How to Make a Wildlife Garden
~ Josie Briggs
Consistently rated with 5 Stars by Amazon readers due to its good balance between clear narrative, practicle tips and very useful tables.

Creating Small Habitats for Wildlife in Your Garden
~ Josie Briggs
... Do your part in conserving our Earth and, at the same time enjoy the delights of a toxin-free garden filled with wildflowers, birds, butterflies, frogs, fish and other animals. Best of all, the smallest patios and balconies - even pots and vases can support this ecological effort.

Building Birdhouses: A Bird Lover's Bible
~ Andrew Newton-Cox, Deena Beverley
... A small nesting box or feeder can enliven even the smallest outdoor space ...

RSPCA Guide to Garden Wildlife
~ Val Porter
Every garden, no matter how small, can be a haven for wildlife, and with so many natural habitats now disappearing from the countryside, gardens are becoming increasingly important refuges for all kinds of wild creatures.

The Garden Bird Year: A Seasonal Guide to Attracting Birds to Your Garden
~ Bill Oddie (Foreword), Roy Beddard
Season by season, this text gives detailed advice on how to plan a range of garden habitats to accommodate the needs of birds - both resident and visiting.

The Wild Garden
~ Violet Stevenson
Wild gardens are not only more attractive than manicured gardens, they are also easier to manage. This practical guide to planning and planting wildflower gardens reflects the growing interest in conservation and ecology.

Forest Gardening
~ Robert A de J Hart
Forest Gardening is a worthy successor which has brought the essence of all his previous writings together... His own back garden has over a hundred different species and variety of plants.

The Perfect Country Garden
~ Sunniva Harte
For some the perfect country garden is a tangle of hollyhocks and roses; for others a neat potager of colourful vegetables and herbs. It has represented a simpler way of life, a place where the frenetic pace of urban living gives way to the rhythms of the natural world.

Alpines and Rock Garden Plants
~ Richard Bird, John Kelly
Imparts the secret of growing alpine and rock garden plants, by describing the techniques that imitate the conditions on which these plants thrive in the wild.

The Wildlife Garden Month-by-month
~ Jackie Bennett, Richard Hanson (Photographer)
Offering gardeners, however small their garden, a chance to make a contribution towards conserving our native flora and fauna, this handbook provides information in a month-by-month format. Each monthly chapter presents an introduction to the wild.

The Wild Garden
~ Lucy Huntington
Birdsong, colourful butterflies, the gentle hum of bees, enchanting glimpses of hedgehogs or other wild creatures - all add a vivid new perspective to your garden. But natural gardens are not just a matter of letting your plants run wild.

Margery Fish's Country Gardening
~ Timothy Clark
This practical book presents Margery Fish's choice of plants and methods of cultivation. She uses many rare and popular species to contribute to her cottage-garden style, making a point of seeking out old favourites and rare wildflowers.

Noah's Garden : Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards
~ Sara Stein
Describes the impact of carefully tended lawns and gardens on the natural ecology, and discusses how to restore the ecological balance with native plants and a change in gardening techniques.

Planting Noah's Garden : Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology
~ Sara Stein
This is an account of ways in which many people in the USA are redesigning their gardens to encourage the return of 5-+*birds, butterflies and other creatures driven away by the sterility of a suburban landscape. The book contains advice on a wide range.

Landscaping With Wildflowers : An Environmental Approach to Gardening
~ Jim Wilson
A guide to natural gardening shows readers how to incorporate wildflowers into their gardens, devoting one chapter to each of the major types of wildflower landscaping.

Gardening With Native Wild Flowers
~ Samuel B. Jones, Leonard E. Foote
Now in paperback, this classic on native plants encourages the garden use of wild flowers, grasses, ground covers, and hardy ferns native to the eastern and midwestern U.S., suggesting suitable plants for sunny or shady woodland, meadow, and wetland.

The Wildlife Sanctuary Garden
~ Carol Buchanan
Filled with illustrations, photographs and sample plans, Carol Buchanan shows how easy it is to make even the tiniest urban plot a haven for birds, bees, butterflies and other wondrous creatures of the wild, and offers many ways to get back in touch with nature.

Natural Landscaping : Gardening With Nature to Create a Backyard Paradise (Rodale Garden Book)
~ Sally Roth
Complete with garden plans, plant charts, expert tips, related projects, and custom options, a guide to landscaping shows readers how to create their own beautiful, low-maintenance gardens regardless of the size and location.

Collecting Processing and Germinating Seeds of Wildland Plants
~ James Young, Cheryl Young
An encyclopedic treatment on seed collection and germination.

A Gardener's Encyclopedia of Wildflowers : An Organic Guide to Choosing and Growing over 150 Beautiful Wildflowers
~ C. Colston Burrell
Presents physical characteristics and propagation requirements of wildflowers and suggests garden designs.

Gardening with Wild Plants
~ Julian Slatcher
A guide to the horticultural use of wild plants such as bluebells, primroses, daffodils, snowdrops, ferns and honeysuckle. Over 200 plants are featured, with information on how to plant them in your garden.

The Natural Garden Book
~ Peter Harper, et al
This pioneering and authoritative book on natural gardening sees the garden as a haven in our relationship with nature. Specialist authors describe holistic and light-touch gardening techniques and cover ecological and organic practices.

Wildlife Gardening (Gardening for Wildlife)
~ Ron Wilson
A few simple modifications and additions to a garden can turn it into a haven for wildlife, both a sanct uary for animals and a place where we can experience nature on our doorstep. This book offers practical advice on how to set about such a task.

Landscaping with Wildflowers
~ Jim Wilson
Gardeners concerned with their role as conservers of nature are increasingly interested in growing wild flowers and saving or re-creating natural landscapes.

Natural Insect Control
~ Brooklyn Botanic Garden Writers.
Examines and explains environmentally safe methods of protecting plants from insect damage. The life-cycles of 52 of the most common pests are outlined and step-by-step instructions are given for action against them. Advice is also included on planned planting and choosing resistant varieties.

Forest Gardening with Robert Hart
~ Robert Hart
The Vegetarian magazine says, " ... an invaluable philosophical manual for the practice of Self Sufficiency and the Good Life ahead".

Gardening with a Wild Heart
~ Judith Larner Lowry
This work presents a mix of the practical and poetic, combining personal story, wildlife ecology, restoration gardening practices, and native plant horticulture. The collection of essays includes wildflower gardening, native grasses, seed collecting etc.

Food for Free
~ Richard Mabey
Perhaps not directly related to wildlife gardening but this useful book provides a good indicator of what natural plants may be suitable to eat from your garden and surrounding woodlands of the British Isles.
Editors Note: Please be sure to replace whatever flora you might remove from natural woodlands.

Valuable Garden Weeds
~ Chris Howkins (Illustrator)
What many people call weeds are in fact wild flowers and play a vital part in balancing the mini eco-system of your garden. This book gives advice on how to identify "weeds" and their useful purpose.

Wildlife Friendly Plants: Make Your Garden a Haven for Beneficial Insects, Amphibians and Birds
~ Rosemary Creeser
More and more gardeners are choosing to work with nature - by growing plants that attract beneficial insects and birds to help them control common garden pests or to pollinate home-grown vegetables or fruit. Over the next few years this trend is set to increase as organic gardening gains more converts.

Creating a Wildlife Friendly Garden
~ Sharon Amos, et al
Enhance your garden by welcoming beautiful butterflies and birds Create a perfectly balanced eco-system with very little effort at all. Packed with design plans, plant lists and step-by-step techniques.

The Wildlife Pond Handbook
~ Charlie Dimmock (Foreword)
Clear step-by-step instructions on how to plan, design, site and build small and large ponds for wildlife and is full of suggestions on how to encourage different plants and animals.

Wildlife at Your Back Door
~ Sharon Amos

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