Making room for wildlife.

In the past fifty years, the countryside has changed dramatically with the destruction of much of our ancient woodlands, meadows and wetlands. We can`t replace these losses but we can help wildlife in our gardens and also enjoy watching it at the same time. Individual gardens may be small but together they form a living landscape, Linking urban green spaces with nature reserves and our wider countryside. I want to try and encourage people to get out into their individual gardens and rethink what they are planting. Making our fifteen million gardens wildlife-friendly will help the plants and animals that make the UK so special, and ensure that they are there for future generations. Wildlife gardening is about creating places for animals and plants to thrive alongside people. This is something that i have tried to achieve at my wildlife garden that i have created at the chawson barn as previously spoken about in a previous blog. You can practise it on a large or small scale depending on the area you have to work with. Wildlife gardening brings life to your gardens. Small ponds and meadows are easy to create and quickly become focal points. Being wildlife-friendly also means using fewer chemicals, including ant powder and slug pellets. This will then save you money and also helping the environment. Together we can create bio-diversity, This is a big word but while i was out recruiting the other night i asked people that i spoke to if they new what it meant. Know one did but when i explained that all it mean`s is the number of different species living in anyone given area everyone understood.