A Wildlife Garden

A garden, for those lucky enough to have one and enjoy it, is a wonderful place. Even in the most formal garden, wildlife will abound, if not immediately in the main body of the garden then it will thrive in secret corners and unexpected places, giving sudden pleasure when it is found.

Most folk who have gardens love flowers, I also love flowers in our garden, however they are chosen with care, so that not only will their beauty shine forth and give pleasure but also each flower must be attractive to the wild life within or visiting the garden. Every plant introduced to our garden over the last thirty years has been with wildlife in mind.

I have kept a log of birds in our garden since we moved in, so far we have had visits from sixty-two varieties, actually in the garden. Four different varieties have been spotted in the field at the end of the garden, four others have been seen flying over the garden and if I include the river down the lane then there are another four to be counted.

There is so much joy to be had from a wildlife garden, once you start looking there are more creatures to be found than could ever be imagined, insects are so many and varied, beetles are so useful in the garden and many of them are so beautiful.

I have decided to make wildlife gardens the subject of my next few blogs, there is so much to write about them.