Your guide to green living Simple things you can do to help wildlifeFrom building a bug hotel to creating a garden pond, here are some ideas for things you can do yourself to help wildlife. Action How to create a hedgehog hole Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood. Action How to check your bonfire for hedgehogs We can all take steps to protect hedgehogs on bonfire night. Follow our 4 steps to make sure you keep hedgehogs safe. Action How to build a hedgehog home By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden. Action Do a litter pick or beach clean! Be a wildlife saviour and do a litter pick or beach clean! Action How to plant a tree It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree! Action How to grow a wildlife- friendly vegetable garden Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.… Action Grow wildlife-friendly herbs Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a… Action How to build a swift box Swifts like to leave their nests by dropping into the air from the entrance. This is why they often choose to set up camp in the eaves… Action How to provide water for wildlife All animals need water to survive. By providing a water source in your garden, you can invite in a whole menagerie! Action Change what you eat Buy local produce, eat more plant-based foods and reduce your food miles to shrink your environmental footprint. Action How to help wildlife at work Attracting wildlife to your work will help improve their environment – and yours! Action The best plants for bees and pollinators Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies Action What to feed hedgehogs and badgers Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells. Action How to make a coastal garden Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.… Action How to build a bug mansion Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden. Action How to make a hedge for wildlife Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects. Action How to be an eco-friendly pet owner Caring for a pet is a rewarding experience that doesn't have to cost the earth. Action How to help wildlife at school Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more… Action How to use less plastic Plastic waste and its damaging effect on our seas and natural world has been big news recently. Here's what you can you do about it… Action Change how you travel Reduce your travel emissions Action How to conserve water If we all do our part in saving precious water supplies, we can make a huge difference for the environment. Action How to cut out palm oil – not trees Palm Oil is a cheap, efficient form of vegetable oil, but a lot of species-rich tropical habitat is being destroyed to make way for it… Action Smart souvenir shopping Bringing a piece of your holiday home is a great way of keeping the memories alive – just make sure it’s wildlife-friendly! Action Watch what you wash away Some cosmetics, soaps, washing-up liquids and cleaning products can be harmful to wildlife with long-lasting effects. Action How to compost your waste Instead of sending your green waste to landfill, create your own compost. Action Chemical-free organic gardening Go chemical-free in your garden to help wildlife! Here's how to prevent slugs and insects from eating your plants with wildlife-… Action How to go peat free at home Our homes and gardens have an important role in the fight against climate change. Help preserve vital peatland by going peat free. Action How to make a seed bomb Plant wildflower with seed bombs! Action How to start a wildlife garden from scratch Use the blank canvas of your garden to make a home for wildlife. Action How to make a bee hotel Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch… Action How to create a container garden for wildlife Pots and containers are a great way of introducing wildlife features onto patios, or outside the front door. They are also perfect for… Action How to make a log shelter Log piles are perfect hiding places for insects, providing a convenient buffet for frog, birds, and hedgehogs too! Action How to build a bat box Build your own bat box and give a bat a safe place to roost. Action How to make a woodland edge garden for wildlife Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat! Action How to make a gravel garden for wildlife Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area. Action How to build a bird box With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds. Action How to make a Christmas wreath for birds With food, water and shelter scarce over the winter months, give your garden birds a treat with an edible Christmas wreath. Action How to make a shrub garden for wildlife Woody shrubs and climbers provide food for wildlife, including berries, fruits, seeds, nuts leaves and nectar-rich flowers. So why not… Action How to create a mini pond Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts. Action How to make a bog garden Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat. Action How to provide bushes for nesting birds In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle? Action How to build a mini stone wall Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife. Action How to attract butterflies to your garden Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your… Action How to attract moths and bats to your garden Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden… Action How to feed birds in your garden Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round. Action How to create a vertical garden Gardening doesn’t need to be restricted to the ground - bring your walls to life for wildlife! Many types of plants will thrive in a… Action How to attract bumblebees to your garden The best plants for bumblebees! Bees are important pollinating insects, but they are under threat. You can help them by planting… Action How to grow a wild patch or mini meadow Whether it's a flowerpot, flowerbed, wild patch in your lawn, or entire meadow, planting wildflowers provides vital resources to… Action Change what you eat Buy local produce, eat more plant-based foods and reduce your food miles to shrink your environmental footprint. Action Change how you travel Reduce your travel emissions Action Recycle and reuse Recycle, upcycle - and make do and mend! Production of household waste needs to decrease by 33% by 2037 to reach recommended emissions… Action Climate friendly gardening There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace. Action How to build a pond A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden. Action Contact your MP By writing to your MP or meeting them in person, you can help them to understand more about a local nature issue you care passionately…
Action How to create a hedgehog hole Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.
Action How to check your bonfire for hedgehogs We can all take steps to protect hedgehogs on bonfire night. Follow our 4 steps to make sure you keep hedgehogs safe.
Action How to build a hedgehog home By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.
Action How to plant a tree It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree!
Action How to grow a wildlife- friendly vegetable garden Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.…
Action Grow wildlife-friendly herbs Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a…
Action How to build a swift box Swifts like to leave their nests by dropping into the air from the entrance. This is why they often choose to set up camp in the eaves…
Action How to provide water for wildlife All animals need water to survive. By providing a water source in your garden, you can invite in a whole menagerie!
Action Change what you eat Buy local produce, eat more plant-based foods and reduce your food miles to shrink your environmental footprint.
Action How to help wildlife at work Attracting wildlife to your work will help improve their environment – and yours!
Action The best plants for bees and pollinators Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
Action What to feed hedgehogs and badgers Putting out a bit of food can help see mammals like hedgehogs through colder spells.
Action How to make a coastal garden Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.…
Action How to build a bug mansion Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.
Action How to make a hedge for wildlife Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
Action How to be an eco-friendly pet owner Caring for a pet is a rewarding experience that doesn't have to cost the earth.
Action How to help wildlife at school Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more…
Action How to use less plastic Plastic waste and its damaging effect on our seas and natural world has been big news recently. Here's what you can you do about it…
Action How to conserve water If we all do our part in saving precious water supplies, we can make a huge difference for the environment.
Action How to cut out palm oil – not trees Palm Oil is a cheap, efficient form of vegetable oil, but a lot of species-rich tropical habitat is being destroyed to make way for it…
Action Smart souvenir shopping Bringing a piece of your holiday home is a great way of keeping the memories alive – just make sure it’s wildlife-friendly!
Action Watch what you wash away Some cosmetics, soaps, washing-up liquids and cleaning products can be harmful to wildlife with long-lasting effects.
Action How to compost your waste Instead of sending your green waste to landfill, create your own compost.
Action Chemical-free organic gardening Go chemical-free in your garden to help wildlife! Here's how to prevent slugs and insects from eating your plants with wildlife-…
Action How to go peat free at home Our homes and gardens have an important role in the fight against climate change. Help preserve vital peatland by going peat free.
Action How to start a wildlife garden from scratch Use the blank canvas of your garden to make a home for wildlife.
Action How to make a bee hotel Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch…
Action How to create a container garden for wildlife Pots and containers are a great way of introducing wildlife features onto patios, or outside the front door. They are also perfect for…
Action How to make a log shelter Log piles are perfect hiding places for insects, providing a convenient buffet for frog, birds, and hedgehogs too!
Action How to make a woodland edge garden for wildlife Few of us can contemplate having a wood in our back gardens, but just a few metres is enough to establish this mini-habitat!
Action How to make a gravel garden for wildlife Surfaced spaces needn't exclude wildlife! Gravel can often be the most wildlife-friendly solution for a particular area.
Action How to build a bird box With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.
Action How to make a Christmas wreath for birds With food, water and shelter scarce over the winter months, give your garden birds a treat with an edible Christmas wreath.
Action How to make a shrub garden for wildlife Woody shrubs and climbers provide food for wildlife, including berries, fruits, seeds, nuts leaves and nectar-rich flowers. So why not…
Action How to create a mini pond Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.
Action How to make a bog garden Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.
Action How to provide bushes for nesting birds In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle?
Action How to build a mini stone wall Learn a tradition with its roots in the Iron Age and build your own mini dry stone wall to attract wildlife.
Action How to attract butterflies to your garden Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your…
Action How to attract moths and bats to your garden Plant flowers that release their scent in the evening to attract moths and, ultimately, bats looking for an insect-meal into your garden…
Action How to feed birds in your garden Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round.
Action How to create a vertical garden Gardening doesn’t need to be restricted to the ground - bring your walls to life for wildlife! Many types of plants will thrive in a…
Action How to attract bumblebees to your garden The best plants for bumblebees! Bees are important pollinating insects, but they are under threat. You can help them by planting…
Action How to grow a wild patch or mini meadow Whether it's a flowerpot, flowerbed, wild patch in your lawn, or entire meadow, planting wildflowers provides vital resources to…
Action Change what you eat Buy local produce, eat more plant-based foods and reduce your food miles to shrink your environmental footprint.
Action Recycle and reuse Recycle, upcycle - and make do and mend! Production of household waste needs to decrease by 33% by 2037 to reach recommended emissions…
Action Climate friendly gardening There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.
Action How to build a pond A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
Action Contact your MP By writing to your MP or meeting them in person, you can help them to understand more about a local nature issue you care passionately…
