The Lush Wildlife Gardening Service

07/01/2023

02/03/2020

You may think it's a bit early to be thinking about sowing seeds for your wildlife garden but not where the primulas are concerned! Find out more on this page on the Wildlife Gardening Website

07/07/2019

Hot weather help for hedgehogs...

Could we ask you all to share this please - let's get lots of water out there for thirsty hedgehogs tonight 💧💧🦔

12/06/2019

A beautiful flower meadow alive with colour and bees!

01/06/2019

'We're helping turn our famous trimmed green lawns into riots of colour with buttercups, daises and dandelions,' say campaigners

29/05/2019

Interesting method if you are drawn to re-wilding your garden

Do you dream of a mini-forest in your backyard? What would you need? A minimum of 100 sq. m. plot. You get a forest at the lowest possible cost- for you and for nature. Give it eight months after planting the saplings, the forest will become so dense that it blocks sunlight from touching the ground....

28/05/2019

Time to spot spittle bugs

Scientists want thousands of volunteers to help record sightings of "spittle" and spittlebugs across the UK.

23/05/2019

This applies to gardens too.
Generally the more edges between different habitat i.e.bushes and flower meadow area, water and plants up to the water's edge, and the more use of air space by filling with trees, climbers etc, the more wildlife friendly your garden will be.

Why are so many species on the brink of extinction? Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words...