CREATING DIFFERENT HABITATS

Gardening for wildlife isn’t about exactly replicating wild habitats; it’s about using them as an inspiration for different areas, such as here in the flower border.

If the previous section was all about understanding the home needs of different wildlife, then now is the point where you can use that knowledge to create the right garden accommodation to encourage the wildlife you’d like to entertain.

We will look at the headline habitats you can create, such as woodland gardens and wetland gardens, and how to go about it.

We’ll see how to garden for wildlife in big gardens and small gardens and on balconies and patios too.

And there are ideas and advice for things to do in all those bits of the garden that you might previously have thought were useless or out of bounds for wildlife.

Your home can sit right at the heart of all sorts of homes for wildlife.

Gardening for wildlife isn’t about exactly replicating wild habitats; it’s about using them as an inspiration for different areas, such as here in the flower border.

Garden tools – yes, your signal that this is the part of the book where we start to put our muscles into action as well as our brains!

ONE LAST, VITAL THING BEFORE YOU START…

It’s time to get out the camera. If you take plenty of photos and some notes first, you will be able to look back and see how much your garden has changed thanks to your efforts. You will find that it makes the rewards all the greater.