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The importance of feeding garden birds, especially during winter, can never be underestimated. As many of you may know teasels are a fantastic source of food for one of the garden favourites, goldfinches . But what do you do when the goldfinches have teased out all the seeds from your teasels...

I love photography... Hopefully we'll see some bright, crisp, frosty days soon - ideal for capturing those wintry moments. For me, the great thing about frost is that it can make almost anything beautiful (or at least more interesting than before). Did you know you could see your photographs printed...

The countdown to the Big Garden Birdwatch is on! It’s now just three weeks until it’s time to sit down, perhaps in your favourite chair, and look out your window for just one hour, counting the birds in your garden. So, how can you make the most of your Birdwatch? Just how are you going...

Do you spend the next week eating the left over food from Christmas? Why not give your garden friends some dinner too (a great way to step up and help nature)! But be careful - not everything is suitable for the birds! Ray Kennedy (rspb-images.com) Try Christmas scraps like Christmas cake...

At this time of year, holly gets all the attention. Poor old ivy is very much the poor relation, despite its mention in that well-known Christmas carol... Yes, female holly trees produce beautiful red berries among prickly, glossy leaves. But ivy's just as good a plant for wildlife - probably...

The other day I wrote a blog about "the start of something (that will be) wonderful..." (Click on the words to open the blog post), well I wanted to show you what it is! Over the half term we had our Wacky Wildlife Adventures - the holiday activities for the kids. Well we made this fantastic...

Afternoon everyone! I hope you are all well, on this lovely day. If you have been over to the reserve recently you may have noticed we are revamping the little garden at the front of the visitor centre... It used to look like this (please excuse the bad picture, I couldn't find a better...

Hi, Unsure about choosing the right plants to get a garden that's brimming with bees? This year, if you look at the bulbs in the garden centres you'll see a cheerful bee logo on some packets. With the backing of gardening and wildlife organisations, the Bee Friendly logo - and some other similar...

Add a splash of colour to your garden this weekend by turning your balcony, patio, or window ledge into a miniature garden. Although window boxes , hanging baskets , planters and tubs may not be the largest of areas, you'll find lots of insects more than grateful for your efforts. Just imagine being...

Some flowers in my garden this week. Sarracenia My word these pictures are big... Erm Foxglove. Seaholly.

Hi, Has anyone come across any evidence-based research about the wildlife value of a no-dig approach to gardening? Does the RSPB have an opinion on it? Cheers, D.

As the title states, please could we have a new forum to help promote Wildlife Gardening. There is plenty of information on the internet concerning plants that help wildlife but discussion between members as to their experiences, what works best for them, regional variations, and all the variables concerning...

We're looking to put a border stretching from the rear patio to the chicken pen at the top of the garden, along the fenceline boundary with our neighbours property. It's about 20 feet (6m) long or thereabouts. It faces due East, so gets sun in the morning, but by late morning it will be largely...

I am afraid i cannot recommend a particular product but i know that you can find a few different types of functional barrow here as well as a few slightly unconventional ones here .

Hello, I am an MSc student at Sheffield Hallam University, currently undertaking my dissertation which focuses on the attitudes and perceptions of the general public and other stakeholders towards selected species. The main method of data collection is via a questionnaire, I would greatly appreciate...

Now that the flowers in my garden are starting to fade I'm starting to think ahead to next year and starting to write a "shopping list" of what I'm going to plant up. I've been in this house for just over a year so I've not done a great deal yet but I'm really looking forward...

Hiya! I'm new to the forum and wondered if anyone can offer some advice on weed removal? Just moved into a new build house with a large garden that's currently an empty plot covered in weeds, though it does have some lovely wild flowers growing in there too like poppies etc! We're planning...

Hi Rachel Looking round this forum for first time, and found your garden, wow you have done a great job, it's coming on a treat. Now the trees are getting height it gives the garden a mature look and I like the arch over seat. My neighbour died last year and her son ask me if I would like some...