked 80 hours a week for however long or you have that one day off in 4 weeks, people look and say how is that possible when legally you can only work 45 / 48 hours a week. ( im in Ireland ). I remember sending my oldest son to a career advisor he was in 3rd level doing science and was thinking of becoming a chef, what was said to him chefs are number one job to get burned out that he had a lot of chef's over the years looking for new careers at 30 to 35 years of age. I love gardening and I'm getting into growing vegetables and fruits in a small space. Its so good getting out into it. I've even probably got into the garden every day since the weather has changed. A year ago i moved jobs and would never go back to working those hours again and my garden thought me a lot
This morning it is 2°F (-16°C). It can get depressing as a gardener. It was so nice to see this video!! Gaz has a warm and gentle way of inviting us into his beautiful hillside garden and the amazing videography really made me feel I was there. Thanks so much Huw, Sam, Gaz and team!
love to see gaz here too. love his recipes – changing to getting vegan was successfully through gaz (and others of course) and saw his/ the garden on his channel already. it's so wonderful ❤ how respectful he treating the food- knowing only fresh ones has the really flavour. 😊 thx for showing, huw. ❤
Lovely interview. I have all of Gaz's cookbooks and make his recipes regularly. This year I've started reading your books. The new one is on pre-order.
I haven't made any new year's resolutions this year but I have set priorities. Reclaimimg my garden is at the top of the list.