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The Gardening with Nature series begins with Meadows and Cornfields, and Wildlife Ponds.  Other titles coming soon are Butterfly Gardening, Wildlife Friendly Fruit and Vegetable Gardening, and Wildlife Gardening in Small Spaces.  Contact Jenny on books@wildlife-gardening.co.uk for availability of new titles.  

Also to order by post - booklets on wildflowers, insects in the garden and general wildlife gardening.  All booklets are A5 softback

MEADOWS AND CORNFIELDS - How to create and maintain a meadow or cornfield to attract wildlife to your garden   - Jenny Steel

If you have ever contemplated a meadow or cornfield area in your garden, this book will tell you how to do it, and how to look after it to ensure its continued beauty.  Illustrated with photographs taken in her own garden, Jenny guides you through the processes involved to help you create an area full of wildflowers and teaming with wildlife.  £3.50 + 50p p&p A5 softback, 24 pages, 18 colour photos  ORDER FORM

WILDLIFE PONDS - How to create a natural looking pond to attract wildlife to your garden - Jenny Steel

This booklet will show you exactly how to create a wildlife pond that frogs, newts and dragonflies will flock to.  It contains sections on good plants, the wildlife you can expect, maintenance and the importance of ponds in our countryside and towns are all included. £3.50 +50p p&p  A5 softback, 28pages, 16 colour photos    ORDER FORM

GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE - How to make your garden wildlife friendly  -  Jenny Steel

This booklet is a short introduction to wildlife gardening for beginners.  It has information on encouraging butterflies, helping the birds to find food and nest sites, making wildlife ponds and nectar borders.  It also lists useful wildflowers to attract beneficial insects such as bees, bumblebees and hoverflies as well as good nectar plants for butterflies.£3.00 + 50p p&p  A5 softback 28 pages   ORDER FORM

WILDFLOWERS - A descriptive list of over 140 wildflowers to attract wildlife to your garden -  Jenny Steel

As wildlife gardening becomes more popular, many gardeners are planting wildflowers in their gardens to attract butterflies, bees and many other types of insect.  This booklet lists over 140 wildflowers that are suitable for garden cultivation, giving their flowering time, colour, height, conditions the plant prefers and most importantly, what insects (or birds) the plant attracts.  Other booklets in this series available later in the year.  £3.00 + 50p p&p  A5 softback, 28 pages   ORDER FORM

COTTAGE GARDEN PLANTS - A descriptive list of useful plants to attract wildlife to your garden  - Jenny Steel

The second in this series lists familiar cottage garden plants which are useful for attracting a variety of wildlife to your garden.  The list includes bulbs, herbaceous plants and annuals, giving flowering time, special soil conditions and most importantly which plants will attract bees, butterflies or hoverflies.  The symbols in the text also indicate which have seeds to encourage our finches and other seed eaters to the garden.  £3.00 + 50p p&p  A5 softback, 28 pages   ORDER FORM

WILDFLOWERS FOR WILDLIFE - Plants to make your garden wildlife friendly  -  Jenny Steel

No wildlife garden is complete without a good selection of wildflowers.  Many of our most beautiful wildflowers make fantastic garden plants.  This book describes in detail 30 wildflower species suitable for garden cultivation.  Each plant is illustrated with a full colour picture and there are details about growing the plants from seed, the wildlife they attract and some of the fascinating folklore that surrounds them. £3.95 + 50p p&p  A5 softback, 46 pages, 35 colour photos   ORDER FORM

THE RED MASON BEE - Taking the sting out of bee-keeping  -  Chris O'Toole

When it comes to pollinating fruit trees, one Red Mason Bee can do the work of 120 honeybee workers!  This little book is a practical guide to managing Osmia rufa as a pollinator in gardens, allotments and orchards.  £3.95 + 50p p&p  A5 softback, 26 pages, 9 colour photos   ORDER FORM

BUMBLEBEES - The natural history of these fascinating and useful insects, how to attract them to the garden and provide homes for them in artificial nests  -  Chris O'Toole

Bumblebees are social bees and live in colonies.  This book is an account of the fascinating lives of these beneficial insects and outlines what gardeners can do to attract them to gardens.  £3.95 + 50p p&p         A5 softback, 36 pages, 12 colour photos   ORDER FORM

LADYBIRDS - NATURAL PEST CONTROL - Ladybird gardening for beginners: the natural history of these useful insects and how to encourage them - Darren Mann

There are about 50 species of ladybirds in Britain and many of them are common in gardens.  Their voracious appetite for aphids makes them a useful ally in the gardener's fight against pests.  £3.95 + 50p p&p  A5 softback, 32 pages, 16 colour photos   ORDER FORM