Top Tips for Wildlife Friendly Gardening
We are delighted to share these top tips from our e-newsletter readers. With our many thanks to our e-newsletter subscribers for their wonderful submissions, we hope that our collective blog inspires you to encourage wildlife into your own garden!
Looking to encourage garden birds into your garden?
“Put up a bird box, north facing so it doesn’t get too hot for its tenants and provide water in the form of a pond or even just a birdbath. Sit back and enjoy watching the birds, animals and insects that visit.”
“Sunflower Hearts! The birds love them.”
“Leave out nesting materials for birds such as moss or damp soil.”
“Feeding the birds with different feeders for smaller birds and for ground feeding birds, adding water dishes for the birds and insects.”
Top tips for hedgehogs and hibernation!
“We have piled our grass cuttings behind out Summerhouse & left out some dry cat food to encourage hedgehogs to come and feed and use our garden for nesting & they have returned.”
“I keep garden leaves as mulch on my borders to allow insects to hibernate, nest & shelter during the cooler months.”
“No tidying up until April/May when temperatures are more stable, first set of cleaning up of old leaves or dead plantations leave in a pile rather than bin so if any critters were still hibernating they can crawl out safely back to the wild. My first batch of tidying going on of my new log pile from trunk cuttings from storm damage.”
Top tips to attract pollinators!
“I’ve kept the many scented shrubs and wild flowers in order to boost pollinators and have noticed the soft fruit harvest, which I share with the birds, increasing yearly.”
“Grow a variety of plants for year round food for pollinators.”
“Accessible shallow drinking water for bees scattered around the garden.”
“Planting pollinator friendly plants, native plants and plants for larvae of various moths and butterflies.”
Looking to add a water feature or pond?
“Leave wild areas, have water - even mini pebble ponds helps.”
“Stream diverted from hill to refresh pond water allowing frogs to use reinstated habitat.”
“Have a pond with a ramp.”
We have many wildlife friendly gardens open to visit for charity including The Pond Garden and Cally Biodiversity Gardens. Why not give them a visit to discover lots of beautiful ways to welcome wildlife into your garden?
