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 make a hedge for wildlife
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Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
How to build a swift box
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Swifts like to leave their nests by dropping into the air from the entrance. This is why they often choose to set up camp in the eaves of buildings. If you have a wall that's at least five metres tall, with a clear flyway in front, then installing a swift…
Climate friendly gardening
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There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.
Watch what you wash away
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Some cosmetics, soaps, washing-up liquids and cleaning products can be harmful to wildlife with long-lasting effects.
How to make a seed bomb
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Plant wildflower with seed bombs!