ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE FOR NATIONAL Statistics, residential gardens make up nearly 30 per cent of our urban areas and almost five per cent of land use across the UK. With a little thought and a sympathetic approach, even the smallest space can be beneficial to wildlife, particularly in our towns and cities. Provide suitable habitat and the wildlife will come. Even a window box can draw in fascinating pollinating insects, while grass lawns needn’t be manicured like a golf green but can be allowed to flourish like a wildflower meadow.
The key is gentle management and balance while also letting be, and choosing plants and flowers that provide food and shelter for wildlife rather than a splash of colour for ourselves. The natural world does not
