Create a wildlife friendly garden

Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.

Attracting wildlife to your work will help improve their environment – and yours!

Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more…

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…

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…

Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.

Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area.

All animals need water to survive. By providing a water source in your garden, you can invite in a whole menagerie!

Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round.

It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree!

Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your…

Pots and containers are a great way of introducing wildlife features onto patios, or outside the front door. They are also perfect for…

By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.

A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.

Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.

Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch…

Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.

The colder months can be a tough time for wildlife, food is scarce and hibernators are looking for shelter. That's why we’ve put…

We can all take steps to protect hedgehogs on bonfire night. Follow our 4 steps to make sure you keep hedgehogs safe.

Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies

Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.

Plant wildflower with seed bombs!

Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a…

The best plants for bumblebees! Bees are important pollinating insects, but they are under threat. You can help them by planting…

Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.

Log piles are perfect hiding places for insects, providing a convenient buffet for frog, birds, and hedgehogs too!

Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.…

Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.

With food, water and shelter scarce over the winter months, give your garden birds a treat with an edible Christmas wreath.

Woody shrubs and climbers provide food for wildlife, including berries, fruits, seeds, nuts leaves and nectar-rich flowers. So why not…

Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden…

Build your own bat box and give a bat a safe place to roost.

Use the blank canvas of your garden to make a home 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!

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…

With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.

Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.…