How to start a wildlife garden from scratch
Use the blank canvas of your garden to make a home for wildlife.
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Use the blank canvas of your garden to make a home for wildlife.
The oak marble gall wasp produces brown, marble-shaped growths, or 'galls', on oak twigs. Inside the gall, the larvae of the wasp feed on the host tissues, but cause little damage.
Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.
The common spangle gall wasp produces a small, disc-shaped growth, or 'gall', on the undersides of oak leaves. Inside the gall, the larvae of the wasp feed on the host tissues, but cause…
Living up to its name, the oak apple gall wasp produces growths, or 'galls', on oak twigs that look like little apples. Inside the gall, the larvae of the wasp feed on the host tissues,…
Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Also known as the two-coloured mason bee, this beautiful bee is famous for nesting in old snail shells.
Find out who has been visiting your garden
Colour in these creatures you might spot out and about.
Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a meal.