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All the tips and tricks you need to get started with growing food for you and wildlife.
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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.
Coronation Gardens
Welcome to Coronation Gardens for food and nature! If you’d like to grow your own carrots or strawberries to save money on your weekly food shop and relax in nature among the butterflies and birds in your back yard, we’d love you to get involved.
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…
Duke of Burgundy
This beautiful orange and brown butterfly is now a rare sight in the UK
About Us
Find out more about Coronation Gardens or Food and Nature, and the partners involved: The Wildlife Trusts, The Women's Institute, Incredible Edible and Garden Organic.
Food for nature
Get tips on making your green space even more wildlife friendly, from long grass to log piles, bird food to flowers.
Berries
Berries are small juicy sweet or sour, eaten fresh or used in baking and desserts. These include strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries, cranberries and lingonberries.
Go chemical free
Avoid using pesticides, weed killers and other chemicals in your garden. You'll see more wildlife and help protect our struggling insect populations.