Your Wildlife Garden: A Seasonal Guide to Increasing the Biodiversity in Your Garden

Author:   Jackie Bennett
Publisher:   David & Charles
Edition:   UK ed.
ISBN:  

9780715338209


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   26 April 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Your Wildlife Garden: A Seasonal Guide to Increasing the Biodiversity in Your Garden


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""The Wildlife Garden"" covers everything the gardener needs to know to cultivate and maintain a wildlife haven in their own garden, however small. There is a wealth of practical information and colour photographs on 'natural' gardening in a clear, easy-to-use, month-by-month format, allowing gardeners to find the advice they need instantly, when they need it. This title provides an introduction to the wild plants and creatures for each month, together with seasonal tips, tasks, checklists and detailed plant profiles. It offers easy-to-follow practical projects to create new habitats, such as making a wildlife pond, building a nest box, planning a herb bed, planting a summer meadow, and more.

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Author:   Jackie Bennett
Publisher:   David & Charles
Imprint:   David & Charles
Edition:   UK ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 26.30cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780715338209


ISBN 10:   071533820
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   26 April 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Introduction January - making a bat box February - making and siting nest boxes March - making a wildlife pond April - making and planting a wetland/marsh May - planting a native hedge June - planting walls and rock banks July - establishing a 'no go' area, planning a nectar-rich flower bed 8 August - planning a herb bed or garden September - creating a summer-flowering meadow October - planning and planting a woodland habitat November - starting a compost heap December - choosing a bird table or feeder Appendix 1 - container gardening for wildlife Appendix 2 - garden plans Index

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Jackie Bennett began her career in theatre production before moving into television and writing. She has co-produced several gardening and natural history series, including Channel 4's highly acclaimed Mushroom Magic. She writes regularly for the gardening press, is editor of the Garden Design Journal and a former recipient of a BBC Wildlife Magazine Award for Nature Writing.

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