WILDLIFE GARDEN MAKEOVER
BUILDING A POND |
BUILDING A HIBERNACULUM
HELP YOUR LOCAL WILDLIFE 1. Provide water in some form, e.g a birdbath or pond of some kind. 2. Grow a vertical habitat - for shelter, nesting and insect hunting. 3. Choose plants with different flowering seasons and single blooms. 4. Plant bushes and shrubs that produce berries. 5. Put up bird feeders and fat balls. 6. Compost your kitchen and garden waste. 7. Build a log pile or leave old tree stumps for insects. 8. Provide nest boxes and a variety of insect houses. 9. Choose nectar rich plants to help struggling bee populations. 10. Have an area of long grass or mini meadow. 11. Add a bog garden or use as an alternative to a pond. 12. Build a hibernaculum of some kind. 13. Avoid pesticides where possible.
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Rambling Rector
Buddleia
Berberis | Sea Holly
Escallonia
Sedum | Cotoneaster
Ivy |
CLIMBERS
Honeysuckle: (i) Lonicera periclymenum (ii) Lonicera Serotina (iii) Lonicera halliana
Rambling Roses: (i) Kiffsgate (ii) Rambling Rector (iii) Sweet Briar Rose
Clematis (single flower) Ivy
ANNUALS
Pot marigold Calendula officinalis Poached egg plant Borage Cornflower Phacalia
| SHRUBS
Privet - Ligustrum vulgare Hawthorn - Crateageus montana Guelder rose - Vibernum opulus Berberis Cotoneaster Escallonia Winter Honeysuckle - Lonicera fragrantissima Hebe (Small leaf)
MINI MEADOW
Ox-eye daisy Common knapweed Field scabious Lady's bedstraw Musk mallow Self heal Yarrow Yellow rattle | PERENNIALS
Aubretia Pulmonaria Sea Holly Globe Thistle Lavender Asters Marjoram Bergamot Sedum
BOG GARDEN
Bugle Creeping jenny Fleabane Hemp agrimony Lady's smock Marsh marigold Meadowsweet Purple loosestrife Ragged Robin Valerian officianalis |