Cage & Aviary Birds

Aviary plants to feast your eyes – and your birds

OUTSIDE aviaries can become a really prominent feature in the garden, especially if plants are used in and around the flight. As well as helping with the general aesthetics and softening the hard lines of an aviary structure, the right choice of plants will offer the aviary inmates potential nesting sites and nesting material, and even attract a potential food source.

Insects are drawn to a wide variety of plants

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