Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.

Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.

Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area.

Nestboxes can harbour parasites so it is good practice to take them down at the end of the season and give them a clean. Likewise it is important to keep bird feeders clean to stop the spread of…

Caring for a pet is a rewarding experience that doesn't have to cost the earth.

Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!

With food, water and shelter scarce over the winter months, give your garden birds a treat with an edible Christmas wreath.

Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife.

In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle?