At our allotment
Allotments can be great places to see wildlife!
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Chwilio
Lakes
Lakes come in many forms: some are splendid and clear, while others are more reminiscent of a murky swamp. Each lake is strongly influenced by the underlying lakebed and the surrounding landscape…
Great silver water beetle
This enormous water beetle is as rare as it is impressive.
Weird plants
From flowers that smell like wee to leaves that look like belly buttons, here are some of our strangest plants!
Make a wigwam for plants
Grow all sorts of vegetables and flowers up this cool wigwam!
Osprey
A great way to get up close and personal with the magnificent osprey is via one of the many nestcams set-up in the places that it breeds: Scotland, Cumbria, Wales and the East Midlands.
Royal fern
This large fern thrives in damp places.
The best plants for bees and pollinators
Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
My big adventure
Poppy plays with molehills, watches deer and birds, and nestles in the trunks of ancient trees to get in touch with her roots. Poppy's father was an inspirational Restoration Officer at the…
How to build a hedgehog home
By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
Marsh helleborine
The Marsh helleborine is a beautiful orchid of fens, wet grassland and dune slacks. Growing in profusion in places, look for reddish stems and white-and-pink flowers.
Betony
The bright purple flowers of this perennial herb can be seen in a range of grassy places.