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.

Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife.

All animals need water to survive. By providing a water source in your garden, you can invite in a whole menagerie!

Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a meal.

Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more creative children.

Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch them buzz happily about their business.

Gardening doesn’t need to be restricted to the ground - bring your walls to life for wildlife! Many types of plants will thrive in a green wall, from herbs and fruit to grasses and ferns.

Whether you celebrate a big family Christmas, or you just give out a few cards to your friends and neighbours to wish them a happy time, here are some quick tips for a greener Christmas!