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Jacksons Fencing, the UK’s biggest fencing and gate manufacturer, has launched a new hedgehog friendly gravel board. 

A gravel board is the protective barrier between the ground and your fence. The newly designed Jacksons hedgehog gravel board is the

wp>Today, the RHS announces the launch of the world’s first global online gardening for wildlife course- to educate people on planting and creating attractive habitats for wildlife in their gardens. The course is bookable from September 7 via both Th

Between 25 and 31 October, gardeners and community groups across Britain will unite in an effort to halt the decline of UK species.

Hedgehog numbers have reduced by a third since the millennium and tortoiseshell butterflies, once common in gardens, h

New measures have been introduced by the Scottish Government to further deter those involved in wildlife crime.

There have been a number of recent reports and court cases that suggest wildlife crime is still on-going through the use of poisons, illeg

Cuts to the environment budget announced in Wednesday's spending review prove the need for a radical rethink on how we protect our threatened wildlife, the RSPB has said.

Alongside several other Government departments, the Department for Environment,

The RSPB has launched the Giving Nature a Home campaign as it urges the nation to provide a place for wildlife in their own gardens and outside spaces.

The campaign comes a month after 25 wildlife organisations, including the RSPB, released the State

The first of 60 Coronation Meadows have been announced across the UK to mark the six decades of Queen Elizabeth's rule.

At the end of 2012, HRH The Prince of Wales suggested a nationwide project – a meadow in every county to mark the anniversary of T

This week will see the opening of a new nature reserve that has been named after the man who led the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust for many years.

The reserve is to be named Tasker’s Meadow as a tribute to the trust’s former chief executive, Andy Task

Urban areas could be the best hope for the survival of many species, but to do so we need to incorporate the natural world in new and innovative ways.

There is an optimistic view of the unprecedented migration we are witnessing from rural to urban a

A detailed report into UK wildlife has found that many species are struggling and that one in three have halved in number in the past half century.

The RSPB was joined by 25 conservation groups including the Wildlife Trusts, the Mammal Society, Bugli

Hedgehog Awareness Week is organised by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and takes place every year. It aims to highlight the problems hedgehogs face and how you can help them.

This year efforts are focussed on gardeners – there is so much t

I have spent a happy hour this morning, with my daughter, taking part in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch. Highlights included long-tailed tits, treecreepers and a moorhen (who was scrumping fallen apples!).

It got me thinking; for me having birds in t

I used to live in Brittany, where I worked for a while on a plant nursery. One day while weeding the pots of Azaleas, my boss pointed at the hedge, saying ‘regardes, troglodyte!’ , which I translated as ‘look, a cave dweller!’. Puzzling: life in rura

This article is full of tips and ideas to help encourage wildlife into your garden, as their countryside’s are slowing disappearing due to construction of roads and new houses, its becoming vital we help create new habitants for our wildlife.

Chaffi

• Work continues on the garden design and build in Willesden Green, the raised planter has been constructed and decking laid.
• Katrina is busy preparing for the next in-take of students for Earth Designs garden design course
• We are scheduling professional

Since we moved here 4 years ago, we've always heard and seen sparrows in the gardens of a couple of houses further up the road, but never seen them here. Now they seem to have had a good breeding year, and our garden is suddenly graced with a flock o

I have a day off from the build that is taking part at Hampton court this year.

The garden I am building has been designed by Charlotte Murrell and is called Wild in the City.

It features a log wall that runs along the back of the garden and down one s

Our first attempt at putting together a summary video for a design and build project. Production values aren't fantastic but it still seems to work. More to follow as time allows. Enjoy...