Wildlife-Friendly Gardening
Gardeners' World highlights composting turf for loam, wildlife-friendly gardening, and using Echinacea as a transformative perennial Gardeners' World - Inside The World's Rarest Magical Garden.
Wildlife gardening involves creating habitats and food sources for wild species in gardens. Declines in populations of bees, butterflies, hedgehogs, and amphibians are often due to habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change. Composting turfgrass can create a useful loam. Stacking turves grass-side down helps to kill the grass, weeds, and roots, creating a valuable soil amendment. Echinacea, also known as coneflowers, are perennials that attract pollinators and are relatively easy to grow. They thrive in full sun and well-drained soil, offering long-lasting blooms from summer through fall.
