Providing shelter You can provide shelter for small animals in your garden by adding natural habitat features like log piles, dense plants, and rockeries, or by installing purpose-built structures such as nest boxes, bug hotels, and small animal houses. Natural Habitat Features Encouraging natural habitats is a simple and effective way to provide shelter. Leave a ‘wild’ area: Allow a […]
Providing water Water is important for attracting wildlife to your garden because it provides essential resources for drinking, bathing, and breeding, while also creating a habitat for diverse species. A reliable water source attracts not only birds and mammals but also crucial wildlife like beneficial insects (bees, butterflies, dragonflies) and amphibians (frogs). Providing water is
Embrace the untidy To attract wildlife, embrace a ‘messy’ garden by leaving leaf litter, building log piles, and keeping dead stems, which provide vital shelter and food for insects, birds, and frogs. Avoid excessive cleaning, retain old trees, and create diverse, dense, multi-layered planting to support local fauna year-round. This provides habitat for small animals, and
To attract pollinators to your garden, provide a continuous supply of food, a reliable water source, shelter for nesting and resting, and, crucially, avoid the use of pesticides. Provide Food Plant Native Species: Native plants are best as local pollinators have evolved with them and are adapted to their pollen and nectar sources. Ensure Continuous Blooms: Select
To attract pollinators to your garden, provide a continuous supply of food, a reliable water source, shelter for nesting and resting, and crucially, avoid the use of pesticides. Provide Food Plant Native Species: Native plants are best as local pollinators have evolved with them and are adapted to their pollen and nectar sources. Ensure Continuous Blooms: Select a
To create a frog-friendly garden focus on providing a cool, moist, and protected habitat with a permanent, clean water source, native plants, and shelter, while avoiding chemicals and predators. Key Components A safe water source (pond): This is essential for breeding and hydration. Location: Choose a spot that gets morning sun but is shaded during the hottest part of
Choosing your water source Whether it’s an inner city balcony, a suburban yard or a rural garden, adding a water source to your home is a simple but effective way that you can help local native birds and wildlife year round. You don’t need to buy a fancy bird bath, either – everyday household items
Flies are a crucial and often overlooked group of pollinators, considered second only to bees in importance. They visit flowers to feed on nectar and pollen, inadvertently transferring pollen on the many hairs on their bodies. They are essential for the pollination of numerous plants, including many food crops such as avocados, mangoes, berries, carrots, and
Traditional manicured lawns are often referred to as “ecological deserts” because they offer very little support for the complex web of life typically found in natural landscapes. Key Reasons for Low Biodiversity Monocultures: Most lawns consist of only one or two non-native grass species. This lacks the plant diversity required to support a variety of insects and
Grevilleas that tolerate shade: Grevillea oleoides: This species is known for being shade tolerant and flowering in limited sunlight, making it a good option for shady spots. Grevillea sericea: Another shade tolerant species that can perform well with less sun. Grevillea sherissii: Also listed as a grevillea that does well in light shade. Grevillea rhyolitica:
Improving the condition of your soil before you plant will increase the range of plants you are able to grow, and give clay loving plants a better start in life. Add mulch as often as possible and add a little sandy loam or garden mixture into the holes when you plant. Brachyscome (cut-leaf daisy) and