
How to provide bushes for nesting birds
In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle?
Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a meal.
No matter how big the space you have, you can please both people and wildlife with a majestic herb garden. Planting a herb garden will not only allow you easy access to seasoning for your food, but will also attract pollinators like bees and butterflies into your garden. Herb gardens can be planted in raised beds, borders, containers or windowboxes – any space will do!
Please people and wildlife with a herb garden!
If you use planters and group them together, you will also provide shelter for wildlife between them and increase your watering efficiency. You can use troughs, hanging baskets or terracotta pots for your wildlife-friendly plants.
In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle?
Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden.
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Caring for a pet is a rewarding experience that doesn't have to cost the earth.
Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.