Adrian Thomas outlines the simplest and most effective ways to help accommodate these important guests

Liz has chosen her top varieties that offer food, shelter, or both, to our feathered friends

Position logs randomly around garden borders rather than in neat piles to recreate the way they fall naturally from trees in the wild. You could artfully arrange them around spring-flowering plants or

Make a splash by adding water to draw wildlife

What to plant, grow, prune and buy this month for your great outdoors

Add support to peonies that have, large, heavy flowers such as ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ and ‘Duchesse de Nemours’. Special tapered, cone-shaped supports for peonies are available and can be simply pushed int