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Having a garden full of wildlife can really add to its atmosphere and create a sense of serenity. Many people believe it is a challenge to encourage wildlife to venture into your garden, but it’s much easier than you think! Follow these simple steps and your garden will be brimming with life in no time.
Grow the right flowers
Colourful and rich nectar-filled flowers are a great way to encourage insects and other critters to visit your garden. Flowers not only bring well-needed splashes of colour to our gardens but provide nectar, seeds and hiding spots for many small creatures. Furthermore, if you pick your flowers correctly (using a selection of herbaceous, biennial and annual flowering plants) you can have flowers in your garden all year round!
One additional benefit is that insects in your garden will help to pollinate your flowers and make them even more beautiful.
Create a compost heap
Compositing your garden and household waste helps all the plants and wildlife in your garden to thrive. This is because it speeds up the natural recycling of nutrients by harnessing native decomposer organisms. Compost heaps are easy to create, and you can add all your food waste to them instead of sending it to landfill! With each of us generating a staggering half-tonne of rubbish each year, composting is a great way to be more environmentally friendly.
It also improves the soil structure in your garden, helps to increase water retention and provides food for decomposers. Decomposers (such as fungi) specialise in breaking down plant material. They also attract birds and mammals.
Provide food for birds
Birds are some of the most sought-after garden creatures, and getting them to visit your garden is easy! During winter, supplementary food can mean the difference between life and death for many birds, so remembering to lay out some bird feed regularly will definitely encourage visits to your garden.
The best way to provide easily accessible food in your garden is to buy a bird table or bird feeder. Birds enjoy a range of foods, including peanuts, sunflower hearts, seeds, kitchen scraps and fat balls. Interestingly, birds will also eat a range of scraps including potatoes, fruit and pastry! Remember that birds also require a source of fresh drinking water to survive, so it’s worth keeping a small drinking bowl and topping it up regularly.
Add water
An easy way to attract wildlife to your garden is by adding a pond. Ensure that it’s placed somewhere where sunlight can reach it, and that there is at least one sloped side so creatures can easily get out.
Visit Landscape World
We hope we’ve given you some good ideas on how to create the ultimate wildlife-friendly garden! If you’re looking for other ways to spruce up your outdoor space, visit our specialist paving centre in Widnes. We have a range of high-quality paving, walls and circle features available.
Ever heard of the term ‘sensory garden’? This particular type of outdoor space is designed to stimulate the senses through touch, scent, sight, sound and even taste! Perfect for children and adults alike, we’re going to look at some different ways that you can achieve the ultimate sensory environment in your own garden.
Autumn is officially here: the leaves are falling, it’s getting chillier outside and the nights are closing in. This means it’s time to start getting your outdoor space ready for the colder months!
Autumn is one of our favourite times of year here at Landscape World - we just love the colours and textures associated with the season.
We’re going to take you through our top autumnal garden tips to help you revitalise your outdoor space.
1. Embrace colour-changing plants and flowers
Hydrangeas flowers change colour depending on the acidity of the soil, something which you can do yourself using aluminium sulphate (available in most garden centres). From vibrant pinks to bright blues, there are plenty of warm autumnal colours in between for you to pick and choose.
Viburnum opulus (the guelder rose) is another plant that changes colour throughout the year. Its fresh, summer green leaves turn red in autumn, and are accompanied by bunches of bright red, fleshy fruits (great to look at, not to eat!).
2. Make it cosy
In our opinion, cosiness is a key element of autumn. Putting up fairy lights, adding throws and cushions to your outdoor seating and investing in a fire pit are just some simple yet effective ways to add homeliness to your garden
3. Purchase warm-toned paving
Choosing warm-toned paving is a great idea not only in autumn, but all year round! Perfect for complementing autumn flowers and shrubs, it’s incredibly versatile and will add a lovely sense of warmth to your outdoor space.
Here at Landscape World, we recommend our very own Indian Sandstone Paving in Sienna. It contains buff shades with hints of pinks and purples, and is the ideal autumnal paving option. Available to purchase by the metre, you can get as much as you need to fill your garden patio area!
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We hope that you’ve FALL-en for some of our autumn garden ideas! For more inspiration, come and visit our specialist paving in Widnes. Our dedicated team will be happy to advise you on all aspects of paving and garden design.
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