Tag Archives: wildlife gardening

Gabions and their value to wildlife

Posted on 28/05/2025 by greenfingeredgeorge

My university studies have started to shape and influence my passion for garden design, particularly in terms of sustainability. Today I find myself writing something a little different for me, something I only recently took an interest in myself, gabions. … Continue reading →

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Get your autumn nature fix with ‘8 Out Of 10 Bats’

Posted on 15/10/2023 by greenfingeredgeorge

The biggest and best thing that is happening this autumn, ‘8 Out Of 10 Bats‘, the newest, nature show, bringing you the wild, the weird and the wonderful. And I’m proper chuffed to say I’ll be presenting week 2, make … Continue reading →

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Creating a garden for birds

Posted on 29/08/2022 by greenfingeredgeorge

I’ve wrote a lot about our wildlife garden, in relation to attracting moths, butterflies, bats, bees and dragonflies for example. Recently, I was asked to speak about what we’ve done to help garden birds, from food sources, shelter, places to … Continue reading →

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I’m not the only one fond of a pond!

Posted on 14/02/2021 by greenfingeredgeorge

I had a great reaction to my last post about my ‘passion for ponds’ and received lots of questions about plants, especially those that attract wildlife. If you build a good habitat for wildlife, you’ll not be the only one … Continue reading →

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My passion for ponds

Posted on 07/02/2021 by greenfingeredgeorge

It’s a while since I wrote my last post; kickstarting it with a positive post about my ‘passion for ponds’. Having 3 in our garden makes me feel quite the pro 😉 A little bit about our garden Our garden … Continue reading →

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Notes and observations from our wildlife garden – A Family Blog

Posted on 05/01/2020 by greenfingeredgeorge

Whilst we created our garden for it to provide us with food and look pretty, without doubt our main reason was to create a home for wildlife. And this year we have certainly reaped the benefits of all our hard … Continue reading →

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