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.
Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round.
Attracting birds to your garden is easy: supplement naturally available food with bird food, and watch them flock in! Remember to keep feeders and tables clean, so the birds stay healthy and disease-free, and position your feeders in a relatively open area away from predators - the birds will feel safer and visit more!
Make sure food is available at all times as birds have different needs throughout the year, such as feeding young
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Remember!
Water is as important as food to most garden birds, and not just for drinking but bathing as well. So put out a bird bath along with your feeders, and always ensure the water is kept clean.
Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area.
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Woody shrubs and climbers provide food for wildlife, including berries, fruits, seeds, nuts leaves and nectar-rich flowers. So why not plant a shrub garden and see who comes to visit?
Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.
With food, water and shelter scarce over the winter months, give your garden birds a treat with an edible Christmas wreath.