#WildlifeGardens
Some garden transformations are beautiful.
This one is necessary.

Love Your Garden 2015 episode 3 creates a wildlife sanctuary for a teen whose life revolves around nature — and finally gives him a space that gives back.

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#WildlifeGardens #TherapeuticDesign
Love Your Garden 2015 episode 3 - LeafCast
Love Your Garden 2015 episode 3 is taking a neglected suburban plot in Hull and converting it into a thriving wildlife sanctuary
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January 27, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Our first episode, Milkweed, is live! We dive into milkweeds, their wildlife connections, Indigenous uses, foraging, recipes, and how to grow them. Listen now on Spotify, iHeart, Amazon & Apple Podcasts.

#nativeplants #wildlifegardens #pollinatorgardens #ecogardening #podcast #newpodcastalert
August 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Another day at the green oasis - slowed down to half speed for a better appreciation of the wild pond and all who sail in her.
To attract Greenfinches plant a Field Maple tree. They are easy to grow and will proliferate in the local hedgerows, as their seeds spread.
#ukbirds #rewild #wildlifegardens
July 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Happiness is a Scotch Thistle
And we have lots of them at Pond Cottage so we should be very happy (when we’re not reading headlines)
And the bees certainly are!
#pollinators #wildlifegardens #scottishgardenscheme
July 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Our second episode will be on Elderberries: genus Sambucus. I'm doing the research now, and would be happy for any insights or articles you care to share. I have lots of material, but I could read more! Niladri is editing episode 1.

#nativeplants #podcast #ecologicallandscaping #wildlifegardens
July 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I love milkweeds. I'm sure that will come through in our Asclepias episode. There's so much to say about a plant genus as interesting in and of itself as milkweed, with myriad wildlife and human connections.

#podcasting #nativeplants #grownative #wildlifegardens #ecoligicalgardening #wildfood.
The common Milkweeds of #ecoregion59! Butterfly Milkweed is the best behaved, and does best in sandy, dry soil. Swamp and Common Milkweeds do best in a wet to medium-dry meadow, where they can spread. There are less-common forest milkweeds too.

#nativeplants #bloomscrolling
July 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Roesel's Bush Cricket in my 1st rec for my Coastal Whitstable Garden. Apparently this fully winged form diluta is seen in hot summers. #wildlifegardens #UKinsects #bushcrickets @kentfieldclub.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For my very first post on Bluesky here's a photo of a favourite grass, the beautiful pink-tinged Hordeum jubatum, back-lit by evening sun. #gardens #gardeningcommunity #ornamentalgrasses #wildlifegardens
June 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Meanwhile, at the oasis, a Goldfinch comes down to drink...

I can't remember a May where standing water has been such a scarce resource, for so many weeks....
#WaterforWildlife

🌿 #ukwildlife #birds #wildlifegardens
May 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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May 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Started a spreadsheet last year based on #BiodiversityIreland #Redlist species of Macro Moths & Butterflies for Ireland.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Includes larval host plant species for anyone wondering what plants they could be growing/encouraging in their #WildlifeGardens
Redlist Moths & Butterflies aggregate SHARE 2025.04
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April 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
My white flowering currant is alive with bees. At 8pm it was still buzzing with huge queen bumblebees and much smaller, black female hairy footed flower bees. Such a good shrub for wildlife. #bees #wildlifegardens
April 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Today on Habitat Gardening, I will talk about the issue of “bully birds” in the garden.
Come and join us, and share your experiences. I would love to hear about your wildlife-friendly garden. 🌺🦜🦜
The Habitat Gardening wildlife-friendly gardening show is live in about an hour (9.30am AEDT Melb/Syd) on YouTube and Facebook. Come and tell us about your garden, or ask a question! thebirdemergency.com/YouTube
February 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Another Song Thrush comes in to bathe.
Such beautiful birds.
Fieldfare; Redwing; Blackbird; Song Thrush - all coming to bathe regularly at the weedy pond..
Oh, for a Darkling Mistle Thrush but maybe that's being greedy.
#songthrush #birds #wildlifegardens #wildlifeponds #ukwildlife🌿
January 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Determined bather awards 2024 (1)

Small bird category - Robin; Greenfinch; Chaffinch
Please repost for largest number of votes...

#ukbirding #birds #ukwildlife #wildlifegardens #wildswimming
December 12, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Winter light on the Teasels

#teasels #wildlifegardens
December 10, 2024 at 10:32 AM
What's for tea Ma? the wrenlets asked.
Fresh, Long Leg salad, said Jenny.
Oh no, not again, said the young trogs......

#wrens #birds #wildlifeuk #wildlifephotography #wildlifegardens
December 9, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Nature (I’m in the UK)needs highways to pass from garden to garden,to get food,reach shelter & reach each other.They don’t have to be huge,just enough wriggle-room.Here’s us cutting our wire fence to allow easier access to our wildlife garden for badgers,hedgehogs & foxes. #wildlifegardens #gardener
August 30, 2023 at 4:57 AM
Visiting a dear friend today. Taking her seed heads & grasses from the wildlife garden. #gardening #gardening #wildlifegardens 💚
August 26, 2023 at 7:18 AM