Making your garden hedgehog-friendly is the focus of a special ‘Wild About Gardens’ event at Knoll Gardens near Wimborne on 30 October.
It is estimated that the UK hedgehog population has declined by around one third in ten years making the once common sight of hedgehogs in our gardens increasingly a thing of the past. The acclaimed naturalistic style of Knoll Gardens, with its long grasses and diversity of planting, provides an ideal setting for ‘Wild About Gardens’. And the event brings together Dorset Wildlife Trust and Knoll’s owner Neil Lucas to provide helpful tips and advice on simple measures and planting tips to make any garden wildlife friendly and a haven for hedgehogs.
‘Wild About Gardens’ runs from 10am to 4pm on Friday 30th October and is one of a series of events run by the charitable Knoll Gardens Foundation. The event supports the RHS Gardening for Wildlife initiative, which this year looks at making gardens more hedgehog-friendly.
Bob Sweet, Chairman of the Foundation, said “Hedgehogs are one of the ‘indicator’ species for the health of the natural world and their decline is a concern for all gardeners. As well as slugs and snails, hedgehogs eat a huge range of garden invertebrates and their presence in the garden can be hugely beneficial. By planting a range of plants, building habitats such as log piles, and creating hedgehog highways between gardens and green spaces we can all help to halt the decline of one of our best-loved gardens mammals.”
For more information go to
www.knollgardens.co.uk
or call 01202 873931.
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