Table of Contents

PART I
WHY MAKE A WILDLIFE GARDEN?
WHY WILDLIFE?
A SPECIAL ROLE FOR GARDENS
PLANNING THE GARDEN AS A HABITAT FOR YOU AND YOUR WILDLIFE
PART I I
CREATING NEW HABITATS
THE WOODLAND EDGE HABITAT
HEDGEROWS AND CLIMBERCOVERED SCREENS
LIVE-IN LAWNS AND WILDFLOWER MEADOWS
GARDEN PONDS AND OTHER ‘WETLANDS’
PART I I I
SUPPLEMENTING THE HABITATS
COTTAGE GARDEN SERVICE STATION
A WILD KITCHEN GARDEN
BOOSTING WILDLIFE HABITATS
PROPAGATING NATIVE PLANTS
A RICH TAPESTRY OF WILDLIFE
STUDYING GARDEN WILDLIFE
OVER THE GARDEN WALL
PART IV
USEFUL ADDRESSES
INDEXES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PICTURE CREDITS

About the Author

Chris Baines is an award-winning writer and broadcaster and one of the UK's leading environmental campaigners. He writes popular monthly columns for both BBC Wildlife and BBC Gardeners' World magazines. He also worked as a landscape and sustainability adviser on the Millennium Dome project.

Reviews

‘As ever this book remains relevant, useful and engaging…and it should be on the bookshelf of every gardener’
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