Lions of the lawn
Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland.
Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland.
The grass snake is our longest snake, but don't worry if you find one in the compost heap - it's harmless! Look out for this green and yellow beauty in grasslands and wetlands, too.
The dense, spiky tufts of Marram grass are a familiar sight on our windswept coasts. In fact, its matted roots help to stabilise sand dunes, allowing them to grow up and become colonised by other…
A common moth across most of the UK. The large, hairy caterpillars are often seen in late summer.
Our homes and gardens have an important role in the fight against climate change. Help preserve vital peatland by going peat free.
Annual meadow-grass is a coarse, vigorous grass that can be found on waste ground, bare grassland and in lawns. In some situations, it can be considered a weed.
Halloween is often a great time for spooky family fun, but unfortunately it is often full of plastic.
Perennial rye-grass is a tufted, vigorous grass of roadside verges, rough pastures and waste ground. It is commonly used in agriculture and for reseeding grasslands.
Flowering in spring, the cylindrical, densely packed flower spikes of Sweet vernal-grass are easily spotted in a meadow. It also tastes of sweet vanilla and was once a favourite 'chewing…