Property News · December 31, 2016

Alys Fowler: garden looking a bit messy? Good – let it stay like that until spring


A tidy winter garden is a garden that’s no home to butterflies, moths and all the other insects that need our help Next year, I resolve to tidy up less. And I wish the same for you, particularly in your garden, particularly at this moment. I recently went to a fantastic conference by The Open Air Laboratories Network, which encourages people to get in touch with nature by enabling them to explore and study their local environment through citizen science. It was inspiring and sobering: biodiversity is without doubt in decline.I spoke to a butterfly conservationist about her work with farms, in the countryside and in her own garden. She told me that when she has to explain to people why her garden looks a mess, she says, “It’s for the butterflies”. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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