A Grower's Guide to Creating a Bird-Friendly Habitat

Planting for Garden Birds

In Planting for Garden Birds find straightforward ideas and easy to achieve plans that will make your garden irresistible to birds.Packed with interesting facts, 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.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. While some birds are residents we&rsquo;ll see from day to day, others are fleeting visitors &ndash; but they&rsquo;re all potential guests in our gardens if we make the environment suitably welcoming.Planting for Garden Birds is aimed at the keen amateur gardener and those hoping to take their knowledge and experience to the next level.Planting for Garden Birds is part of a series of books aimed at encouraging wildlife into your garden. Other titles in the series are: Planting for Butterflies, Planting for Wildlife, Planting for Honeybees.

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 programmes and a presenter on BBC TV&#39;s Gardeners&#39; World. Gardening, and writing about gardening, have encompassed Jane&#39;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.

A Modern Guide to Growing Fruit and Veg

The Little Book of Crops in Small Spots

The Little Book of Crops in Small Spots introduces newbie gardeners to the art of growing successfully.Particularly focused on small space gardening, this book is the ideal modern guide for those with a compact urban gardens, courtyard, patio or even just a balcony.Including a handy directory of the best 40 fruit and vegetables to grow no matter how small your space, Jane will show you how to get started with her expert tips and indispensable gardening advice to becoming more self-sufficient.Discover how to maximise your growing power and enjoy getting stuck in as you produce crops to harvest all year round.

A Grower's Guide to Rewilding Your Garden

Planting for Wildlife

Making a haven for wildlife doesn&rsquo;t require acres of land in the countryside. If you get the habitat and planting right, then even the tiniest of urban gardens can host a variety of creatures from birds and bees to hedgehogs.Covering everything from going organic to making a pond and turning your green space into a wildlife haven &ndash; this book is for gardeners who want to apply a more holistic approach to gardening and create their own urban sanctuary. Through a collection of simple projects that can be easily adapted for a variety of gardens and planting guides, this book will help you to re-connect with natural world on your own doorstep.Jane Moore will draw on her 16 years of experience of creating an urban sanctuary in the&#160;heart of the city as she lays out the simple ways in which you can&#160;approach making even the smallest patch of land a haven for wildlife, great or small.

The Grower's Guide to Creating a Flutter

Planting for Butterflies

Butterflies are brilliant pollinators and add vibrancy and colour to the garden.A summer&#39;s day wouldn&#39;t be the same without the gentle fluttering of delicate wings. They connect us with living and breathing nature and are an essential part of a dynamic ecosystem. However, in the past forty years, these insects, which were once a common sight in our gardens, are now in decline thanks to habit loss, climate change and the use of pesticides.But do not despair &ndash; there is a lot you can do to help improve their numbers! Planting for Butterflies will show you how you can attract these beautiful insects and help them to flourish by creating a butterfly-friendly garden. No matter how small or large your space &ndash; from a window ledge in the city to a country garden &ndash; Jane Moore offers advice on the nectar-rich blooms to grow, and when and where to plant them.This charmingly illustrated, practical guide will set your garden a flutter.

Jane Moore

A Grower's Guide

Planting Wildflowers is a practical, illustrated guide for people wanting to encourage more pollinators to their outdoor space. Packed with interesting facts, environmental and habitat information as well as easy to achieve planting ideas, this book is a celebration of native blooms to help rewild your green spaces. By gardening sustainably, you can make a considerable difference to local wildlife. Discover how to chose species and varieties that suit your growing conditions, no matter the size of your space. Planting Wildflowers is aimed at the keen amateur gardener and those hoping to take their knowledge and experience to the next level. Planting Wildflowers is part of a series of books aimed at encouraging wildlife into your garden. Other titles in the series are: Planting for Garden Birds, Planting for Butterflies, Planting for Wildlife, Planting for Honeybees.

Jane Moore

Books by Jane Moore

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