This is a practical gardeners guide for animal lovers including planting advice designs & 90 step-by-step projects with 1700 photographs. Turn your garden into a wildlife haven by growing the right plants to encourage beneficial insects aquatic life birds & animals. It
Includes:: illustrated directories of over 200 plant species from annuals to climbers with practical advice on cultivation & uses plus 80 of the most common garden bird species with identification illustrations & natural history information on distribution size distinguishing characteristics behaviour nesting eggs & feeding habits. It
Includes:: practical step-by-step projects that show you how to make all kinds of birdhouses bird tables birdbaths wildlife stacks & more. It features all the basic gardening techniques such as plant propagation soil preparation composting & general maintenance. Itis illustrated throughout with over 1700 practical colour artworks & photographs. One of the most enjoyable aspects of creating & maintaining a garden lies in the feeling of closeness to nature. Now with this new book box set you can encourage hidden birds animal & insects to proliferate in your very own back garden. These two books written by award-winning gardening experts give clear advice on how to create a range of wildlife gardens showing how adopting a few simple methods will produce a dazzling display of colour while helping native animal species. There are suggestions for the best flowers shrubs hedges & trees to attract birds including a design for a garden border that will provide food throughout the seasons. Comprehensive directories explore over 200 beautiful garden plants plus over 80 of the most common birds insects & animals from woodland & countryside locations to town & city environments. With its helpful practical advice & over 1700 photographs & illustrations this is the ideal source book for gardeners bird lovers & wildlife enthusiasts.