Enter the BIG Wildlife Garden Competition
Posted 19th January 2012
January is a great time to plan how to make your garden more wildlife-friendly and joining the Big Wildlife Garden Competition is an excellent way to get yourself motivated.
From budding city gardeners with limited outdoor space, to those with expansive lawns, begin planning how to support wildlife and making green spaces more wildlife-friendly.
Whether your garden has just one special feature or is an all-round wildlife haven, it could be just what the Big Wildlife Garden is looking for.
Entry is free and prizes include a year’s membership of both the Royal Horticultural Society and a local Wildlife Trust and attendance at a wildlife gardening master class at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. Closing date is May 20. Enter at http://www.bigwildlifegarden.org.uk/wildlife-garden-competition
Gardens are part of a network of mini wildlife havens which link up habitats across the UK. All are a vital source of shelter and food, especially in winter when many species need warm, dry spaces in which to bed down. What you do for wildlife on your doorstep can make a big difference. And it’s not just wildlife that benefits. You’ll feel good too: getting outdoors can be both relaxing and invigorating.
The competition is run by The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Horticultural Society and funded by Defra.
Photograph by AdamCormack.
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