How to grow a wildlife- friendly vegetable garden
Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.
TV presenter Liz Bonnin urges people to ‘fall back in love with nature’ in June
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Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch them buzz happily about their business.
Log piles are perfect hiding places for insects, providing a convenient buffet for frog, birds, and hedgehogs too!
Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.
Build your own bat box and give a bat a safe place to roost.
With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.
Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.
Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.
Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.
By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.