How to make a mini wildlife pond - the easy way

Make a small pond to attract wildlife to your garden. It takes one afternoon and costs less than £25. This pond will fit in any garden, however small.

What's eating my viburnum and what can I do?

If you have a viburnum with leaves full of holes, this is the most likely culprit! The viburnum beetle. But what can you do about it? Well I may have identified their weakness...

Cutting back perennials - what do you do with the bits you cut off?

As winter turns to spring, perennial plants start to produce new growth, which means it's time to cut down what's left of last year's dead stems and seed heads. But what do you do with them all? 

6 ways to reduce your garden's impact on the environment

How do you make your garden more sustainable? How can your garden help you lead a low carbon lifestyle? Is my garden as environmentally friendly as it could be? I've been trying to find out...

The cheapest and simplest way to make a bug hotel for your garden



Bug Hotel - cheap and easy to make

Gardeners have an important role to play in helping bees and other insects survive. There are lots of ways to help them. This weekend, why not get your kids to help you make a bug hotel, using whatever is lying around. You don't need to spend any money, and you don't even need to use a hammer, or a single nail. And you'll be helping to protect all sorts of species of bee and other insects by giving them somewhere to live.

Design for a wildlife garden

However big or small your garden, there are some simple steps you can take to make it more wildlife friendly. This garden design has lots of ideas you can use to attract more wildlife to your garden.  

Attract hedgehogs to your garden: Make a hedgehog house from recycled garden waste

Attract hedgehogs to your garden or allotment and they'll help you control slugs and other pests. Build them a cosy home and they're more likely to hang around your plot. Here's how to make a low-cost home for hedgehogs from an old water butt and a planter...

Six on Saturday - Waiting in the garden

Gardens have a habit of keeping you in suspense. Here are six things I'm waiting for in my garden right now...

7 easy ways to attract wildlife into your garden - A Guest Blog for The Handy Mano

I'm delighted to share with you a guest post I have written for The Handy Mano blog. The Handy Mano has a collection of ideas and tips for inside and outside the home. You can read my tips for helping wildlife thrive in your garden here.

Cheap and easy ways to help pollinating insects in your garden: ideas from the RHS Cardiff Show

Betsy the Bee

What can you do to attract pollinating insects and other wildlife into your garden?