How To Make A Wildlife Garden

In this revised and updated version of the classic How to Make a Wildlife Garden, professional environmentalist Chris Baines shows how you can transform your garden into a rich wildlife haven.

PART 1 Why Make a Wildlife Garden?

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Why wildlife?

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The importance of nature in people's lives

A review of the state of wildlife in Britain -- countryside habitat loss and the scope for nature conservation in towns

A special role for gardens

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Huge acreages of land which could be better for wildlife

A chance to do something yourself

Gardens as a super-boosted habitat

Wildlife on the doorstep, where you can study it and enjoy it

Planning the garden as a habitat for you and your wildlife

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How to design a garden

Making yourself comfortable

The garden as a `woodland glade'

Starting from scratch, or adapting an established garden

Transition from cottage garden (close to the house) to captive countryside

Your own mini-wildlife sanctuary

PART 2 Creating New Habitats

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Shrubberies -- the woodland edge habitat

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Enclosure for the `woodland glade'

Creating canopies

The importance of native species

Deadwood and decay -- the vital ingredients

Woodland wildflowers and climbers

Habitat for songbirds, butterflies, beetles and hedgehogs

Hedgerows and climber-covered screens

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Slimline woodland edge

Clipped and country style hedgerows

Nesting habitat, blossom and fruit

Climbers for the tiniest garden

Flowers of the hedge bottom

Hedgerows as the wildlife corridors of the garden

Live-in lawns and wildflowers meadows

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Meadows as a complete habitat, and a part of our fantasy world

Mowing patterns to provide wildflowers

Meadows from seed

Suitable wildflowers for different meadows

Garden ponds and other `wetlands'

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Ponds as a focus for the wildlife garden

Siting wetlands

Methods of construction

Introducing natural inhabitants

Marshes and bogs

Frogs and newts and dragonflies

PART 3 Supplementing the Habitats

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Cottage garden service station

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Attracting passing trade

Plants for nectar, pollen and seed

Extending the season

Being a little less tidy

Keeping the butterflies happy

Fruit and vegetables and wildlife

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Growing food in the wildlife garden

Companion planting -- flowers among the veg

Avoiding the use of chemicals

Encouraging nature's predators -- the natural pesticide squad

Artificial habitat boosters

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Birdtables -- where to put them, how to stock them

Likely visitors to the feeding station

Nestboxes

How to make them, where to put them, offering a choice

Hibernation-habitat for hedgehogs

Walls and hedge banks for mini-beasts

The incredible compost heap

Propagating native plants

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Never disturb wild plants

Buying with caution -- the importance of native stock

Seed from the wild -- where and when to collect

Preparing for germination

Stratification -- the natural delay mechanism

Cuttings and layerings

Passing spare plants on to friends

A rich tapestry of wildlife

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Interconnections among the wildlife in your garden

Who is eating who

Mixing the habitats

Examples of complex life cycles

Unexpected arrivals

Studying garden wildlife

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Enjoyment first

Close observation on the doorstep

Keeping a diary

Simple ideas for closer study

Night-time wildlife

Over the garden wall

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Preparing a neighbourhood habitat map

Taking a broader view

Tracing your wildlife visitors back to base

Saving wild places for nature

Influencing the local council

Protecting wildlife for future generations

Useful addresses

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Index

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How To Make A Wildlife Garden

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