Eco-friendly gardens

From improving biodiversity to making sustainable choices, here are the steps you can take to improve your garden’s eco credentials

WORDS: PAUL HERVEY-BROOKS, HUGH METCALF

Your garden is inherently ‘green’, which goes without saying, but there’s a whole host of ways that you can help to make it even more eco-friendly by carefully choosing your planting and landscaping schemes. To enhance your garden’s eco credentials we’ve picked 11 easy ideas for you to try — from how to turn your green waste into compost to creating brand-new habitats that will encourage more wildlife into your garden. 1. CHOOSE WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY PLANTING When choosing plants, aim to select those that are good food sources for the wildlife in your garden, as well as looking attractive. Luckily, some of our most stunning garden plants are among the most wildlife-friendly you can choose, as studies by the Royal Horticultural Society have shown that our modest native flora is not…

You're reading a preview of

Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2022

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.