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Gardening to encourage wildlife
Below are a few resources to
help you with how to encourage wildlife in your garden.
- Big Wildlife Garden
-scheme run by Natural England to encourage people to make spaces
wildlife friendly -why not register and get your garden a wildlife
award?
- Butterfly Conservation -membership society that aims to protect Britains
butterflies and moths. They operate 33 nature reserves as well
as taking part in a wide range of conservation projects. Some
useful lists of butterfly attracting plants.
- Eco Schools -their big wildlife garden was produced with Natural
England with the express aim of increasing biodiversity in gardens.
If you are involved with a school, you might like to register
your own school garden.
- Growing Native
-a simple guide to growing indigenous trees and wild flowers,
provided by The Friends of Priors Hill Copse, an ancient woodland
in Butlocks Heath.
- London
Wildlife Trust -http://www.wildlondon.org.uk
A charitable organisation dedicated solely to protecting the
capital's wildlife. They manage more than fifty London
reserves and campaign to save important wildlife habitats through
access to nature reserves, volunteering programmes and education
work. They publish a monthly magazine, Wild London, past editions
of which are available for free download.
- Plantlife -the charity that speaks up for the
nation's wild plants, working to protect them on the ground and
to build understanding of the vital role they play in everyone's
lives.
- Postcode Plants Database -find tailor-made lists of local plants,
hospitable to wildlife and suitable for gardens within your postal
district. You can then drill down into the list to get full details
on each ondividual plant.
- Royal
Society for the Protection of Birds -the national organisation for bird conservation
-includes pages on wildlife gardens and bird species identifier.
- Self Willed Land
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- Wild
Forms -based in Stranraer,
they stock a wide range of products designed to make your garden
more wildlife friendly and to encourage children to explore,
learn and to appreciate the natural world.
- Wildlife Gardening -Jenny Steel -a guide to all aspects of gardening
for wildlife by naturalist and plant ecologist Jenny Steel who
has been a specialist for more than 20 years, and written books
and articles for magazines, newspapers and websites, teaches
wildlife gardening courses, gives talks, seminars and consultancy
advice.
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- Featured
books:
- Your Wildlife Garden: Month-by-Month
- Jackie Bennett
- Paperback -Mar 2011
- Price in UK pounds
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- How to Create a Wildlife
Garden: Complete Instructions for Designing and Planting Wildlife
Habitats
- Over 40 Practical Projects,
a Directory of 70 Wildlife Species and 800 Photographs
- Christine Lavelle and Michael
Lavelle
- Hardcover -Oct 2007
- Price in UK pounds
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- RSPB Gardening for Wildlife:
A Complete Guide to Nature-friendly Gardening
- Adrian Thomas
- Hardcover -May 2010
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