Wilder Kent Blog

Learn more about the wildlife and wild places in Kent and beyond.

Our new Wild About Gardens Officer's top tips

What does wildlife-friendly gardening mean to our new Wild About Gardens Officer? Ellen Tout shares what inspires her garden, and how we can all make a huge difference for nature right outside our back doors.

Species Gardening with wildlife, snail on gardening gloves with pot plants behind
Tom Marshall

Slugs & snails: Part of a garden ecosystem

I have to admit how little I knew about slugs and snails before reading the latest Wild About Gardens guide. The RHS and The Wildlife Trusts have given these incredible creatures a reputation makeover. Discover for yourself these magnificent molluscs and the benefits they bring to our gardens.

Wildlife Gardening

Homes for bees and bugs

Seeing and hearing bees and other insects in our garden is one of the joys of spring and summer. Recently Peter and Penny have been delighted by solitary bees nesting in their bug homes. Here they share their experience of what did and didn't work to encourage bees and bugs to their garden, and offer some handy tips ahead of National Insect Week.