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The features in this section are all based on articles contributed to the Wildlife Trusts website. They are featured in the wildlife gardening section which was inaugurated in March 2004 and is updated with new articles every month.
Features
Biodiversity: we hear about it all the time nowadays, but what does it really mean? A look at biodiversity from the gardener's perspective. Based on the February 2005 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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When it comes to wildlife gardening, are you a revolutionist or an evolutionist? Are you inclined to rip things up and start from scratch, or do you prefer to transform a space, by degrees, into something different? Based on the January 2005 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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Traditionally most gardeners view the winter as a time when there is little to be done and even less to be seen. But for anyone interested in wildlife, the winter is not a time to neglect the garden. Based on the December 2004 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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If you want evidence of how much we, as a nation, have changed our relationship with garden wildlife over the past few decades, then you need look no further than our bird feeding habit. Based on the November 2004 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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With summer over and winter in the offing, autumn can seem like a melancholy time of year. But it also brings its own characteristic vibrancy, particularly from fruits ripening on trees and shrubs; giving colour to the garden and providing a larder to birds and other animals for the cold months ahead. Based on the October 2004 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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In recent years the summer weather seems to lurch like a pendulum from one extreme to another. How does the wildlife gardener cope with such uncertainty? Based on the September 2004 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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There is often an almost irresistible urge to tidy the garden to the nth degree; but who are we doing it for? Based on the August 2004 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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Wildlife gardeners want to garden for the benefit of their local wildlife; but we must all be mindful of the impact of gardening on the wider environment. Based on the July 2004 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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Many people picture a flowery meadow when you talk of wildlife gardening and here's an easy way to experience something of one. Based on the June 2004 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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Water is one of the basic tools for tempting wildlife to your garden and there are many different ways to use it. Based on the May 2004 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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This feature should answer some of the more frequently asked questions about planting for wildlife and maximising garden biodiversity. Based on the April 2004 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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This feature takes a look at the many ways we can provided places in our garden where animals can breed and shelter.
Based on the March 2004 feature written for the Wildlife Trusts website's wildlife gardening section.
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