Web Links
Flora-for-Fauna gives essential wildlife gardening information at http://rs306.ccs.bbk.ac.uk/flora/welcome.htm, including: the benefits and cultivation requirements of particular garden flowers; specific habitat requirements of a wide range of garden wildlife; a postcode database of plants suitable for your UK locality; plus projects, articles, and conferences.
See Flora Locale's home page at http://www.naturebureau.co.uk/pages/floraloc/floraloc.htm and their list of native plant suppliers at http://fff.nhm.ac.uk/fff/floc-tgn44a.htm
Flora locale's principal aim is to protect indigenous wild plants and plant communities from introduced species and varieties.
Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA) at http://www.hdra.org.uk/
gives a wealth of information on organic methods of pest control.
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council's site at http://aoife.indigo.ie/~ipcc/wildlifegardening.html contains plenty of interest, including; gardening for wildlife and valuable plants; gardening without peat; water and bog gardens; compost tips, leaf mould, and worm bins; plus of course much about the value and interest of bogs.
The British Butterfly Conservation Society (tel. 01206 322342) is a highly worthy organisation, producing varied and useful literature on plants suitable for butterflies and other insects. 1998 was their "gardening for wildlife" year. Their web site is at http://www.butterflyconservation.org.uk/. Wealth of information concerning attracting and caring for garden birds from the RSPB at http://www.rspb.org.uk/
Visit The Wildlife Trusts' site at http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/facts/flowers.htm
http://www.u-net.com/trees/ this website gives a good overview of the 33 species of trees that colonised the British Isles after the last ice age and before the islands were isolated from the continent by the rising seas forming the English Channel.
For a marvellous photographic and information database on dragonflies, visit http://www.hanslope.demon.co.uk/.
http://www.birdguides.com for excellent selection of bird identification CD-ROMs, books, and videos.
Good feeding guide and supplies from C.J. Wildbird Foods at http://www.birdfood.co.uk
The trees can be searched by common name or Latin name, and the information presented covers description, habitat, distribution and propagation, as well as uses of the wood.
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We highly recommend all of the below.
"Creating a Wildlife Garden" by Bob and Liz Gibbons
Chancellor Press. ISBN 1 85152 935 7
Top quality advice
"The Wildlife Garden Month-by-Month" by Jackie Bennett
David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 0033 4
Good month-by-month perspective
"The Natural Garden Book" by Peter Harper
Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0 671 743 23 6
Good for a holistic approach and overview
"How to Make a Wildlife Garden" by Chris Baines
Elm Tree Books. ISBN 0 241 11144 7
The old favourite but rarely bettered
"The Beekeeper's Garden" by Ted Hooper & Mike Taylor
Alpha Books. ISBN 0 7136 3023 X
Unfortunately out of print but a goldmine of information on plants suitable for bees (and thus many other insects); try to track down a copy
Garden design ideas and techniques
"The Garden Design Sourcebook" by David Stevens
Conran Octopus. ISBN 1 85029 7320
Stylish and sympathetic
"Family Gardens" by Bunny Guinness
David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 0422 4
Marvellous, comprehensive book to satisfy the needs of the whole family
"The Water Gardener" by Anthony archer-Wills
Frances Lincoln. ISBN 0 7112 0775 5
All you need to know about water gardening
"Gardening with Grasses" by Michael king & Piet Oudolf
Excellent grass and companion planting ideas; much continental influence
"The Planting Planner" by Graham Rice
Macmillan. ISBN 0 333 600665
Solutions to planting problems
Nursery grown specimens only; all provide mail order
British Wildflower Plants (Lowestoft, Suffolk) at http://www.wildflowers.co.uk offer an extremely wide range of native plants.
Tel. 01493730244.
John Chambers' Wildflower Seeds (Wellingborough) has a comprehensive range of seeds, plus many wildflower gardening books.
Tel. 01933 652652.
Natural Surroundings (Holt, Norfolk) supplies native plants, bulbs, seeds, shrubs, and trees, plus books, organic pest control, nest boxes, feeders, and other equipment. Well worth a journey to the visitor centre for the 10 acres of habitat examples and children's educational aspects.
Tel. 01263 711091.
John Shipton Bulbs (Wales) supplies very good quality native bulbs, plus some garden varieties.
Tel. 01994 241180.
Norfolk Herbs (Dereham, Norfolk) for culinary, medicinal, and aromatic herb plants.
Tel. 01362 860812.
Ranworth Trees (Norfolk) have a wide range of good-quality native and non-native trees.
Tel. 01603 270755.