A Wildlife Haven Around Your Nest

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Gardens allow nature to creep in amongst the monotonous urban setting of concrete structures. For a more naturalistic feel, you can opt to make your garden a wildlife haven by housing birds, insects and small animals.

Urbanization and industrial farming have catered to the risk of wiping away certain fauna inhabitation from the face of earth. You may think whether it is advisable to voluntarily invite certain garden pests. With wildlife gardening it is possible to strike a balance between the pests as well as the predators. Remember these pests serve as food for their other predators. For example aphids become a part of the food for ladybirds and slugs or snails form the intake for frogs, toads and birds.

A wildlife garden sometimes may not be pleasing to your eye like a well-mowed lawn with an attractive garden structure. Never the less they can provide a look that is closest to nature with fauna friends inhabiting the wilderness in your vicinity.

Creating a wildlife garden does not mean that you should simply allow your garden to be unattended. It is just about creating a wildlife set up to attract wildlife species.

The creation of a wildlife garden is simple. It is just bringing in features that attract wildlife in your garden setting. The basic principle is to have a lot of features instead of having one simple structure. You can have an intervening slope, a waterhole, a rock garden and a curved pathway instead of a straight one.

Trees
If your garden can permit some space, have some trees grown. Trees allow the growth of insects, which in turn are consumed by birds. Hence you get habituated hearkening to the melody of the birds. Fruit trees will serve as perpetual homes for them.

Hedges
Opt for a hedge with a number of native plants to bring in wildlife visitors to your garden. Choose plants like the berry bearing ones that can produce food for the wildlife animals.

Fences and Walls
Attach trellis to your walls or fences. Have climbing plants creep over them, which can serve as homes for the wildlife.

Lawns
Lawns serve as excellent feeding grounds for the birds. However restrict the lawn area and allow more natural vegetation.

Flowering bushes
Leave an area of your land uncut and have some native flowering plants planted. To do so you can opt for wildflower plug plants, which will add to the wildlife garden feature.

Flower Rows
Have plants that flower nectar rich blooms planted in a row to serve as borders. These flowers increase the inhabitation of the butterflies. Opt for plants that flower all through the year. Native plants with simple structures invite bees and butterflies with their readily available pollen and nectar.

Paving Slabs
Do not remove the low growing plants that emerge between the cracks of paving slabs. It is a cozy and a comfy place for small wildlife inhabitants to thrive on.

Ponds
Water feature is of prime importance for a wildlife garden. Any marshy area in your garden can be used for creating a pond. Create an artificial water feature like a fountain to quench the thirst of the wild inhabitants.

Compost
Adhere to the use of compost instead of fertilizers for the growth of your plants.

Some Wildlife Garden Plants
Bramble, Butterfly bush, Daisy family, Hawthorn, Holly, Honeysuckle and Ivy are worth mentioning.

Other features like birdbath, bird feeders, hanging basket, patios etc can also be included.

So enliven your garden with voice of nature springing from the wildlife species.