Grow a secret garden for butterflies!
The Wildlife Trusts and RHS urge gardeners to help butterflies and moths for this year’s Wild About Gardens campaign
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Wildlife gardening
Make space for nature in your garden with our expert wildlife gardening advice, and discover simple actions you can do to encourage wildlife to visit.
Where to see butterflies
Summer is a great time to go butterfly hunting, and some of the best grassland sites to spot them are on our nature reserves. Find your nearest reserve for butterfly spotting and find out what to look out for.
How to attract butterflies to your garden
Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months.
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Wildlife Gardening with NCS
Updates from NCS on the wildlife garden at Whisby Nature Park.
Wildlife Gardening with NCS
Young people from the National Citizen Service join us at Whisby Nature Park to help with the wildlife garden.
Climate friendly gardening
There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.
Chemical-free organic gardening
Go chemical-free in your garden to help wildlife! Here's how to prevent slugs and insects from eating your plants with wildlife-friendly methods.
Small white
The small white is a common garden visitor. It is smaller than the similar large white, and has less black on its wingtips.
Talk: Lincolnshire’s branch of Butterfly Conservation
Join members of Horncastle and Woodhall Spa Area Group for a talk on Lincolnshire’s branch of Butterfly Conservation by Ian Patterson.
Far Ings Family Fun: Wild Gardens
Bees, butterflies and bugs need our help! Join us this half term holiday to learn more about how we make our gardens pollinator friendly.