How to make a shrub garden for wildlife
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?
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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?
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.
Use the blank canvas of your garden to make a home for wildlife.
Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden.
Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a meal.
Print it off, colour it in and create your own butterfly mask.
This day-flying moth is found on flowery meadows, often in the company of other moths and butterflies.