'Gardening for Wildlife' section of
the Norfolk Biodiversity Website
This section of the site is packed with lots of information on how you can make your garden more attractive to wildlife and a place that you too can enjoy.
In Britain our gardens account for 12% of the nations cultivated land - an area of land larger than all of our nature reserves put together. If you look at your garden in this way their potential for wildlife becomes obvious.
Every garden, no matter how big or small, can be a haven for wildlife. With so many natural habitats disappearing from the countryside our gardens are becoming increasingly important refuges for all kinds of wild creatures.
Wildlife gardening hints and tips
Top tips to help Norfolk's wildlife enjoy your garden:-
- Plant a Forget-me-not in your pond - WHY?
- Grow Teasels - WHY?
- Create a compost heap or bin - WHY?
- Plant holly and ivy - WHY?
- Transform part of your lawn into a wildflower meadow - WHY?
- Install a rainwater butt - WHY?
- Plant honeysuckle and fuschia - WHY?
In a well-planned garden there is room for people and wildlife
Where do I find out more?
Due to the wealth of information available, and the number of organisations that are able to provide it, we have decided to be a one stop shop for wildlife gardening by providing links to everyone and everything!
This is an ongoing process, if we have missed a source of information that you feel would be useful for others please feel free to send your suggestions to us and we will check them out.
Publications available to buy on the Internet
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Guide to Garden Wildlife (RSPCA)This book includes: how to make your garden attractive to wildlife; identifying and learning to understand garden wildlife, invertebrates, amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals and how to make a garden pond (ISBN: 0004133838) |
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How to make a Wildlife Garden (Chris Baines)'An excellent gardening book, packed with information and advice, which confronts the problems from aphids to slugs as certainly as it celebrates the delights of a wildlife garden.' Sarah Gibson in The Field (ISBN: 0711217114) |
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The Wildlife Garden (Violet Stevenson)This practical guide to planning and planting wildflower gardens includes all the information needed to plan, plant and maintain a wide range of wild gardens, as well as the propagation and growing requirements of more than 300 plants suitable for naturalisation in the garden. (ISBN: 0711212740) |
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The Wildlife Garden Month-by-month (Jackie Bennett)Each monthly chapter presents an introduction to the wild plants and creatures to expect at that time of the year, straightforward instructions and a checklist for seasonal tasks, profiles of plants in bloom, and a detailed practical project (such as creating a new pond or building a nest box) aimed at encouraging more wildlife into the garden. (ISBN: 0715305735) |
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Creating Small Habitats for Wildlife in your Garden (Josie Briggs)The author shows how to successfully create and maintain garden habitats covering areas such as organic gardening and conservation, buying and propagating trees ad shrubs, creating ponds and rockeries, tailoring garden plans and garden care and maintenance. The author also explains how the smallest patios and balconies can support wildlife. (ISBN: 186108188X) |
Links to useful general websites
| Charlie's Wildlife Gardens | With the help of gardening expert Charlie Dimmock and wildlife expert Chris Baines, learn how to create a wildlife oasis in your backyard |
| Henry Doubleday Research Association | HDRA is Europe's largest organic membership organisation. It is dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food |
| Natural History Museum | Enter your postcode on this site to be given a comprehensive list of the native plants that occur in your locality |
| Plantlife | Plantlife is Britain's only national membership charity dedicated exclusively to conserving all forms of plant life in its natural habitat: the nation's champion of wild plants |
| Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | General wildlife gardening information |
| Soil Association | The site contains excellent links to organic and wildlife gardening information |
| wildlife-gardens.net | A colourful site, packed full of information on how to create habitats for wildlife in your own backyard with sections for adults and children |
| wildlifegardening.co.uk | Discover the secret of making a haven for wildlife, on whatever scale: contain wildlife gardening projects, garden diary and plant of the month |
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| Green Gardener | Specialise's in biological control as well as wormeries and worms composting, home composters, butterfly kits and other wildlife products |
| Natural Surroundings | The largest wildlife gardening centre in Britain which has been established for nearly 12 years. Offers a catalogue of gardening products, events, schools visits and landscape design |
| Natural Gardens | Established by the husband and wife team of ecologist Ian Wilson and garden designer Barley Wilson. This company seeks to bring a fresh approach to garden design and care, and to create gardens which benefit both people and wildlife. |
| British Wildflower Plants | One of the largest providers of native wildflower plants in the UK, catering to both domestic and commercial requirements. |
Would you like to develop your interest in the wildlife of Norfolk?
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| Norfolk Wildlife on the Web... | A web page listing local and national groups, organisations and individuals concerned with the wildlife of Norfolk and East Anglia |
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