There’s something very relaxing about watching a bee busying about its work on a warm summer’s day… the gentle buzz as it meanders from bloom to bloom. However, there’s more at play here than just gar

Around 35 years ago, I walked into Barnsdale Gardens as a trained but young gardener who probably thought he knew more than he really did! Anyway, that day changed everything for me. My new boss was G

HOW CAN I ATTRACT MORE WILDLIFE? ‘Native plants in ...

Make a simple box around 20cm deep, or cut the top off a plastic squash bottle and use the remaining bottom, applying masking tape to cover the sharp cut edge. Add a hole at the back to fix it to a sh

Give your pond a spruce up before frogs start spawning and aquatic insects such as pond skaters return. Remove duckweed and algae, leaving it beside the pond for a few hours so invertebrates can crawl

Creating a water source is one of the best things you can do for wildlife in your garden, writes Garden Organic’s Chris Collins