Blog – tagged "environment wildlife"

May 7, 2024

How To Make A Barrel Pond For Small Spaces And Patios

Increase the wildlife in your outdoor space easily by making a barrel pond. The video shows what you need to to attract a range of invertebrates into your garden.

May 7, 2024

How To Garden For The Bees

Bees are under threat like never before due to a number of factors; dwindling habitats, pesticide use, disease and climate change. It's easy to give them a helping hand and you don't have to drastically alter your gardening style.

March 12, 2024

12 Reasons to grow a tree

Trees are crucial in the fight against climate change and many of us are capable of growing one, even in a small space. This blog gives you 12 good reasons to grow your own tree.

December 27, 2023

January/February in the garden

Winter can seem a bit of a dead time in the garden but there is still plenty to be getting on with in readiness of spring. These tips will give you a guide to just a few of the jobs you can be getting on with in January and February.

March 25, 2023

April tasks

This blog will give you an idea of what to do this month in the garden. Spring should be well and truly sprung and the garden will be bursting into life. There's always a few more plants you can pack in and this guide may give you a few ideas.

September 8, 2022

Best Plants For Hedges

Hedges are extremely beneficial for wildlife and can act as a windbreak in your garden so if you are considering uprooting that old fence and planting a hedge this blog will give you some tips on how to do this.

August 31, 2022

How To Make A Wildlife Pond

If you're lucky enough to have a reasonable sized outdoor space then why not consider installing a wildlife pond. The amount of biodiversity in your garden will vastly increase and the sight of the water is also soothing and stressbusting.

August 30, 2022

How To Garden For The Birds

Bird watching is proven to lower stress factors and what's more they are natures way of keeping a lot of garden pests at bay. Read to blog for simple tips on how to encourage them into your garden.

June 21, 2022

How can I ‘rewild’ my garden?

Easily create a wildlife friendly garden to benefit birds, bees, pollinators and small mammals The simple answer to whether you can 'rewild' your garden is you can't, but you can...

September 3, 2017

How To Feed Garden Birds In Winter

Birds need our help in winter in order to enter spring and the breeding season in the best condition so follow our tips for happy healthy garden birds.

September 27, 2016

How To Deal With Deer And Rabbits In The Garden

An invasion of rabbits or even just one deer can decimate your garden in just one night so if you garden in a rural area it pays to be one step ahead. This blog gives you some ideas on how to deter these mammals.

May 23, 2012

How To Be Bee-Friendly

Bees are currently under threat but you can reverse this decline by just planting a few new plants or making an insect hotel. Bees are essential for our food production so read the blog for a few tips on how you can help.