Gardening to save the world
Clare Gibbs, principal ecologist at Surrey Wildlife Trust, shares her passion for wildlife gardening, how it is pivotal to reviving biodiversity and her 5 top tips for how you can help.
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Chwilio
Large yellow underwing
Found almost everywhere, the large yellow underwing is a night-flying moth that is often attracted to lights. It is brown with orangey-yellow hindwings.
Yellow-tail
This snowy white moth is easily mistaken for the similar brown-tail, until it lifts its abdomen to reveal a burst of golden-yellow.
Crepes Suzette with a Maple and Orange Butterscotch Sauce and Madagascan Vanilla Ice
Crepes Suzette with a Maple and Orange Butterscotch Sauce and Madagascan Vanilla Ice
Vapourer
The mohawk-sporting caterpillar of this moth is often seen on shrubs and trees in late summer. As adults the orange-brown males fly by day, but the flightless females don't stray far from…
Cinnamon French Crepes with Vanilla Mascarpone Cream, Seasonal Fresh Berries and Maple Syrup
Cinnamon French Crepes with Vanilla Mascarpone Cream, Seasonal Fresh Berries and Maple Syrup
Getting started
All the tips and tricks you need to get started with growing food for you and wildlife.
15 reasons to plant a fruit tree
Celebrate Apple Day this October by bringing food and wildlife habitats to your garden with one amazing plant, writes Alice Whitehead from Garden Organic
Water for your garden
Our top tips for providing water for wildlife, as well as making your water go further.
Go chemical and peat free
Avoid using pesticides, weedkillers and peat in your gardening. You'll help wildlife at home and in the wider environment.
How to build a pond
A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
Arable fields
Most arable fields are large, featureless monocultures devoid of wildlife, but here and there are smaller fields and tucked away corners that are farmed less intensively, or are managed…