Overview

Wildlife Gardening for Everyone (and Everything) is a useful and easy-to-follow gardening guide endorsed by the Wildlife Trusts and the RHS, with a strong focus on the different types of wildlife you can attract to your garden. The book breaks down by accessible groups of species, and each chapter explains what they require to thrive, what their role in the garden is and how they contribute to the garden ecosystem. The first chapters begin with the favourites that all gardeners know and love, such as the pollinators, birds and amphibians. Later sections of the book explore species that are more likely to be overlooked, including the wasps, flies and spiders, explaining the crucial role they play and how to provide for them. Every chapter will include wide-ranging suggestions of useful plants and projects that will be relevant to all, regardless of the size of their available space, ranging from an urban balcony or patio to a community or large garden. You will be encouraged not only to create but also to relax and observe the habitats in your garden through the year. Ultimately, this is a book about creating a space that’s as much for you as it is for the other species you welcome into it, and about getting to know the wildlife around you.

Full Product Details

Author:   Kate Bradbury
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Wildlife
Weight:   0.465kg
ISBN:  

9781472956057

ISBN 10:   1472956052
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   18 April 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1. Wildlife gardening for…. POLLINATORS Introduction to bees and other pollinators. Explains how to attract them into the garden, with projects including how to make and maintain a bee hotel, hoverfly lagoon and bee bank. 2. Wildlife gardening for…. BIRDS Introduction to birds and how to attract them, which food and nesting habitats to provide. Projects include how to make a bird box and bird bath. 3. Wildlife gardening for…. AMPHIBIANS Introduction to amphibians and the variety of habitats that they need throughout the year. Explains how to dig a suitable pond. 4. Wildlife gardening for…. REPTILES Introduction to reptiles, explaining which are likely to be found in a garden and what to feed them. Will include how to make a reptile tin. 5. Wildlife gardening for…. BEETLES Introduction to beetles and why we should encourage them. Projects include how to make a beetle bank and bug hotel. 6. Wildlife gardening for…. MAMMALS Introduction to the mammals that can be found in the garden and how to attract them, with a focus on hedgehogs as they are in decline. Explains how to make a hedgehog box and what to feed them and other mammal visitors. 7. Wildlife gardening for…. WASPS Introduction to wasps and how important they are to the environment. Explains how to create habitats and encourage them to use your bee hotel. 8. Wildlife gardening for…. FLIES Introduction to different types of fly and why they’re important to the garden ecosystem. 9. Wildlife gardening for…. TRUE BUGS Introduction on bugs, including aphids, shield bugs, pond skaters and water boatmen. Explanation on what they do and how to create habitats for them. 10. Wildlife gardening for…. SPIDERS Introduction to explain the different types of spider and their role in the garden. Will show how to create habitats for spiders in different sized spaces.

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An invaluable guide... everything in your garden will be abuzz and abloom before you know it. -- Eithne Farry * Sunday Express S Magazine *

Author Information

Kate Bradbury is the wildlife editor on BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, and a freelance writer for the Guardian, BBC Wildlife magazine, and Telegraph Gardening. Kate is a regular contributor to BBC Gardener’s Question Time. Her book The Wildlife Gardener (published by Kyle Books, May 2013) was the Environmental Award winner at the Garden Media Guild Awards in 2013.

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