The Wildlife Garden

With the erosion of native wildlife habitats, gardens increasingly provide an invaluable source of food and shelter for Britain's fauna and flora. The Wildlife Garden is the essential guide to attracting birds to your bushes, butterflies to your buddleia and a whole array of other creatures into your garden - even if you only have a window box. Whether you just want to make an existing family space more wildlife friendly or go the whole hedgehog and turn your back garden into a mini nature reserve The Wildlife Garden will show you how to do it. There is full information on what plants are best for wildlife, on how to make refuges for insects and homes for bats, on making a pool for frogs, all whilst adding scent and colour to your surroundings.

The Wildlife Garden is an essential guide to attracting birds to your bushes and butterflies to your buddleia. Packed full of useful hints and tips this book is a must for all our . . . readers with budding green fingers.

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Make your garden a haven for wildlife, and for you and your family.

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John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and 'Britain's finest living nature writer' (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston, The Running Hare and The Wood. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally.

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Make your garden a haven for wildlife

With the erosion of native wildlife habitats, gardens increasingly provide an invaluable source of food and shelter for Britain s fauna and flora. Discover how to attract bees to your borders, birds to your bushes, butterflies to your buddleia and a whole array of other creatures even if you only have a window box.

Find out what plants are best for wildlife, how to make refuges for insects, homes for bats and a pool for frogs, all while adding scent and colour to your surroundings and getting the children involved.

· Ten Wildlife Garden Commandments
· Step-by-step plan for your garden
· Create a nectar-rich flower garden in a pot
· Make a green roof for your shed or garage

John Lewis-Stempel made his first wildlife garden when he was seven. In 2012 he received a Society of Authors Foundation Award for his writings on nature. As well as keeping a wildlife garden, he runs an organic farm.

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Make your garden a haven for wildlife, and for you and your family.