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Gardening for Wildlife
Penny and Peter Brook were awarded Gold by Wild about Gardens in 2012 and since then they have worked as volunteers for the scheme. They love gardening for wildlife and want to encourage others to…
Climate friendly gardening
There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.
Chemical-free organic gardening
Go chemical-free in your garden to help wildlife! Here's how to prevent slugs and insects from eating your plants with wildlife-friendly methods.
Action For Insects
Goodnestone Park Open Garden
Goodnestone Park and Kent Wildlife Trust’s Wild About Gardens Team partner on an open garden event to inspire nature-friendly gardening on a grand scale.
Cleavers
Familiar as the bristly plant that easily hooks on to our clothing as we walk through the countryside or do the gardening, cleavers uses its hooks to help it climb and to disperse its seeds.
Visit beautiful gardens that are havens for wildlife
Penny Brook is a Wild About Garden volunteer who has opened her garden to the public. To mark National Gardening Week (1-7 May), we're giving you a sneak peak into her beautiful wildlife…
How to make a coastal garden
Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.
How to create a vertical garden
Gardening doesn’t need to be restricted to the ground - bring your walls to life for wildlife! Many types of plants will thrive in a green wall, from herbs and fruit to grasses and ferns.
‘Significant’ theft from wildlife charity in Sevenoaks will have far-reaching impacts
Thousands of pounds worth of gardening and power tools were stolen from Kent Wildlife Trust’s nature reserve in Sevenoaks.
Towns and gardens
The green spaces of our towns and gardens bring nature into our daily lives, brightening our mornings with birdsong and the busy buzzing of bees. Together, the UK's gardens are larger than…