It’s been a fabulous summer for spending time in the garden.

Gardens are a really important way to connect wildlife habitats across the country. There are a lot of them and you can pack a lot into a small place.

You can think of your garden as an important link in a corridor that allows wildlife to move from one place to another.

It doesn’t matter whether you live in an urban or rural environment, your garden could make all the difference.

From window boxes to large gardens, most of us have got the chance to do our bit for wildlife.

It doesn’t take a lot to make space for wildlife in your garden and our gardens can help wildlife thrive throughout the city and surrounding area. There are even some creatively sited beehives up on rooftops in the middle of town. It can be as easy as planting nectar-rich flowers in a window box or putting up a bird box to leaving an area of your garden for wildflowers and grasses or creating log piles.

Old logs are home to beetles and other insects which in turn become food for birds. If you’re able to create a pond, even better.

Start making a difference for wildlife in your garden and you could begin to see birds, bats, slow-worms, newts, badgers, hedgehogs and foxes not to mention the huge numbers of bees, butterflies and other insects that you’ll attract.