Wildlife Garden

This book is aimed at children.  An essential part of any good gardener is to know about the wildlife and how it works in a garden – this book helps give them lots of guidance about nature and many projects for them to help improve the amount of wildlife in their garden so that they can observe and learn.  Our children love to carry out some of these projects – some times more than once just for the fun

It also has details on life circles and offers references for some of the more common wildlife in a garden and plants.  As an adult you will enjoy this book – you may even pick up some tips of your own  Some of the projects do not require a garden as they can be carried out in window boxes or similar. 

So go on see how much wildlife you can encourage, it’s not all about planting but observing too.

Contents:

Foreword
Why be a wildlife gardener?
Your garden is a habitat
Section 1: The basics
Top 10: Start-up plants
Make it: Pond life
Watch it: Your seasonal wildlife garden
Grow it: Plant a tree
Grow it: A wildlife hedge
Make it: Carry on composting
Grow it: Smiley sunflowers
Grow it: A mini nature reserve
Watch it: Keep a nature diary
Section 2: Animals and activities
Top 10: Plants for butterflies
Make it: Butterfly house
Make it: Moth catcher
Top 10: Plants for bees
Make it: Bee hotel
Make it: Ladybird sanctuary
Make it: Stag beetle bucket
Make it: Spider-web catcher
Make it: Wormery
Make it: Snail racetrack
Watch it: Pond dipping
Top 10: Water plants
Make it: Frog and toad home
Make it: Newt pyramid rockery
Make it: Owl nesting boot
Make it: Bird feeder
Make it: Bathroom for birds
Make it: Flowerpot bird house
Watch it: Hide and seek
Watch it: Small mammals detector
Make it: Night visitors tracker
Top 10: Night-scented plants
Grow it: Bats’ bog garden
Glossary and Index
Acknowledgements

Publisher Details:

Dorling Kindersley Limited
ISBN 978-1-40533-435-8