Blog: Wildlife gardening

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Bee on knapweed

Give bees (birds, bats & butterflies) a chance

Filling your garden, green space, pots or window boxes with plants that flower at different times is a brilliant way to provide pollinators with year-round food. Plus, it’ll give you colourful…

Bulbous Buttercups

Goldilocks and the three other meadow buttercups

This year’s cold spring weather has delayed the flowing of many wild flowers and in the case of our four common buttercup species, it has provided a great opportunity to see them all flowering at…

Phil Stallard's pond with added items from beach cleans! copyright Ceri Jones

From Tarmac to Wildlife Garden

Sometimes in life you come across people you just can’t help but be inspired by. That’s certainly the case when you meet Llanidloes man, Phil Stallard!

Frosty Garden

Surviving Winter

We tend to think of winter as a difficult time for our local wildlife but in reality, they have evolved to cope with it rather well. In this blog I consider how the different creatures in our…

Brown Birch Bolete

What have the fungi ever done for us?

We tend to become aware of fungi when we see mushrooms and toadstools in the autumn but they are present all around us and play a vital and complex role in maintaining the ecosystem.

Meadow in Summer

Making a Difference

An account of how changes to a meadow to encourage wildflowers has made it a butterfly haven in the summer

Broad-leaved Helleborine

Think Globally, Act Locally

The recent lock-down has given an opportunity to explore our local environment and more time to reflect on how we can enhance it

Image of Ceanothus bush for blog headder

Are native plants best for wildlife gardening?

Choosing plants to add to a garden to attract wildlife can be tricky due to the complex relationships between plants and animals. I want to encourage more bees and I have been trying to find out…