Backyard Wildlife: How to attract bees, butterflies, insects, birds, frogs and animals into your garden [Paperback]

Christine Lavelle (Author), Michael Lavelle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 16, 2010

Practical instructions for designing and planting beautiful gardens that welcome wildlife, through step-by-step instructions with explanations of how wildlife will benefit, containing all kinds of ideas for feeding and sheltering wildlife, such as bird feeders, log piles, toad houses, bee nesting boxes, butterfly roosting houses, bird boxes, habitat stacks and hibernation sites

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About the Author

Christine Lavelle is a lecturer in horticulture and ecology at Writtle College, Chelmsford. She trained at the National Trust for Scotland's Threave School of Practical Gardening and the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. Christine was assistant head gardener at Levens Hall topiary gardens in Kendal. Michael Lavelle has designed and constructed several exhibits at the Chelsea Flower Show, achieving gold medals in 1999, 2003 and 2005, and winning a silver medal for his specialist wildlife garden in 2007. He is currently a senior lecturer in landscape management at Writtle College, Chelmsford.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Anness (September 16, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844769143
• ISBN-13: 978-1844769148
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,012,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)