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How to grow a wildlife- friendly vegetable garden
Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.
How to start a wildlife garden from scratch
Use the blank canvas of your garden to make a home for wildlife.
Dog whelk
This sea snail is abundant on rocky shores around the UK. It is an active predator, feasting on mussels and barnacles before retreating to crevices to rest.
Dog cockle
This long-lived bivalve can be found buried in the sand on the south and west coasts of the UK.
How to make a woodland edge garden 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!
How to do companion planting
Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
My hair of the dog
After a Friday night out on the town, James and Claire love a brisk morning walk at Newlands Corner to blow away the cobwebs.
London plane
The London plane tree is, as its name suggests, a familiar sight along the roadsides and in the parks of London. An introduced and widely planted species, it is tough enough to put up with city…
Guelder-rose
The guelder-rose is a small tree of hedgerows, woods, scrub and wetlands. It displays large, white flowers in summer and red berries in autumn, which feed all kinds of birds, including Bullfinches…
Ancient trees: the dinosaurs of the tree world
Netted dog whelk
A small, but feisty scavenger, this carnivorous sea snail does not let anything go to waste!