Description
Book SynopsisRHS Companion to Wildlife Gardening is the perennial and comprehensive guide to the art of wildlife gardening. Fully revised and updated by the author, this beautiful new edition is freshly illustrated and it highlights the changes in garden wildlife over the past 35 years.
Trade Review‘As ever this book remains relevant, useful and engaging…and it should be on the bookshelf of every gardener’
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Table of ContentsPART 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
