Garden Design to Attract Wildlife

If you’re interested in attracting wildlife to your garden perhaps you’re wondering how you can do it successfully. You may have already tried but not been successful so far. It’s not easy because the garden design needs to be done in such a way that animals, insects and birds are attracted to what’s in it enough to come in. 

Designing your garden to attract wildlife

You see it in other people’s gardens and on TV, so why is it proving so hard? With wildlife you have to give them some incentive to coax them in, after all you’re unlikely to visit anywhere if it’s not particularly habitable or welcoming are you? So it goes for wildlife, so by providing a beautiful living space, where they can forage for food, feed their babies and shelter from predators, you will have turned your garden into a veritable paradise for a wealth of different wildlife local to your area.

Trees

If your garden is big enough, trees are great for attracting birds and other wildlife to your garden. Trees are also incredibly beautiful so as well as providing a shelter, resting place or living area for many different types of birds, animals and insects, you’ll also be adding calm and peace to your garden. Trees native to where you live are best, this could be anything from oak, blackthorn, willow or alder. 

Butterflies

If you love butterflies then you’ll be wanting to do all you can to attract them into your garden, and who can blame you? Butterflies are beautiful, delicate and so fascinating to watch as they go from flower to flower. And flowers are key here, you want to go for flowers that will attract butterflies such as scabious and verbanas as well as cottage garden flowers like foxgloves, hollyhock, wisteria and catmint. 

Climbing Plants

these are a practical way of covering walls or fences and make an attractive alternative to bare walls. Walls and fences can also provide some great roosting and nesting sites for birds and provide a tasty little haven for some small animals, even insects! You could also go for plants that attract bees, those with nectar, and go for some evergreen climbing plants such as ivy.

Hedges

Finally any hedges are always a great place for wildlife as it provides shelter, food and a place to live for many small animals, birds and insects. Berries are a great way to attract wildlife so berry bushes are a brilliant idea. Have a chat with your local garden centre where there’s bound to be someone who can advise on the right one. 

Speak to the Garden Design Experts

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