17 Experts Reveal the Best Ways to Attract Wildlife to your Garden

Building your own wildlife garden is a fantastic way to bring a touch of the natural countryside to your backyard. Choose the right plants and features, and you can create beautiful and sustainable habitats for local critters like birds, foxes, hedgehogs, insects and frogs. With some of Britain’s native species in plight, it’s also an opportunity to do your own little bit towards conservation and build a safe haven for some of our most beloved wildlife Resident wildlife can also help your garden to thrive. Encourage bees to visit and they’ll pollinate your flowers and plants, whilst birds and ladybugs will make short work of common garden pests like aphids. And if slugs are causing you grief, hedgehogs and frogs can keep the population under control. Plus, wildlife gardens are a great educational environment for kids, and a lovely place for anyone to enjoy a sunny afternoon. Here at Mainland Aggregates, we stock a wide range of supplies to help you spruce up your garden, such as decorative pebbles and cobbles and rockery stones, and mulch and bark to keep your soil moist and nutritious. So we decided to reach out to some top gardening and wildlife experts, to find out the best ways to use these materials to transform your garden into a wildlife paradise. We asked them the following question: “What’s the best way to attract wildlife to a garden?" Here’s what they had to say...