Creating a river, in front of the chateau? 

I know this has been said a million different ways but Nick is insanely talented! He operates those machines at if they were an extension of his arms.

Wonderful idea of planting the landscape while the rebuilding is happening. By the time the rebuild is close to being done the plantings will be well on its way.

I don’t normally binge watch but I found your channel a week or so ago and managed to binge watch the entire chateau playlist. I have to say it is one of the best on RU-vid. The combination of renovation, history, and community of friends is amazing to see

Cameron is a crazy worker bee. That dude has so much energy.

All any of us can say in the end really is thank you from the bottom of our hearts for restoring such an incredible property. Brings immeasurable happiness to all of us. Incredible work Dan!

The sound of Jack and Thomas playing with the puppies is the perfect background. Planning the project is key. Thank you, Dan for the colorful faces. 🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉😊

DINNER is a grilled Chesse Sandwitch …… and …… ESCAPE TO RURAL FRANCE ……❤

As soon as you mentioned water and bridge I saw Monets garden. Even a foot wide slice of brudge and water view between tall flowers would be a treat. From the end of Nicks walkthrough, between the yurt and the drive. Sorry if I'm intruding, its hard to control my imagination. Great to hear the boys enjoying the space to run freely.

Quite spectacular beardage today! Glad to see you’re all enjoying your Movember!

It wonderful to hear the children in the back ground… they will have such fond memories of you rebuilding this Chateau.😊

That remark of Nick's sent the vlog from the sublime to the cor blimy very quickly...I can't stop laughing.

I am glad that he breaks up the days of incredibly hard physical slog on the interior with little projects such as the structural foundations and parklands. The body will last longer!

Love the idea of the river. Best beard day yet!! And everyone who contributed broke your Movember goal!

So lovely to see Nicks enthusiasm for the river.........and those dogs have a perfect life........

What a joy to watch someone build their dream. Thank you for your hard work.

What a great of week of progress for the old chateau - a finished upper floor, another well reinforced wall, ground laid for a hedge row/water catchment system, restored archways all the way around, several dangerous trees down, and another ton of heavy rubble pulled down and hauled out. All of that by a trio of men with boldly colored beards and lots of love for the work they are doing. And all of it topped off by a beautiful Saturday morning garden planning session and, best yet, surprise cameo appearances by none other than a smiling Jack P and his brother Thomas. Love all you guys 💚❤💙💜💕 de Chaumont!

We had a pond for years and really enjoyed it, especially as our kids grew but it is absolutely amazing how it draws a lot of animals in to the yard.

Wow, I’m so impressed. This chateau project is magical. What a wonderful place for the kids to grow up around. Dan, you are an unstoppable machine with massive imagination. You have pulled another wizard in Nick. PS. Love the ever changing beards

Nick absolutely loves and knows what he is talking about, I mean, he even has stepping stones 🤷🏻‍♀️I’d have him sort my garden in the blink of an eye ❤❤

Being able to "see" the shape of the landscape before it is made is a wonder to me. Nick is not only a master of machines bit is also Dan's modern day Capability Brown. I just hope, as an old fart, that I live long enough to see the fruition of all these projects. Gods I love this vlog.

I really enjoy seeing various parts of the chateau being restored. Dan, as my dogs say, roof roof.

Rural chateaux content on the weekend?! Yes please 🙏🏼 what a treat! Thanks guys, merci

Love the beard choice today, I see Cameron is in the game too. Tells where the donations are at soon. 🎉

Great that you're doing the garden now as well, plants take time to establish and grow, so going to be looking great when you start with the final stages of the chateaux.👍❤

So great to see the landscape plan emerging and Nik playing with his favorite toys. Thanks for sharing your Saturday with us!

I wonder what Davey will make of your plans for all those rivers and ponds? Glad it’s not raining there so that you can have fun with your boys and the doggies. You can’t be building roofs while the youngsters are running around so planning gardens is the next best thing. Love the strange colouring of the hairy growths, what a delight to see on a Sunday morning in Melbourne, Australia. Just take care. 🇦🇺🦘🦘🇦🇺

Superplans! Wise to make a start with the garden! What a superteam Dan!

The river creation sounds very exciting. Can't wait to watch its progress. Wonderful

Congratulations on exceeding the Movember goal!!!! £22,491 and counting. Really well done. Love the pond, stream, and plantings being planned. Much prettier than a fountain and you get the sounds of running and falling water with the bonus of wildlife being invited in.

Good to see Dan the Gardener for a few minutes

💕I truly believe that Nick is really enjoying helping & planning with you Dan especially since he said about not being able to climb trees like he use too💕

A river is a fabulous idea and will make the place magnificent, especially having it on the outside of the building.

Love that the landscape and grounds are getting equal thought and planning as the chateau. Kudos to all of you on this. Dan, Nick, Cameron (and Orange trouser guy!), your work ethic, skill and knowledge is truly admirable. It will look stunning and be your legacy.

Don’t think you are going to blend in Dan. That is precision colouring going on there. Brilliant. Xx

Winter coming..no roof..no problem. Let's build a fountain!!

The boys are liveing their best life. Love the idea of a bridge. Will give it an oriental look to match the chateau.

The stone mantel in place looks amazing and the river idea is awesome . ❤❤❤❤ looking forward to seeing it built and created.

Very exciting to see the outline of ponds and is it a river or a stream? You are so entertaining to watch especially as you share the same sense of humour! Nick is soo multitalented, wow, as you are all. ❤👏👏👏👏 Lovely to hear your boys in the background and the back of one of them. Xxxx

I think Nick is having great fun planning and explaining his vision of the river and pond..already got such detail down pat

Your plan utilizes the elements of landscape design. Cool!👍👍I'm looking forward to the planting! I agree with Dan, you can have a design drawn up, but it comes down to actually seeing the plants at the chateau and how they relate to each other in the setting trumps everything. Seeing is believing!

Brilliant idea! Planning ahead so the plantings grow a couple of years and look like they have been there naturally growing all along. Water feature can go in later which gives you time to get floors and roof done in the chateau. You all have really nice beard coloring! Cheers!

No one but Nick and Dan can treat restoring a falling down chateau and adding a river to the property as just another Thursday. I am in awe of their ambition.

That drone shot shows us just how much of a monumental job there is left to bring this gem back to life.

Love watching the dogs too. They are so good and very curious ❤

The gunnera will look majestic and in proportion with the setting. Can’t wait for the first leaves next year!

Yes, leave the details to Nick for the pond and creek. He is so talented in this area. I so enjoy watching him work. It's a fine brain he has to do all these things and together you will both engineer a beautiful Chateau and all the gounds.

Suggestion: Keep deciduous trees and plants away from the water features, and it will make your life much easier. Cleaning leaves from water features can be a nightmare. You would be amazed how quickly they can fill up the features and also mess up the water balance, creating too much algae and other issues.

Seeing the puppies running around and playing in the background always brings me joy!

Just had to say Nick is a treasure. So much knowledge and talent. He usca great asset.

What an interesting ‘side’ project🎉 to grow along side the rebuilt/restoration 🎉🎉 makes perfect sense❤

What an exciting adventure in reconstruction and landscaping!!! 🥰❤️🇨🇦 🏰 😎🐶🐶👏👏👏

I love your ideas, mainly that it looks like you'll be able to avoid a lot of lawn/turf and lawn mowers. It would be great to have a few small places carved in to the banks here and there, to sit upon (moss on rocks?) and watch the Dragon Flies flitting about. As a kid we had Tiger Lilly on the banks, and at the other end, Iris...

Dan, what a team. So much great work that's making the jigsaw come together.

Great planning to have an outdoor/yard feature to draw people into the Chateau grounds. I wish I could be there to help. I've done this kind of feature several times and the end result is so fun to walk through and the view from the top balconies will be splendid. great drone shots. Enjoy!

It just gets better and better. That water feature is going to be wild. Also, big congratulations to already breaking the snot out of your fundraising goal!!! Still almost 3 weeks to go, alright 19 days, and already nicely beyond 20,000. Great going. Gonna be interesting to see how high it goes.

The amount of scrap you have had to haul out of the Château is unbelievable! Amazing job

Dan, check out the videos from “ Garden Answer” about their pond installation, this summer. They videos are quite detailed and will give you an idea how to create it, water depth, self cleaning etc. It was installed on flat land but they created berms gif some interest and put in a large variety of plants. They are planning to extend the pond with a river. I watch their channel every day and will notify you when the river goes in. With Nick you found a true gem. Is there anything he can’t do? Treat him well so nobody snatches him up. So happy to hear that Davy is helping you with the design. You are all a great group of very creative and talented friends. Many blessings to you all!

Brilliant work.. but .. rivers happen - when there's a source of water that needs somewhere to go. It's like saying we'll put in a spring. Weirdness :D

Birds of a feather flock together. Dan, Cam and Nick, all professional, hardworking men. 👏 That’s how things get done and done RIGHT. God Bless You All.

I love water features but right now sealing up the house should be your first priority.

Creative long term planning. Fantastic to see and hear your boys and dogs.

These men - great visionaries , creators and builders - wonderful to see and follow

This garden and river will be amazing.

So happy for a glimpse of Jack! I miss seeing the family.

I love how Nick and Cameron are really getting into the "Movember" spirit. I almost spit out my tea seeing today's creations. Funny

This restoration is going to be such a long time in the making, it's just nice to be away from it for a minute to build and plan on other dream projects...and the boys are loving it as well...fun times...!

Wow the river and ponds with all the plants will be spectacular Dan ❤

Just like Dan and Nick to add to the final picture … restored château, safe forest, ponds, stepping stones, a gentle flowing river complete with plants perfectly positioned to add to the ambience… and of course a bridge over the river … perfect picture !!!! Durban SA🇿🇦😅

Oh river pond, sounds wonderful. As soon as Nick mentioned Irises, I thought of Monet’s Gardens at Givernay. Sounds like Nick was too - beautiful ideas. Oh the scheming that goes on between demos & noggins, 🎉🎉🎉 The beard painting, you guys are too funny. 😂😂 Good on ya!,

Wow, your plans for the water features are wonderful - I love the wee bridges & stepping stones back & forth - a Dan/Nic twist on a Chateau formal garden. It'll be beautiful & restful with year-round flowers & blooms. Well Done - I'll be watching progress with avid interest 🥰

Best beard day, beautiful to listen to you and nick talk about the river ponds and flowers, great to see the kids playing with the pups, i can't wait to see in a few years your dreams all come together in the most beautiful property. ❤️

Because we know that Gardner Dan wants to come back out and play in the dirt. Boy Jack is getting taller. Exciting project, Dan.

Best ever vlog. Loved seeing the children having fun. Absolutely fantastic ideas. Bigger the better. You three make a great team.❣

Love the multi colored beards. 😂 Nice to get a little peak of the boys playing. The streams and pond features sound like a great idea, can hardly wait to see it take shape. Okay then we will see ya tomorrow. 👋🏻👋🏻

Good you have a vision and are starting the plantings early as some take years to mature. I've been in my house 35 years and am only now finishing the final hardscape and plantings this coming Spring. Granted I have changed things a few times, plants went in, came out and were replaced with something else. Hardscape was put in in stages over 20 years simply because of finances. But I have finally settled on what I want in the last planter bed in the front yard and they will go in this Spring. Just waiting on two more deliveries and if I have room for a small citrus tree. Two more raised beds to build, then stepping stones for the paths in between and the positioning of a bird bath. I do still have repairs for what was already built and now needs replacing but at least the decisions are made and done. The moral of this story? Make a decision and then act on it, don't wait. But be ready to change your mind in the future. It's a lot easier to change a garden than it is to change construction once it is finished.

One thing I regretted putting ponds around my property , was not putting an island in for birds to nest

Nick ! What an Invaluable,talented person . Cameron works so hard , wonderful team! And a river ! It’s going to be so nice! Think of the fun your sons and the pups will have. Of course Davey will work his magic too! Great job Dan!

That’s sounds like a beautiful front garden. I think the wildlife is going to find your pond a wonderful resting spot.

I think we all need a Nick and Cameron. Do you fancy a trip to Australia? lol

Kids and water ... I'm not sure I would until they were older. Great to see the last external arch in place. Cannot believe your progress in such a short time and I've watched it all happen, truly astounding. Loving the vlogs!

Omg Dan, those two little boys are growing so fast. Wonderful seeing them.😊❤

the river is a nice idea; maybe a traditional Japanese footbridge over the river? that sort of thing was very popular in Europe and the US in the late 19th century

Could we see an overhead plan of Nick's ideas for the river? Its hard to picture it.

Every morning with my first cup of coffee as it is morning here in Australia 🇦🇺 when you post your video. Love it and always can not wait for the next one every day, you are a good team of friends 🇦🇺🦘🦘🐨

Just an FYI. I have a massive pond in my garden and it has large old trees near by that drop a tone of leaves in the fall. What people never really talk about with water features is the maintenance with regards to leaves... Leaves will cause algae and dark water if not cleaned out quickly. I am just saying you should definitely think about maintenance and seasons. But the place is looking great.

The depths of Nick's talents continue to amaze!

Love watching these men work. Dan is so committed to this huge project. He is talented and I am sure he has learned so much more by working on the Château. Watch every posting since I found you.

A garden like that is fun! I hope that I can visit one day, when everything is ready💋

It’s not my place nor my money, but it seems to me there’s a lot being done on the grounds, that to me, is just extra… not essential at this stage. Wouldn’t it be more beneficial to be prioritizing money and time to getting a roof on the place in order to dry-in the building so that you can reduce further decay, keep dry what you’ve done, and allow you to spend more time on the interior during the cold and rainy season? Maybe we have different priorities😊

Agree, exciting landscaping project, I could imagine it as the two of you were talking about it! Developments in the house and the landscape; a treat to watch this happening. It will continue to be a brilliant restoration of the chateau and the environment around it. Well done guys

Nick looks like a wizard, going into the dungeon , upon his dragon. The amazing work continues! Dan, you and your crew are amazing! Thank you for sharing your adventures and work!

It would be pretty funny to see one of the hair/beard paint sessions.

In France we are requested to avoid stagnant water in our gardens and outside spaces because it attracts mosquitoes. And especially the Asian Tiger Mosquito, an invasive species that has totally invaded France. Tiger mosquitos can transmit viruses such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika to humans.

Nothing better than a water feature, bring in birds, insects and the calming sound of water! P.s. the boys are so cute!

I love the fact you said it’s important to do fun things when you have hard work to continue ! Keep the mind high! ❤👍

Your journey has always been so interesting to watch, now, a river and plantings by Davey! Wow! Much good energy and happiness being wished for you and your crew, from Juneau Alaska!❤ Love Nick’s beard color, today! You both are FAB!

Definitely don’t plant trees near the river/pond that will drop their leaves in the water. It will cause too much work to keep it clean. Love the idea of different colors blooming all year. The boys and puppies are living their best lives 😍😘

Happy midday lunch time 😊 team Dan ❤ Woow love the game changer with a river /pond … will you have little fishes 🤷‍♀️you got to have little fishes cause you have bridges 😁 or is it a wetland frog thing only with no fishes aloud 😭 Love the colourful beards and Cams hair 🙌😁🫶…. See you tomorrow ❤❤❤ Ps the Dungeon is looking good once again / along with the front edge of the stone work …

Nick wearing a camera on his head is so funny. He's become a pro at helping with vlogs!!! Being friends with people who video everything! Lol.

So happy to see the boys again and sounds like a wonderful garden you are going to make for them to play in ❤