Lots has happened in the last year.  There are more How to" guides, and a lot more plants within the wildflowers. There is a major section on birds. completing the cover of garden vertebrates.

 

Most significantly we are converting the whole site to run as a secure "https" website that will make it easier to find through search engines.  This is a significant job since internal links have to be revised, but it should be finished by the end of the month.  Please bear with us in the meantime.

 

 

A major new section giving detailed practical advice is now in place.  Our 38 (so far) "How to" guides give clear and printable advice for all kinds of garden projects.

 

The pages on native wildflowers are completed, and we have a new section on the woody plants, with pages about trees, hedge plants and climbers.  We will continue to add species to the plants list - it's hard to know where to stop! - and will be adding information about the more wildlife-friendly horticultural plants.

    

The next major section to appear will be on garden birds, which will be available in the near future on the Vertebrates tab within Garden Wildlife.

  

 

Lots more additions.  There is a new section within Garden Science dealing with myths about wildlife gardening and a large and still developing section covering the wild plants and fungi found in our gardens, many of which are attractive and well worth you introducing if they aren't already there - check out our pages on "gatecrashers" - weeds to the tidy gardener.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We want to make the site a source for all relevant evidence-based information about gardens, people and biodiversity, and fill the gaps which the many other websites about garden wildlife tend not to cover.  Indeed, where other sites cover subjects extremely well, such as for birds, we will not prioritise these topics until others are covered.  Consequently, we are concentrating on the scientific evidence behind garden biodiversity, the evidence about garden management for biodiversity, and information relevant to education, human health training, planning and new build housing.  Few websites cover the less attractive invertebrates and native plants well, so these are also priorities.

 

The material is presented here at three levels.  For some big topics such as garden biodiversity there is an introductory page which summarises what lies beneath. The main pages reached through the menus present a basic and uncomplicated summary of what is known on the subject.  In many cases however we have created downloadable pdf files which provide considerably more information for those people who are interested.  These documents contain proper references to sources such as scientific papers.

 

There will be new pages appearing on a regular basis on science and garden wildlife.  As new pages are created, they will appear in the main menu, and we will flag their appearance here and on the front page.

 

• Garden Science
  • Introduction to Garden Science
  • Garden Ecology
    • Introduction to Garden Ecology
    • Gardens as a resource
    • Physical environment
    • Foodwebs and feeding roles
    • Climate change
    • Sheffield BUGS project
    • Plants for Bugs Project
    • Research needs
    • Garden surveys
    • Garden soils
  • Garden Biodiversity
    • Introduction to Garden Biodiversity
    • How many species in gardens?
    • Native and non-native issues
    • Gardens and conservation
  • History of gardens and wildlife
  • Finding out more
    • Introduction to Finding out more
    • Natural England booklets
    • Books and websites
    • Specialist societies
    • Scientific literature
    • Facebook groups
  • Wildlife Gardening Myths
• Wildlife
• Wild plants
• Advice - How to..
  • Introduction
  • "How to" guides
    • Introduction
    • Adapt your garden
    • Help wildlife groups
    • Work with plants
    • Make habitats
    • Garden sustainability
    • Garden with others
    • Tips for yourself
  • Garden Habitats
    • Introduction to garden habitats
    • Water habitats
      • Water and pond ecology
      • Ponds and conservation
      • Creating garden ponds
      • Planting-up ponds
      • Managing ponds
    • Hugelkultur
  • Plants and planting
    • Planting: basic principles
    • Native or non-native?
    • Planting for structure
    • Planting for pollinators
    • Planting for herbivores
    • Plants to avoid
    • Companion planting
  • Garden management
    • Introduction
    • Garden design
    • Compost and fertility
    • Managing pests and diseases
    • Gardening without peat
    • Garden products
    • Tidiness and wildlife
• Public Benefits
  • Introduction
  • Gardens and people
    • Introduction
    • Attitude Survey 2020
    • Wildlife gardens and Education 
      • Introduction
      • Education resources
      • Education evidence
      • Case studies
      • School grounds
      • Forest School
  • Urban gardens
    • Introduction
  • Garden businesses
    • Introduction 
    • Business grounds
      • Saïd School
      • Cemex factory

 

Lots has happened in the last year.  There are more "How to" guides, and a lot more plants within the wildflowers. There is a major section on birds. completing the cover of garden vertebrates.