Planting for Garden Birds A Grower's Guide to Creating a Bird-Friendly Habitat

Birds are everywhere and gardeners love them. While some of these birds are residents we'll see from day to day, others are fleeting visitors – but they're all potential guests in our gardens if we make the environment suitably welcoming. That's exactly what this book is about. In these pages you'll find straightforward ideas and easy to achieve plans that will make your garden irresistible to birds. Increasing urbanization, means that our back gardens are playing an increasingly important role in providing food and habitat to wildlife. The 'green corridor' effect provides vital channels for migrating birds and insects, in search of somewhere to safely nest and forage. By gardening sustainably, you can make a considerable difference to the wildlife populations in your immediate area, as well as in the country as a whole.

Planting for Garden Birds is aimed at the keen amateur gardener and those hoping to take their knowledge and experience to the next level. Packed with interesting facts about garden birds, environmental and habitat information as well as easy to achieve planting ideas, this is a practical, illustrated guide for people wanting to encourage more birdlife to their outdoor space.

In a horticultural career spanning 30 years, Jane Moore has been head gardener at a Benedictine Abbey, a writer for national gardening magazines and newspapers, a researcher on BBC gardening programs and a presenter on BBC TV's Gardeners' World. Gardening, and writing about gardening, have encompassed Jane's whole career. She has wide-ranging practical experience, an astonishingly broad plant knowledge and an unswerving enthusiasm for gardens, horticulture and its impact on everyday life. She has also published Planting for Butterflies (2020) and Planting for Wildlife (2021).