The Japanese Garden in Holland Park in London
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Peace and tranquility a stone’s throw from Kensington High Street.
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Jago Hazzard's mid-video adverts for his sponsors are better than a lot of people's entire videos. Thanks, Jago. You are the persistent squirrel to my snowy park.
Jago and The Squirrel being an underrated comedy duo is the best way to end 2022 😂
a place of tranquliity and relax... OH GOD NOT THE SQUIRRELS
Does Jago realise that a law is being broken in this video? Since by law if you can catch a Grey Squirrel (Rat with good PR) you are required by law to kill it. Since Grey Squirrels are on the vermin list. But then this video would not be You Tube friendly. 😀
@@hublanderuk But he didn't catch a squirrel, the squirrel caught him.
@@zalthemaniac4633 well nothing stopped him grabbing the Rat with good PR 😃
Am I the only one imagining a 1980's sitcom theme song for Jago and the Squirrel?
Excellent work young man, I have a small pond in my garden, I was working in notting Hill last year 2021 when I was told my beautiful daughter had passed away, I instinctively left work and sat by the Kyoto pool and instantly found peace , I humbly thank you for your sympathetic view on this gem in the heart of our brilliant mad House of London .I shall shortly join the growing list of patreons or whatever they are called , ✌️
One winter in the 1990s my wife and I were in London: whatever we were meant to be doing, it ended up as a survey of the behaviour of the squirrels of the London parks. In Regent's Park we met a classic squirrel: eat one peanut, then take the next and bury it in a flower bed; repeat until the humans leave. In Kew Gardens, a squirrel came up and put its weightless cold feet on our fingers; we gave it a peanut, and it stayed, explaining that it was a two-nut squirrel, and when we gave it another nut, it pouched the two in opposite cheeks and ran off. In Hyde Park they were all over the place: a woman was feeding some, but the others ran up her coat and into the pocket where the nuts were (we also saw a strikingly elegantly turned-out Chinese woman teaching her daughter to feed birds--seed on palm of hand, extend arm to full extent, and wait in quiet stillness--London is great for unexpected moments like that). In St James's Park (? apostrophe in that toponym), in the morning I swear the squirrels were striking poses for photographs, but we came back in the afternoon and no squirrels--evidently they do so well in that part of town they only have to work mornings. In Greenwich, just behind the Maritime Museum, a squirrel climbed up a wall and saw us. It must have done the squirrel equivalent of shouting "PARTY!!" because we were soon pursued by an unruly mob.
Thanks for all the videos, and have a wonderful 2023.
Hmm seems like I'll need to plan my whole trip around that. *takes notes*
@@typhoidtyphoon You could do worse, and it would be an opportunity to practise Attenborough voice. ? a TH-cam channel? BTW, at Bury St Edmunds we were practically mugged by a pair of squirrels as we went into the ruins of the Abbey--they just stood on their hind legs and demanded nuts.
@@JP_TaVeryMuch I see what you did there.
@@michaelwright2986 Hot diggity daffodil, I'll have to bring a few pounds of assorted nuts and a picknick blanket!
Looking forward to it.
@@typhoidtyphoon IME, peanuts are the thing. When I discovered that the squirrels at Bury St Edmunds were charging admission to the ruins of the Abbey, I discovered two other things: there aren't many places to buy nuts in Bury, and those don't have stock a big range; squirrels (at least, mob squirrels in Bury) don't eat cashews. Never had a raw peanut refused, though.
It’s no accident that Tokyo is a phonetic anagram of Kyoto, since the 2 kanji for Tokyo (東京) mean east capital, the successor to Kyoto (京都) with these 2 kanji meaning capital metropolis. Tokyo was a contrived name to keep the phonetic sounds of the Kyoto name in the name of the new capital, even though one of the kanji is a homonym.
I also need to point out that Tokyo was called Edo during Shogunate, and was only renamed Tokyo when Imperial Court moved there from Kyoto as a result of Meiji restoration.
@@mancubwwa True, but not related to the point of why the Tokyo and Kyoto names contain similar sounds.
I am 73, born in NW London, used to work in Notting Hill and have never been to Holland Park. Lovely video, I must visit in 2023
About 25 years ago, I was in the area and saw a crowd gathering at the Kensington High Street entrance to Holland Park, with police also in attendance. I ventured over and asked what was going on. A policeman told me that Her Majesty The Queen was coming to pay a visit to the Commonwealth Institute, which was in the park. Sure enough that wonderful lady came and walked passed me no further than six feet away.
And anyone who says she is now six feet under will be banned.
Who knew that squirrels were your Kryptonite? Happy New Year to you, thank you for making 2022 so entertaining and informative.
"You can't take your dog in" - probably why the squirrels are so friendly.
My local park has many of each. The Squirrels enjoy driving many a small pooch insane but as yet not one has been caught.
Jago getting scared by the squirrel is hilarious and adorable!
Well, they do have pretty sharp claws and teeth. If the little bugger made contact with Jago's skin, he probably would've wanted to get checked out (might've required a tetanus shot).
@@andyjay729 oh my. Thanks for the info
Jago isn't scared of anything. After all he can take on the great Geoff Marshall !!
Worse yet - persecuted !!
@@andyjay729 Like my dad trying to feed a nut to a squirrel in Greenwich Park and get photographed. The stranger struggled with Dad's camera, the squirrel got impatient and bit the nut and Dad's thumb, and a jet of blood spurted out. Life lesson; sweet furry creatures are not always as docile as they look. "Nature, red in tooth and claw ..."
Hello Jago,
Now come on the real reason you were in Holland Park was to have “Close Encounters of The Furred Kind”
I always look forward to your videos, thank you for all your work making them.
I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas and wish you a Happy New Year.
Best wishes from Oxfordshire.
I love the squirrels in Holland Park. They’re like little fluffy muggers.
3:55 a moorhen appears, you just can't keep away from rails even in a park.
How happy I am to see this video. I've been visiting Holland park since childhood, way back in the 1970's. It really is an oasis of calm away from busy Kensington High Street. There used to be an adventure playground there, and the Commonwealth Institute, now both gone. The ruins of Holland Park House are used as an open air theatre. As a youngster me and my friends used to play on the stage, we pretended we were putting on our own play. It's a beautiful park, so many happy memories, thank you Jago for this video. Happy New Year!
The adventure playground was fantastic. You could also play table tennis for a few pence if I remember correctly.
The height of the wooden walkways ( no hand rails) would cause an outbreak of health and safety officers hyperventilating... Happy memories
I was thinking of doing a video on the Commonwealth Institute. It’s a curious building.
@@JagoHazzard We had a school trip to the Commonwealth Institute back in primary school days. I guess times have changed, and a lot of the Commonwealth countries are less close to the UK now.
@@JagoHazzard oh definitely - it is/was a very interesting place. The roof was made of copper, so around when I was born, it was a glowing copper-bronze colour, but then gradually changed to green and then I fancy finally black (or was it the other way round) - anyway the point is it gradually got attacked by first the Nitreous Oxide, and then the oxygen, and thus was in a constant state of chemical flux - unlike the exhibition inside - which never seemed to change much - although again that may just be my memory.
I agree. In the 1960's I attended a small school just off Kensington High Street - called Allendale run by the gloriously eccentric Miss Jenkins & Miss Todd. They used to take us to the park almost daily, walking in a crocodile up Allen Street and along the High Street. In fact there is now a bench to the memory of the late Miss Jenkins on the terrace just outside the Orangery.
There are squirrels right outside my flat most days, possibly because I'm not far from Newsham Park. The local cats (including Snuggles who visits me every day) watch them but generally seem to recognise they've no chance catching one.
The ones across the Mersey in Birkenhead Park are, ahem , "handy". If you offer one a peanut its reaction is usually "Oo, lunch! And it comes garnished with a peanut, yummy!"
I would feel right at home there - for it is clearly a place where the nuts hunt for squirrels.
Happy new year Jago and everyone.
I admire your fortitude squire. Braving the clearly harsh winter, well, harsh by southern standards, weather.
What with the monsoon rain in your previous presentation, snow in this! One can only wait with baited breath as to what 2023, and the Met Office, has to offer! 😊
Thank you, Mr. H for your videos of vehicles, vegetation and whimsy! They are the trousers to my squirrel-mind!
All the best for 2023!
Very very good memories to Holland Park Station. All the best for 2023 and see you next year!
During lockdown I had no garden or balcony and this park was my saviour. I spent many hours there at all times of the day. My favourite place in London
What a lovely place to end the year. For me it is also the scene of some of my very earliest memories dating from around 1960 or 61... although as you explained the addition of the Japanese gardens is more recent. Back in my day it was a muddy woodland, leading to a ramshackle adventure playgound that I was always far too scared to use. Strangly however the Peacocks are an original feature from those earlier days, and I have photos of a very young, and slightly anxious, me being chased by one in the early 60's. I don't recall the Squirels ever being that friendly however, so I expect that was just for you - for some reason they must have liked you! Anyway - Happy New year indeed Jago.
Talking about squirrels, in my previous home, they seem to have figured out a way to get into the attic. I had an unwanted family and the noise they made chewing up the insulation for nesting was so deafening that I had to sleep downstairs. Eventually, I got the exterminators in and a few well-aimed air gun pellets did the trick.
However, all my neighbors then started getting squirrels in the attics as well. The fact that all our houses were constructed in exactly the same way probably did not help, but I always wondered if the squirrels were organising some kind of secret night school to pass on the savoir-faire of breaking into attics..
Holland Park takes its name from the 1st Earl of Holland, who lived in Holland House and gave it its' name. His title referred to the Parts of Holland, which is a region of Lincolnshire.
It's often very busy here. It's also worth looking at the Japanese garden in White City and the small forgotten about Japanese garden in Regent's Park. The one in White City has a bit of history.
Very nice! Thank you for this and for all your videos of 2022. As seen here, you really do have an eye for composition in the frame and for the turn of a phrase!
You know what they say about squirrels.
But since you're bound to read it 1000 times in the comments below I just stick with "Happy New Year from Belgium'.
Thanks for your hard work and dedication. Your videos are the mayonaise on my fries.
Coming next year Jago's squirrel ranch. An epic adventure across the wild plains of West London
Watch out they’re after your nuts! I’ve not heard of Kyoto garden, as a Londoner I hang my head in shame. I’ve visited the pagoda in battersea. This garden Looks lovely i must visit when I’m next back in my hometown. As someone who considers themselves a Londoner well versed in all things London i can still learn from Jago. Really looking forward to what he has in stock, rolling stock perhaps, for 2023. Happy new year Jago.
A very pretty garden - squirrelled away in Holland Park!
Holland Park and its Japanese Garden are well worth a visit. Another less well known gem nearby is Leighton House, also worth a visit.
Thank you for a wonderful year of entertainment. You are the delight to my TH-cam viewing (hmm - it that's harder than you think). All the best for 2023.
Squirrels are nice and fluffy, right up to the time you think it's a good idea to pick one up.
It's so nice for the squirrels favourite TH-camr to see you in person - what a celeb! 👍
A very nice way to end the year, thanks, a very nice garden that.
The squirrel did remind me of the occasion when in a completely unprovoked attack, a squirrel attacked me in Hyde Park (and that's not a euphemism) as I was reading a noticeboard. The "blighter" came up to me from behind and bit or scratched me on the leg. Ouch.
A nice relaxing video to counter the madness of the Festive Season. Nice to see the nature there is very (overly) friendly. Might have to pay a visit next time I'm on London, as it looks like a lovely place to be. Also, Happy New Year. I hope 2023 brings lots of love and prosperity to you and those you care about.
Did anyone notice the London County Council coat of arms over the entrance to Holland Park?
The exact same coat of arms was on the wall of my primary school
(Wix Lane in Clapham) in the sixties.
The London County Council was superseded by the Greater London Council and the schools were taken over by the Inner London Education Authority.
I'm definitely going to take a trip to see theses Gardens.I note you can't take your dog but that's okay as I shall be taking my squirrel !!
Happy new year to you Jago and everyone else in Hazzard land !!
When I was a kid, back in the 60s, Holland Park had a great Adventure Playground, which essentially we could construct ourselves using found timber, rope, tyres, old cars, nails, saws, hammers etc. I seem to remember we could also have fires. Happy days.
Later the park got over-run with rabbits, people had rabbits as pets back then, then discovered they didn't make good pets after all, and released them in the park. Presumably someone then made them into pies?
Anyhoo, interesting to see squirrels have now taken over from rabbits. Like the parakeets in Kensington Gardens?
Thanks for all the fun in 2022 Jago, and have a great 2023. I'm sure you could sneak in a couple more videos before the New Year, "Go on, go on, go on…"
Your videos are always entertaining but your reaction and comments of the squirrels made my day.
I think you have found your calling, you are the next David Attenborough and I look forward to more videos and your encounters with animals 🤣
Happy New Year!
That was a very close squirrel encounter! Thank you for all your wonderful videos in 2022. I am looking forward to all the new videos in 2023 (and your beautiful and relaxing voice). Wishing you a happy new year!
My dad used to smoke Holland House tobacco in his pipe. Very fragrant: very like the smell of the drying silage-grass on my father-in-law's farm. No squirrels there; they learn quickly, if you know what I mean... Happy New Year again!
Thank you Jago for a fine video. I found the garden quite by chance this summer. I had come to the park to visit the Design Museum and spotted a signpost to the garden. It is a wonderful place, well worth a visit.
Thank you Jago for all your excellent work in 2022, it is a constant source of fascination away from the maddening world, have a great new year and see you in 2023
There's also a Maizuru garden in Portsmouth, donated by the city of Maizuru, which is home to a Japanese Naval Base. I'm not entirely sure if Maizuru has a Portsmouth garden but I like the image of a bunch of Samphire and Seaweed growing on lumps of chalk somewhere in a Japanese park.
Regarding Kyoto and Tokyo, "kyō" means "capital" in this sense. Kyōto means "capital city", and Tōkyō (also known as Tōkyō-to, "Tokyo Metropolis") means "eastern capital". Note the difference between "tō" and "to". The "ō" is a long vowel, sometimes written as "ou".
(Disclaimer: I know very little about Japanese, but I have a certain knack for languages.)
Interestingly, Beijing means "northern capital", and the character for "capital" is essentially the same in both Mandarin and Japanese.
A great video to end the year. A Year where you have produced many wonderful stories and experiences, where we have all learnt a lot. Happy New Year from Singapore sir. May 2023 bring you much happiness, peace, good health and prosperity.
The Kyoto Garden is a lovely spot away from the hurly burly of Kensington High Street - I always make a point of visiting when in the area. Like you Jago, I also experienced the attentions of a forward squirrel - fortunately not climbing up my trouser leg but doing a thorough “bag search” of my rucksack reminiscent of airport security.
Wishing you a happy New Year, Jago! And a big thank you for all these videos; I swear I know more about London now than some of the larger cities of my home state! 😁
And a big thanks to the squirrels too, for not mauling you too much. (And I thought the ones at the University of Minnesota were fearless...)
Happy new year Mr. Hazzard and thank you for your hard work and dedication.
I will “squirrel” away the information in this entertaining video. And as a lover of squirrels I so want to visit Holland Park and be entertained 🐿️👏👏👍😀
Happy New Year Jago. 🎉
HNY, Mr H. And thank you.
My favourite line of the year: "The rising price of squirrel traps" :-)
Very tubby squirrels...
happy new year jago looking forward to what you bring in 2023 to the comfort of our homes.
I did a very nice 'Park Walk' a few years back.
Started at Holland Park, went through and on to Kensington Gardens. Through there and across Hyde Park, then through Green Park and across St James Park down to the river.
Definitely something to do, while all the trains are on strike!
I am amazed I didn't know about this garden. I'm in south London so it's not local but definitely worth a trip out west by the look of it. Thanks, Jago.
I always enjoy your videos whatever the content.
PS I knew there would be a bit more squirrel hassle! Even more friendly than the little rascals in my local park.
Thank you for so many enlightening, interesting, and funny videos this past year, and here's to many more in 2023. They're always something to look forward to. Happy New Year, or as we say in Austria, Guten Rutsch & Prosit Neujahr!
Every time we go to London we go to Holland Park and after a while got tired of the squirrels and leave. If you want to shoot a photo of one with a telephoto lens it usually freezes into some sort of pose for you. Some of those poses could be quite entertaining. The parrots could also be annoying when they decide to behave that way.
Goodness! I walked a little way into there from the direction of Kensington High Street and had no idea I'd have found this if I walked a little further.
This is among my favorites of your vlogs, and I will have to look into how many of my favorites are of this impromptu variety. I guess I just like what you do with London, an idea, a camera and a script as raw materials. Thanks, again.
Thank you Jago for all you've brought us throughout the year; best wishes for the upcoming 2023.
They paid so much attention to detail that they did the sane flower pattern on the stone wall as they have on the castles in Japan.
Delightful. Captures the time perfectly. Happy New Year.
That squirrel really loves you, yes the Jago and squirrel duo, I guess they have never come across someone as interesting as you
Unlike all of us, the squirell knows what Jago looks like.
Wishing happy new year and lovely visit by the squirrels
As soon as the weather improves I'm going here. Thanks for the tip.
Once you escape the attack squirrels, have you ever considered doing a film on the other castles in the London area, such a the long gone Baynard's Castle?
Do we now have a reason for a certain government official going to Barnard's Castle during lockdown? He was supposed to be looking for Baynard's Castle but owing to lack of eye tests misread the name?
A snowy Christmas! So different from our sweaty down-under Christmases. One day...
Was there in September. Met a sad looking peacock, plenty of squirrels and a lovely just wed couple getting photos taken. Also decided to walk back to Paddington and spy the little fairy tree thing at a different park en route (while also getting chased by a wasp).
Happy New Year🎉
Absolutely brilliant 🤣🤣🤣 thank you for the videos from the last year, happy new year Jago from the Vienna woods
Good Evening indeed.
Not too wet, not too cold, Dark enough.
Yes it's a good evening.
I was kind of hoping for a "...you are the trousers to my squirrel". Happy New year!
Thank you for a fantastic year of videos looking forward many more in 2023. Happy New Year
A night at the opera in the park by the house used to be a summer treat for me. To expensive these days unfortunately.
That was amazing. Definitely a place to go if you need a bit of tranquil 'quiet time'. We have a much smaller 'Japanese Garden' in the college I work for and it is also a lovely place to chill. Happy New Year to you too, Jago, and I look forward to 2023 and more of your videos.
Hi Jago from Spain. Happy New Year and look forward to more great content in 2023.
Hey! I was just in London a couple of weeks ago and, inspired by this video, decided to pay a visit to Holland Park. And it's just as nice as you see here. What a great find. Also, there's a Daunt Books shop right near the tube station!
Thank you for all the videos throughout 2022. Keep up the great work and effort. Wishing you all the best for 2023.
As someone interested in Japanese Gardening this was a great revelation, will be making a trip very soon living within striking distance of London in St.Neots.
Jago, the squirrel whisperer. The garden is magnificent and a treasure for all to access.
Jago vs The Squirrel could become a whole series! Happy New Year.
I would wager that Jago viewers taking viewing as seriously as those people enjoying their local library.
Jago,
Those cute little squirrels are actually North American Tree Rats. Cuddle that and you'll never hold a trainspotting pencil again!
On a sidenote, when did the Commonwealth Institute meet its Waterloo? I used to go there when I was a kid for to see some of the exhibitions. It reminds me of other places that are no more. I remember the London Transport museum being at Syon Park. I believe that also has moved elsewhere. We also used to regularly drive past a building that housed part of the NRM which I believe was in Clapham but the memory is a bit jaded these days.
It would be interesting to see something about how the LT Museum ended up where it is and how its monumental collection was started. Happy New Year to you and here's to looking forward to the many other videos I'm sure you have squirreled away.
The commonwealth Institute has now been replaced by the design museum.
The LT museum is in Covent Gardens in Central London. I went there recently and there is alot yo see and do. Due to restriction on time, we ended up going during half term hols and the place was amok with children, so whoever is planning to go, choose your time wisely!
But it's a fantastic museum.
@@maryapatterson Plus there is the LT Museum Depot in Acton (old Lillie Bridge depot) which is also well worth a visit but needs pre-booking on an open day. Huge range of exhibits which wouldn't fit into Covent Garden.
I used to live next door and this was a favourite. I have since moved away from London, but come back sometime and the Kyoto is on my list of things to do. Last time I went I was disapointed to see some of the water fountains damaged. I hope they were fixed by the time you went.
Jago’s Readly sponsor read and the disrupting squirrels has now got me signed up to it!
(And what a wonderful app it is, where has this been all my life? Thanks Jago!)
Thanks for a great year of entertainment and education Jago. We need to hear and see more of the real Jago in 2023 !
We also need the return of the squirrels and the sign off "You are like a squirrel to my nuts"!😜
Happy New Year, Jago! Thanks for all the wonderwel videos. And keep em comin'... Greetings fron Holland :-)
Glad to see that you had a nice stout pair of trousers on there, Jago. Those squirrels were definitely out nut hunting...
Kyoto Garden is so beautiful. ❤
Thanks Jago - the comic turn with the squirrel made my day!
And thank you!
And on that faithful day after he encountered the squirrels, Jago was never seen again
Little-known fact: the Koi (鯉 in Japanese) are where we get the common phrase, known to all Londoners, "Mind the carp".
A nice change, thanks for sharing! The persistent squirrel reminds me of my dad trying to feed a nut to a squirrel in Greenwich Park and get photographed. The stranger struggled with Dad's camera, the squirrel got impatient and bit the nut and Dad's thumb, and a jet of blood spurted out. Life lesson; sweet furry creatures are not always as docile as they look. "Nature, red in tooth and claw ..." I hope you escaped more lightly Jago, although the squirrel seemed determined that you were a tree.
Happy New Year Jago, Charles Yerkes and squirrel!
Thank you and Happy New Year!
Thanks for this *gem* of a video!
All the gardens, all the parks, all the squirrels!
And a Happy New Year 2023 to all!
Another garden worth a look is the walled garden at sunbury on thames ( served nearby by red TFL buses with the river nearby for boating adventures, vids or the ferry to hurst park - when working - and a walk back to Hampton Court/East Molesey and if feeling like walking more the Model Engineers minature rail system off Portsmouth Road at Thames Ditton. (no red bus so walk to Kingston or Long Ditton/Surbiton for red bus home or chance the half hourly SWR service
Jago, you are the only TH-camr that I bother to watch the inline ads from.
Thank you!
I think you met your new best friend, Jago. Next time bring nuts.😁