Tag: Wildlife Gardening

Best Plants for Wildlife: Flowers, Shrubs and Climbers for a Nature-Friendly Garden

A wildlife-friendly garden does not need to look wild. It can still have structure, colour and carefully chosen planting. The difference is that some of those plants are…

How to Create a Wildlife-Friendly Garden

A wildlife garden doesn’t have to be wild in the sense of being abandoned. You don’t need an enormous pond, an acre of meadow or a garden so…

Ivy Bees in the Garden: The Day Nature Gave Me Permission not to Tidy

After a scorching summer, the garden and I had reached an unspoken agreement: I wouldn’t bother it, and it wouldn’t remind me how much work needed doing. Then…

How to Make a Bug Hotel for Your Garden

Look closely at a quiet corner of the garden and you’ll soon discover it isn’t quiet at all. A ladybird disappears beneath a curled leaf, a beetle noses…

Attracting a Symphony of Wings: Creating a Bird Haven

In the quiet moments of a garden or out on the fringes of a forest, the gentle chirping of birds can transform an ordinary space into a place…

A garden full of bees: why protecting pollinators still matters

Bees bring our gardens to life and help sustain the wider countryside. After years of concern about neonicotinoid pesticides, there are hopeful signs β€” but the work of…

How to Create a Bee-Friendly Garden: Simple Ways to Help Britain’s Pollinators

Every flower has a visitor. Pause for a moment on a warm summer’s afternoon and you’ll hear it – the gentle hum of bees moving from bloom to…