[HartleyHare]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, so apologies if its not.

I have been thinking about turning the front garden into a wildlife garden. Its quite a large area and at present extremely overgrown. It has several trees and bushes ( which the birds are already using ), so I would keep them, but the rest could go. We also have a hedgehog who visits daily for dinner. I've looked at numerous images of wildlife gardens and that just confuses me more - lol! I'm not much of a gardener and have absolutely no idea where to start. Realistically I would have to get someone in to do most of the preparation work and planting, etc. Probably need a rotavator or something to clear it first.

There is only about 1-2 inches of soil out front before the bedrock is reached, so putting in a pond would be difficult. Also, the garden fronts onto a lane, which does get busy at times. Would this be a problem ? Any advice would be appreciated. Thnx.

[Kits]

Why not visit our sister forum, Gardener's Forum where there is advice on wildlife gardens and much more?

[HartleyHare]

Thanks for that.

[Mr Happy]

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[Peewit]

Originally Posted by HartleyHare

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, so apologies if its not.

I have been thinking about turning the front garden into a wildlife garden. Its quite a large area and at present extremely overgrown. It has several trees and bushes ( which the birds are already using ), so I would keep them, but the rest could go. We also have a hedgehog who visits daily for dinner. I've looked at numerous images of wildlife gardens and that just confuses me more - lol! I'm not much of a gardener and have absolutely no idea where to start. Realistically I would have to get someone in to do most of the preparation work and planting, etc. Probably need a rotavator or something to clear it first.

There is only about 1-2 inches of soil out front before the bedrock is reached, so putting in a pond would be difficult. Also, the garden fronts onto a lane, which does get busy at times. Would this be a problem ? Any advice would be appreciated. Thnx.

Originally Posted by Kits

Why not visit our sister forum, Gardener's Forum where there is advice on wildlife gardens and much more?

Hi HartleyHare

There are a few places to get advice and Gardenersforum is one - the RSPB is another place to look too! Of course not to overlook the Gardening programmes on TV.

I loved Geoff Hamilton (Gardeners World) years ago, as his programme covered a lot of wildlife friendly gardens, and organic gardening too.

Regards
Kathy
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