Supporting Biodiveristy
Our gardens make up approximately 4,330 square kilometres of the UK’s land space; that is more than all the National Nature Reserves put together! Gardens can therefore play a hugely significant role in the support, protection and flourishing of the UK’s native wildlife. By increasing the variety of plants and flowers in our gardens, creating habitats and taking time to make often small adjustments, we can have a big affect. ‘Wild Elements’ allow you to adapt your garden to help increase biodiversity, whilst maintaining a beautiful space for you to enjoy.
Garden Health
Inviting more ‘wild’ in to your garden space will make it a healthier, happier place. Your garden will more likely thrive and flourish with the benefit of more pollinators to pollinate fruit trees and vegetables patches, more amphibians and birds dealing with slugs, and a greater overall diversity in insect and animal life, promoting greater overall garden health. Changing our approach to how we view our gardens, either adding design features or completely redesigning them primarily for biodiversity and supporting wildlife, will actually make our gardens flourish as they are meant to. By adding a meadow (however small), a pond (or other water source), or a native tree (or 2!), and you will begin to see the untapped potential for life bursting out of your garden space wherever you give it chance!
Restoration: Mental, Emotional, Spiritual
Gardens are many people’s outdoor sanctuary; it doesn’t matter what you have available, an acre or a few potted plants, any amount of ‘wild’ in your life brings a wealth of benefits. Studies have shown the holistic benefits of exposure to trees and flowers, as well as the actual draw to get outside and be more active in the garden, with the obvious physical benefit (Thompson R. 2018). Increasing your awareness of the natural world, and taking time out of a busy schedule to care for your patch of wild can also be hugely rewarding, and provide a respite from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
Dragonfly Wild Gardens 