Environment and roads

Tips for green gardening

Gardens can be havens for birds, mammals, plant and insects. Even if you have a small garden, you can promote biodiversity, grow your own food and reduce greenhouse gases just by growing some plants.

Tips for green gardening include:

• Garden organically
  
• Use furniture made out of wood from managed forests
  
• Buy wildlife friendly paints and wood treatments
  
• Compost your kitchen and garden waste
  
• Grow your own food
  
• If you want garden lights, try solar powered ones
  
• Use companion planting to control pests
  
• Use peat free compost
  
• Collect rainwater in a butt to water the garden
  
• Make leaf mould
  
• Encourage natural pest predators e.g. hedgehogs, frogs, ladybirds and hoverflies
  
• Dig a pond
  
• Put up bird and bat boxes
  
• Don't use patio heaters