Wildlife gardeningEasy ways to help wildlife in your garden Wildlife-friendly garden by Paul Lane Action The best plants for bees and pollinators Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies Action How to build a pond A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden. Action How to feed birds in your garden Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round. Action How to build a bat box Build your own bat box and give a bat a safe place to roost. Action How to make a hedge for wildlife Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects. Action How to grow a wildlife- friendly vegetable garden Growing vegetables is a great – and tasty – way of attracting wildlife to your garden. Learn about companion planting and how wildlife… Action How to attract bumblebees to your garden The best plants for bumblebees! Bees are important pollinating insects, but they are under threat. You can help them by planting… Action How to create a hedgehog hole Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood. Action How to make a new build garden for wildlife Use the blank canvas of your new build garden to make your new home a home for wildlife too! Action How to create a container garden for wildlife Introduce more wildlife features into a small space using pots and containers Action How to clean nestboxes and bird feeders Nestboxes can harbour parasites so it is good practice to take them down at the end of the season and give them a clean. Likewise it is… Action How to compost your waste Instead of sending your green waste to landfill, create your own compost. Action How to plant a tree It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree! Action How to create a herb garden for wildlife Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a… Action How to provide water for wildlife All animals need water to survive. By providing a water source in your garden, you can invite in a whole menagerie! Action What to feed hedgehogs and badgers Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells. Action How to build a nesting box for birds With natural nesting sites in decline, putting a nestbox in your garden can make all the difference to your local birds. Action How to make a gravel garden for wildlife Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area. Action How to make your garden a chemical-free zone Go chemical-free in your garden to help wildlife, make a safer environment for people and pets, and save money! Action How to conserve water If we all do our part in conserving precious water supplies, we can make a huge difference for the environment. Action How to use less plastic Plastic waste and its damaging effect on our seas and natural world has been big news recently. Here's what you can you do about it… Action How to build a bug mansion Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden. Action How to build a mini stone wall Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife. Action How to make a bog garden Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat. Action How to make a woodland edge garden for wildlife Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat! Action How to make a shrub garden for wildlife Woody shrubs and climbers provide food for wildlife, including berries, fruits, seeds, nuts leaves and nectar-rich flowers. So why not… Action How to do companion planting Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique. Action How to help wildlife at school Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more… Action How to help wildlife at work Attracting wildlife to your work will help improve their environment – and yours! Action How to be an eco-friendly pet owner Caring for a pet is a rewarding experience that doesn't have to cost the earth. Take Action for Insects Common carder bumblebee by Nick Upton/2020VISION Feed the birds Sparrow on feeder by Ben Hall/2020VISION
Action The best plants for bees and pollinators Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
Action How to build a pond A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
Action How to feed birds in your garden Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round.
Action How to make a hedge for wildlife Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
Action How to grow a wildlife- friendly vegetable garden Growing vegetables is a great – and tasty – way of attracting wildlife to your garden. Learn about companion planting and how wildlife…
Action How to attract bumblebees to your garden The best plants for bumblebees! Bees are important pollinating insects, but they are under threat. You can help them by planting…
Action How to create a hedgehog hole Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.
Action How to make a new build garden for wildlife Use the blank canvas of your new build garden to make your new home a home for wildlife too!
Action How to create a container garden for wildlife Introduce more wildlife features into a small space using pots and containers
Action How to clean nestboxes and bird feeders Nestboxes can harbour parasites so it is good practice to take them down at the end of the season and give them a clean. Likewise it is…
Action How to compost your waste Instead of sending your green waste to landfill, create your own compost.
Action How to plant a tree It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree!
Action How to create a herb garden for wildlife Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a…
Action How to provide water for wildlife All animals need water to survive. By providing a water source in your garden, you can invite in a whole menagerie!
Action What to feed hedgehogs and badgers Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.
Action How to build a nesting box for birds With natural nesting sites in decline, putting a nestbox in your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.
Action How to make a gravel garden for wildlife Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area.
Action How to make your garden a chemical-free zone Go chemical-free in your garden to help wildlife, make a safer environment for people and pets, and save money!
Action How to conserve water If we all do our part in conserving precious water supplies, we can make a huge difference for the environment.
Action How to use less plastic Plastic waste and its damaging effect on our seas and natural world has been big news recently. Here's what you can you do about it…
Action How to build a bug mansion Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.
Action How to build a mini stone wall Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife.
Action How to make a bog garden Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.
Action How to make a woodland edge garden for wildlife Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Action How to make a shrub garden for wildlife Woody shrubs and climbers provide food for wildlife, including berries, fruits, seeds, nuts leaves and nectar-rich flowers. So why not…
Action How to do companion planting Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
Action How to help wildlife at school Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more…
Action How to help wildlife at work Attracting wildlife to your work will help improve their environment – and yours!
Action How to be an eco-friendly pet owner Caring for a pet is a rewarding experience that doesn't have to cost the earth.
