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How to create a wildlife garden : encouraging birds, bees, butterflies and bugs into your outside space / Christine and Mick Lavelle.
A guide to the best plants to grow where, garden plans to suit your location, and natural gardening techniques for wildlife-friendly habitats.
Lavelle shows how gardeners and wildlife can share the same space without conflict-- and to mutual benefit. The vast majority of garden creatures will not damage plants or be a nuisance, and those that can often make a meal for larger creatures. In showing readers the best plants to grow where, and encouraging natural gardening techniques for wildlife-friendly habitats, Lavelle sets you on your first step in becoming a wildlife gardener. -- adapted from pages 6 and 9.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780754835202
- ISBN: 0754835200
- Physical Description: 256 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
- Publisher: Wigston : Lorenz Books, [2021]
- Copyright: ℗♭2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Wildlife in your garden -- Planning and designing a wildlife garden -- Major habitat types -- Creating new habitats -- Working in your wildlife garden -- Boosting your habitats -- Directory of garden wildlife -- Directory of plants. |
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| Subject: | Gardening. Gardening to attract wildlife. Gardening to attract birds. Butterfly gardening. Permaculture. Backyard gardens. Beneficial insects. Garden animals. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Conner Regional Library | 635.92 LAVELLE | 112572 | NON FICTION | Available | - |
Christine and Mick Lavelle are lecturers in horticulture and plant ecology at Writtle University College. Christine teaches practical and applied horticulture for The RHS, and Mick has designed several medal-winning educational exhibits at the Chelsea Flower Show on the subject of plants and their uses. They are also the authors of The Practical Guide to Allotment Gardening, and Organic Gardening.