How to provide bushes for nesting birds
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In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle?
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.
Top ten wildlife-friendly herbs:
- Rosemary - Rosmarinus officinalis
- Caraway - Carum carvi
- Hyssop - Hyssopus officinalis
- English lavender - Lavandula angustifolia
- Common sage - Salvia officinalis
- Wild thyme - Thymus polytrichus
- Fennel - Foeniculum vulgare
- Chives - Allium schoenoprasum
- Common mint - Mentha spicata
- Wild marjoram - Origanum vulgare
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More ways you can help bees
How to attract moths and bats to your garden
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Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden.
How to make a woodland edge garden for wildlife
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Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
How to be an eco-friendly pet owner
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Caring for a pet is a rewarding experience that doesn't have to cost the earth.
How to grow a wildlife-friendly vegetable garden
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Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.
How to create a mini pond
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Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.