Have you got your landscaping eye on a tree in the garden but you’ve been hesitating on where to go with it? Well may I introduce the practice of Spear Coppicing to you? If you’re handy with a saw & ladder, it’s a way to turn a tree into a prominent wildlife feature, and cut…
Grasslands and Meadows support a wide array of wildlife & plant-life, and in the UK the priority for habitat conservation attention is associated more with grasslands than with any other UK habitat type. Waxcap fungi, alongside some Pinkgills, Club, & Coral fungi, and Earth-tongue fungi, form a group of mushrooms that thrive merrily within types…
When we hear of wildlife conservation and habitat management, I am sure most of us envision lush green forests & grasslands with their associated fauna ambling about. And this is often the case, these habitats are frequently found in nature and offer many great resources for many species to then settle into these areas. However…
Are you looking to begin another project in the garden for the sake of wildlife? Or instead are you perhaps looking to defend your garden from the pests that munch on your flowers and crops? Prepare to celebrate then, for you’re about to hit two birds with one stone! As is implied by the featuring…
A flowers born to the wild, a Wildflower. It is dissociated from the common term “flower” due to one differing characteristic, and that is that they grow without deliberate human help (i.e. sowing or cultivating). In this sense, any flower may be a Wildflower if it’s seeds has found their way into a suitable habitat…
I like to think that it’s a long-established rule that we all try to avoid creating holes in any living being, to which I personally put people at the top of the list. And that’s generally a trustable rule-of-thumb when working with nature as well, since I have a reasonable confidence that most of everything…
A corridor for wildlife is not the same as a corridor for Humans. It’s implied in the name but there’s a meaning to be found within the details, so let’s do that. A ‘Wildlife Corridor’ is a connecting portion of habitat (and geographic ranges) that allows the wildlife to avoid human activities & structures yet…
For both wildlife and vegetation the privilege of being able to access water is one of the foremost struggles that follows them their entire lives. In Conservation practices, it is seen that a healthy ecosystem/habitat will generally support wildlife, but the type of habitat depends on the availability of water. For example; An abundance of…
The edges of your green spaces (i.e. your garden, your habitat) are almost as useful as the entire green space itself! An “edge” is slightly different than what you are possibly thinking, as it’s not exactly the actual sides and/or ends of your garden, but actually when one habitat type meets another. A particularly distinct…
Coppicing: a conservation approach to that removes most of the above-ground tree This approach is to manage your trees from over-shadowing the plants beneath it, giving the smaller flora a chance to grow & flourish, whilst developing the ideal leafy canopy to support a wildlife & plant-life alike. How does coppicing work? Trees respond to…
