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Other websites, useful books and wildlife gardening suppliers

It is not always easy to find reliable suppliers or accurate information about wildlife gardening, or to know which books to buy.   You may like to have a look at some other websites that I have found useful and informative, or check out some of the best wildlife gardening books.

JustAddBirds is a new and innovative bird food company, with a website that is fun to use as well as educational.  We would love to encourage younger people to feed their garden birds - Jenny, Nicky and Steve, who run the company, were wildlife enthusiasts as children.  For Jenny this initial encounter with wildlife led to not just her life-long passion for all things wild, but her interest culminated in a research degree in Ecology at Oxford University.  Try our JABulator (the bird food calculator on JustAddBirds) to find out how you can best feed the species in your garden, and attract even more birds.

Emorsgate Seeds is the best supplier of native wildflower seeds having mixtures for meadows and a wide selection of individual species.  www.wildseed.co.uk

Paul Bromfield Aquatics have an excellent selection of pond and bog plants, including natives, with quick mail order delivery. www.bromfieldaquatics.co.uk  

Habitat Aid sells high quality products and services which help create beautiful habitats for wildlife in gardens and larger areas. Half of the profits go to specialist charities working to protect and promote biodiversity in Britain. www.habitataid.co.uk

John Shipton supplies good quality native bulbs and some wildflower plants.  www.bluebellbulbs.co.uk

Chiltern Seeds have seeds of many cottage garden plants.  www.chilternseeds.co.uk

Handykam manufacture wildlife camera products, allowing everyone to learn, enjoy and help save our native wildlife.  www.handykam.com

For down-to-earth and practical tips on wildlife gardening in the U.S. www.wildlifegardening.org is a most useful resource with lots of information in a friendly style.

The British Trust for Ornithology has a good website with lots of information about feeding the birds in your garden and putting up nest boxes. www.bto.org

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is dedicated to conserving the UK's bumblebees.  Their website has information on identifying these insects and how to attract them to your garden.  www.bumblebeeconservation.org

Amphibian and Reptile Conservation deals with all aspects of these animals and the habitats they live in.  www.arc-trust.org

If you are interested in identifying the moths you may find in your garden or just want to see wonderful pictures of these beautiful insects, visit www.ukmoths.org.uk

Flora Locale is an organisation that promotes the wise use of native flora for planting projects, and campaigns to safeguard our native flora.  You can find out much more about their work on www.floralocale.org 

If you are interested in conservation on a more global scale visit the website of the World Land Trust on www.worldlandtrust.org for information on education, projects overseas and conservation news and issues.  You can also help them to protect rainforests and other wildlife habitats.

 

 

 

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Wildlife Gardening Books

There are several good wildlife gardening books around. Here are three of the best that I recommend to participants on my courses.

How to Make a Wildlife Garden by Chris Baines. This book is now a classic and has been revised and updated for the BBC series, Charlie’s Wildlife Gardens. ISBN 0 7112 1711 4

Gardening for Birds. Stephen Moss.   An excellent book by a professional with a real interest in the subject. Garden bird identification, month by month in the garden, plants for birds etc.  ISBN 0 00 220168 2

Creating a Wildlife Garden by Bob and Liz Gibbons. A book with lots of good ideas and beautiful photos. ISBN 0 600 33384 1 (sadly now out of print, but sometimes available second-hand.) 

Gardening for Wildlife from the RSPB by Adrian Thomas.  Good photos and great advice in bite-sized chunks.  ISBN 978 1 408 2230 3

A selection of wildlife gardening books by Jenny Steel is available from this website.  Click here for more information about purchasing from Amazon or directly from Jenny.  Books bought directly can be signed or have a dedication.

          © Text and photographs Jenny Steel 2012