Westcountry Wildlife & Film

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.

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