How to go peat free at home
Our homes and gardens have an important role in the fight against climate change. Help preserve vital peatland by going peat free.
Our homes and gardens have an important role in the fight against climate change. Help preserve vital peatland by going peat free.
Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.
Log piles are perfect hiding places for insects, providing a convenient buffet for frog, birds, and hedgehogs too!
Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
Build your own bat box and give a bat a safe place to roost.
Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.
Plant wildflower with seed bombs!
Gardening doesn’t need to be restricted to the ground - bring your walls to life for wildlife! Many types of plants will thrive in a green wall, from herbs and fruit to grasses and ferns.
Instead of sending your green waste to landfill, create your own compost.
Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.
Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area.
Nestboxes can harbour parasites so it is good practice to take them down at the end of the season and give them a clean. Likewise it is important to keep bird feeders clean to stop the spread of…