The top picture shows my bird feeding station with a big wood pigeon on one of the seed trays. The lower picture is the 'tropical' part of my garden.  The plants looks like they aren't hardy but they all grow well in this part of England.  The snowy group in the foreground is my 'herb garden' in terracotta pots. I have rosemary, fennel, lemon thyme, and several kinds of lavender not all of which are in that group