Giving garden wildlife a spring in their step

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

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

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

Make a splash by adding water to draw wildlife

Spring is a wonderful time on the edible plot – the season stretches in front of us, full of hope, and everything is bursting into life. This, however, includes common garden pests who are springing i