Four easy tips to make your garden insect-friendly
From bees to beetles to butterflies, insects help keep our gardens healthy. But with pollinators in decline, it’s more important than ever to optimise our green spaces to support our local wildlife.
Photo by Sue Thomas
Help make a difference with these four easy tips for turning your garden into an insect haven…
1. Let your garden run wild
One of the simplest ways to help wildlife is to put away the lawn mower and let your garden run wild.
The charity Plantlife suggests cutting your lawn once a month and leaving areas of longer unmown grass to flourish. This will add more diversity to your garden and provide a feast of nectar for bees and other pollinators.
The areas of longer grass will support a greater range of wildflower species, which compliments the narrower range found in short-grass areas.
