Simple, effective gardening tips on how
to create a wildlife friendly garden.
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Along with the swing towards organic gardening attracting wildlife to gardens has become more appealing to the modern gardener over the last few decades. In many ways the two concepts go together and prove mutually beneficial. Natural pest control depends largely on the beneficial predators having taken up residence in the garden. By creating a wildlife friendly habitat we put down the welcome mat to a whole variety of local fauna and flora.
One of the many helpful gardening tips to keep in mind is that Nectar rich plants play a vital role in the whole process. Why? Nectar is food to so many different insects that are part of a natural food chain. These include the beneficial kind such as Hoverflies, which along with a whole variety of other grubs and flies are in turn food to Birds that are attracted to the garden by the abundance of food that is busily working away for us. |
How are they working for us?
While these insects visit each flower head they not only feed, they also achieve something that is crucial to the continued existence of the plants and flowers in our gardens.
They Pollinate them. Pollination enables the plant to go on to produce seed. These seeds are not only another source of food to birds, but also the plants means to further its existence in following years.
All of this contributes to the maturing of a garden ensuring a mixed and wide variety of food sources
for the local wildlife.
They Pollinate them. Pollination enables the plant to go on to produce seed. These seeds are not only another source of food to birds, but also the plants means to further its existence in following years.
All of this contributes to the maturing of a garden ensuring a mixed and wide variety of food sources
for the local wildlife.
Some may look drab but have very descriptive names
Brown Speckledwood Butterfly
The Brown Speckledwood Butterfly graces many a garden and
is probably not given a second glance by the casual observer
and yet on closer inspection it is a delight to observe.
The same may be true of Hoverflies, Shieldbugs and Laceflies. All have their own beauty and beneficial role to play in the wildlife garden.
