Whether you celebrate a big family Christmas, or you just give out a few cards to your friends and neighbours to wish them a happy time, here are some quick tips for a greener Christmas!

Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.

Learn about companion planting, friendly pest control, organic repellents and how wildlife and growing vegetables can go hand in hand.

Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.

Log piles are perfect hiding places for insects, providing a convenient buffet for frog, birds, and hedgehogs too!

Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.

Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.

Instead of sending your green waste to landfill, create your own compost.

Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more creative children.

With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.

Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch them buzz happily about their business.