Wildlife Gardening

With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.

Nestboxes can harbour parasites so it is good practice to take them down at the end of the season and give them a clean. Likewise it is…

Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round.

Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch…

Build your own bat box and give a bat a safe place to roost.

Go chemical-free in your garden to help wildlife! Here's how to prevent slugs and insects from eating your plants with wildlife-…

Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.

Pots and containers are a great way of introducing wildlife features onto patios, or outside the front door. They are also perfect for…

A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.

Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.

Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.

Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area.

Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!

Woody shrubs and climbers provide food for wildlife, including berries, fruits, seeds, nuts leaves and nectar-rich flowers. So why not…