Rewilding our gardens - Vol 3 Sneak Peek
Alice Weaver shows us how we can all make small efforts to make our homes a little more wild.
Article by: Alice Weaver
Artwork by: Ashling Miller
In loving memory of Audrey and Adrian Bingley. Reunited to walk in nature again.
A little background before I begin, my grandad had always been a leading figure in my life and he’s very much the inspiration for this article; unfortunately he passed in late September of 2022 so he won’t actually be here to see the changes and how they work, but I know he’d approve and he’d have loved seeing the difference it’s made to the wildlife that uses the space.
To set the scene, we have two case study gardens of equal size, located on the same street; one contains a varied range of habitats and the other is concrete.
The green garden belongs to my home; it comes with a pond, trees, hedgerows (both living and dead), rockery, wildflower meadow and lawn.
The concrete garden is owned by my late grandparents; it’s concrete, gravel, fake grass and one long flower bed.
It’s safe to say that one has a wide range of biodiversity while the other is pretty barren, and since we’re in a current economic crisis – what can we do to change this without spending thousands? Can it be changed? Can we add that extra biodiversity?
Well, if your garden sounds similar to that of my grandparents then I do have some good news. It doesn’t take much money, nor a large amount of effort, to begin adding to that biodiversity.
My degree in wildlife conservation meant that I did some short surveys over a week to see what was currently around. The week revealed more than initially expected…
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