Blog: Wildlife Gardening

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Swallows perched along a telegraph wire against a blue sky, The Wildlife Trusts

Getting Wild About Gardens

The buzz of a bee, the sweet scent of honeysuckle, these precious moments are not only a delight to experience in our gardens, they’re absolutely vital if we’re going to protect, restore and…

Gardening

Harvest Time

As we approach the end of September, Ellie Phelps offers her thoughts about growing her own produce during harvest time.

Tomatoes growing in garden

No-dig for victory

Ellie Phelps shares an unusual technique for gardening that produces favourable results while helping wildlife and the environment!

Image of a garden pond in progress, dirt added and plants growing

Jump right in!

Creating a pond is one of the best ways to encourage wildlife into your garden. As natural habitats are lost due to development and the impacts of climate change, helping to create new habitats…

Nest Box at Osmanthorpe Orchard NottsWT credit Al Greer

Ticking all the right boxes

I’ve been writing about the benefits of bird nest boxes for the best part of a quarter of a century and for most of this time, National Nest Box Week which runs from 14-21 February has been a key…

Ladybirds Matt Berry

Winter Wildlife Gardening

Having spent a couple of soggy hours cutting back a rampant wisteria in my garden recently, I then surveyed the sorry mess of fallen leaves, dead annual plants and the skeletons of deciduous trees…