Our gardens are amazing havens for wildlife, and although they may not sustain the larger mammals or birds that are native to our country, they can support an incredible array of tiny creatures. Our busy lives have led to a fashion for ‘low-maintenance’ gardening, and this has come to mean covering up a lawn or flower bed with decking, paving, pebbles or even the dreaded artificial grass! However, I’d like to offer an alternative version of low-maintenance gardening: let it grow wild.
WILD GARDENING
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