Stephen Cox Garden Trust

13/04/2026

New Video GARDEN GYM
(from Stephen Cox Garden Trust)

Your garden is probably the best gymnasium you have and it's good for your well-being and peace of mind. And all the major muscle groups are worked. Gardening can help keep you supple and fit whilst also enaged in a creative rewarding which helps Nature.

Digging, lifting bags of mulch, bending and kneeling to w**d, pushing wheelbarrows, sawing, pruning, putting in posts/fences etc provide strength training for healthier bones and joints. And of course improve heart and lungs, additional to improving brain function and flow of healing endorphins and serrotonin. Actual gym body training can be added.

But build in self care like: hydration, short breaks, uv protection, warm up, good shoes.

So connect with nature, enjoy your garden and enjoy your Gym

Editor: Daphne Ng (Bristol University)
Writer/Narrator: Stephen Ben Cox
Music:uppbeat.io/t/corals/skylight
YouTube link: https://m.youtube.com//shorts

This video is an excerpt from the book: ‘The Healthy Gardener’ by Stephen Ben Cox being published in Germany by SK Marketing

30/01/2026

YOU AND NON-HUMAN RIGHTS
new video from Stephen Cox Garden Trust

One of the designating markers as to higher intelligence and self evolution in this lifetime is the extent to which we are kind and empathic to other creatures with which we share this planet.

As potentially "gods in the making" we have the opportunity and indeed the duty to be a steward and carer for all life on this planet. If we truly are the evolved species we claim to be then it follows that we must protect, cherish and have respect for the environment and other creatures.

So far what we have done is to destroy habitat, polluted the planet, caused the extinction of seeral hundred species, created the conditions of the Sixth Great Mass Extinction Event, and initiated climate change, and caused destruction and degradation. This is not the behaviour of an advanced and higher species!

This video sets out the basic parameters of what is needed for our own enhancement with regards to non-human rights. How we can make simple changes to our behaviou to enhance life on Earth for other creatures,

Here are eleven essential guidelines for non-human rights we need to embrace (for our own benefit as well asd theirs). It is simple and effective to follow. All that it is required is an improvement in our own intelligence and outlook and determination to make this world a better place.

It begins with our own lives and gardens and local community- and who we vote for: deny your vote to any political party which does not have as a centerpoint of their manifesto sound environmental principles.

Editor: Adam Mirreh (Bristol University)

Text/Narration: Stephen Ben Cox

Music: Adobe Stock Cloud: 3 Minute Tunes

Trust Website: stephencoxgarden.webador.co.uk
Email: stephencox.gardentrust.gmail.com
YouTube Channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCkYY9eJhV8SLIY8iVwnKG1Q

(The text of this video is an excerpt from the book: The Happy Gardener by Stephen Ben Cox being published in Germany by SKMaketing)

(This video refers mainly to wild animals and creatures being forcibly taken from the wild as opposed to symbiotic working relationships with domesticated animals)

Website of The Stephen Cox Garden Trust (registered charity #1174239) in England for the advancement of education in horticulture & conservation. Offering a large portfolio of studies, research, placements, community projects. Based on the Founder's unusual garden, Writings and philosophy.

17/01/2026

video:
YOU and ANIMAL FRIENDS
Stephen Cox Garden Trust

For too long we humans have been in exile from Nature and the fellow inhabitants of our planet: this has caused the planet to be in catastrophic stress, initiated the 6th Great Mass Extinction Event -and also made humanity imbalianced, bereft of effective well being and complete functionality.

Your higher self and evolution in this lifetime can be indicated by your empathy and kindly relationship with other creatures with which we share the Planet. Additional to developing effective and caring relationsips with animals it can bring immense benefits in terms of well-being, focus, harmony, knowledge and comprehending the environment.

Making Habitats:

●Bird houses. ●Bug hotels. ●Bat boxes. ●Hedgehog houses. ●Pond. ●Wetland. ●A wild area which is only trimmed/cut down once a year. ●Bird feeders. ●Bird baths. ●Bee recovery stations. ●Pollinating plants. ●Piles of leaves. ●Piles of stones. ●Log piles. ●Small wild-flower or meadow area.

Modifying our behaviour:

●How they live, what they do, what they need. ●Making a place for them. ●Attracting wildlife to your garden. ●Taking delight in setting aside just a few moments every day to observe the comings and goings of other creatures. ●Going quietly in the garden. ●Not disturbing creatures when they are eating or drinking.

You will be surprised how much your life improves as a result of such a gentle programme of caring stewardship.

YOU TUBE: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QxBdkLMD010

Editor: Daphne NG (Bristol University)
Narrator/Writer: Stephen Ben Cox
Music: Upbeat: Light Pattern Grassland
Web: stephencoxgarden.webador.co.uk

(This video is an excerpt from the book: 'The Happy Gardener' by Stephen Ben Cox' which is being published in Germany by SK Marketing.)

For too long we humans have been in exile from Nature and the fellow inhabitants of our planet: this has caused the planet to be in catastrophic stress, init...