Instead of simply transforming your garden so that it looks great and gives you the perfect place to sit and enjoy the outdoors when the weather is good, why not transform it so that its a great place for nature too?
No matter how good your garden looks, it can always be enhanced by the beauty of birds, bees and other cute critters and the kids will get so much more out of the garden when they can watch nature and learn about the world around them.
Sound good? Here are a few things you can do to transform your garden into a haven for wildlife:
Plant a Mini Wildflower Meadow
One of the best things you can do if you want your garden to look beautiful and attract wildlife is to plant a mini flower meadow. It will brighten up your garden with a veritable cornucopia of beautiful, delicate colors and it will have the birds, bees, caterpillars, frogs, and butterflies, amongst others, flocking to them for your enjoyment.
Install Bird Boxes, Bird Feeders, and a Bird Bath
If you’re particularly fond of our feathered friends, then the simplest way to encourage then to come on over and brighten up the garden is by putting out a range of bird food in feeders and by buying or making your own bird boxes where they can make their home, as well as checking out the best bird bath fountains and adding one to your lawn. These will cover the basics of food, water, and shelter that the birds need to thrive and they will love your garden for providing it. If you want to get the kids more involved in nature, put up cameras that they can watch on their tablets too. They’ll love the birds’ antics.
Leave Lots of Foliage
If you want wildlife to feel safe in your garden, it’s a good idea to have lots of dense foliage that they can hide behind/under as well as hedges that they can disappear into. Ideally, this should be located near to sources of food such as seeds, berries, nuts, and cones, so when you’re working out where to plant what, bear in mind the proximity of food to shelter.
Variety
Speaking of planting it’s important that you provide a variety of different plants and food sources as possible if you want to attract as many different animals as possible. Not only that, but you should choose native species where possible because they are what native wildlife will prefer, and you should aim to have a range of plants that are growing in each season so that there is always food and shelter available.
Install a Pond
All animals from birds to woodchuck need access to fresh water, so if you install a pond or pool in the yard, you can pretty much guarantee that you’ll get many more visitors than you usually would. You’ll have so much fun watching them in the water!
If you can provide all of the above and you can do so in abundance, then not only will your garden look pretty good, but you will have a regular influx of wildlife to enjoy watching too!