Plastic waste and its damaging effect on our seas and natural world has been big news recently. Here's what you can you do about it.

Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch them buzz happily about their business.

Swifts like to leave their nests by dropping into the air from the entrance. This is why they often choose to set up camp in the eaves of buildings. If you have a wall that's at least five…

Build your own bat box and give a bat a safe place to roost.

Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.

By providing safe places for hedgehogs to live, you’re much more likely to see these prickly creatures in your garden.

Instead of draining, make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature, and provide a valuable habitat.

Help hedgehogs get around by making holes and access points in fences and barriers to link up the gardens in your neighbourhood.

Coastal gardening can be a challenge, but with the right plants in the right place, your garden and its wildlife visitors can thrive.