Wildlife-friendly gardening

You can make a real difference to local wildlife. Large or small, the way you choose to care for your green space matters. Gardens, allotments, and other green areas create “stepping stones” across our towns and villages. They help wildlife find food, water, shelter, and places to breed. Together, wildlife-friendly spaces create a living landscape where nature can thrive.

Join our ever-growing community of people across the county in making a difference to wildlife in our green spaces. 

We've created a series of guides full of simple tips and advice on how to attract wildlife into your garden. Whether it's attracting pollinators or finding ways to keep your garden healthy, you can create a space that is functional, beautiful and wildlife-friendly.

Follow the links below to find out how.

Did you know? Your wildlife-friendly space could earn you an award. Anyone can apply; individual gardens, businesses, allotments or community green spaces can all take part. Whether your wildlife-friendly space is massive or tiny, we’d like to hear from you. Take a look at our awards webpage for more information.  

Let's invite wildlife back into our gardens, The Wildlife Trusts and the RHS have set up Wild About Gardens to celebrate wildlife gardening and to encourage people to take action in their gardens to  support nature. Many of our common garden visitors – including hedgehogs, house sparrows and starlings – are increasingly under threat. But together we can make a difference. The focus this year is on bringing your lawn to life, and the new Wild About Gardens booklet isfull of tips and advice to help make your lawns more wildlife-friendly.

Visit the Wild About Gardens website

Author and wildlife gardening expert, Kate Bradbury explains what you can do in your garden at any time of year to encourage pollinators and other wildlife.

Would you like to chat and share photographs with other wildlife enthusiasts?

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