Wildlife in a pot

Dorset Wildlife Trust

Living Gardens : Gardening Action for Wildlife

Wildlife in a pot

No.5 in a series of eight leaflets (1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.)

Many people live in small houses or flats with little space for a garden other than a window-sill, balcony or patio. Their first reaction to wildlife gardening is that their patch is too small or inaccessible - not so!

Fair enough, you won't get a huge amount of frogspawn if you live on the third storey of a block of flats but there are plenty of other things you can do to attract some wonderful wildlife. Here follows some tips to encourage wildlife into those difficult places.

This leaflet offers tips on attracting wildlife to balconies, patios. window boxes end other plant pots. Top tips for a Thriving Minature Meadow