Welcome to our website DiverseGardens.co.uk. Our aim is to help, inform and encourage gardeners to make their gardens as enticing as possible to attract a diverse range wildlife. There are many types of wildlife known to visit gardens including butterflies, frogs, lizards, birds, hedgehogs, foxes, badgers and bats to name a few.
Although we cover a rich variety of garden wildlife, the vast majority of this site will focus on wildflowers, bees and other key pollinators. As bee numbers are in decline it is very important that we give them a helping hand by creating a bee friendly garden.
How to grow wildflowers in your garden
Why you should grow wildflowers in your garden Recently their has been a lot of reports by various outlets of the media regarding the decline of bee numbers. Bees are…
Why bees are important pollinators
Types of Bee Bees are flying insects belonging to the order Hymenoptera, which means ‘membrane wing’. This order also comprises of wasps, ants and sawflies. Currently there are more than…
Sowing cornfield annuals
What are cornfield annuals A once common sight in arable fields, cornfield annuals have long been in decline and become very rare in present times, as they’re considered weeds in…
Pollinators & Pollination
What is pollination? We often talk about the importance of insect pollinators like bees, hover flies, butterflies and their role in the pollination process on this site. But what exactly…
Wildflower Gallery
Wildflower Gallery Although there are over a thousand different species of wildflower found throughout the UK, our wildflower gallery covers just a few of the most common wildflowers that can…
Wildflowers
Setting a small area of your garden aside for wildflowers is a great way of encouraging a diverse array of pollinating insects, birds and other forms of wildlife. Growing wildflowers need not break the bank, they’re low maintenance and look amazing.
