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- 1. Rewilding Claydon Court July 2021 Green Eye Gardendesign& creative planting Francesca Green Tel: (01787)210507
- 2. NORTH BORDER Key factors: Useless spare space, out of sight Shady To include: Old wood, stumps, etc Wild patch – encourage nettles, brambles, comfrey and ivy Hedgehog houses, insect houses Green Eye Gardendesign& creative planting Francesca Green Tel: (01787)210507 Urtica diotica (nettle) – food for caterpillars and seed for birds Hedera helix (ivy) – all year round cover for wildlife, perfect for nesting, insect- loving flowers, leaves for caterpillars, berries for small mammals and birds Rubus fruticosa (bramble) – provides shelter and food to many insects, birds and mammals with impenetrable branches for nesting, flowers and fuit Symphytum officinale (comfrey) – provides nectar to bees and insects, overwinters spiders
- 3. North wildlife garden Key factors: Perfect space for pond and more trees Needs to look good from inside as opposite main room To include: Wildlife pond – good for all wildlife providing habitat, food, water Silver birch – native tree, supports 300+ insect species, looks good all year, bird box location Log piles and stumps – dead wood for beetles and bark mulch for lining nests Cornus – winter stems look good, berries food Evergreen shrubs – berries, looks good, nesting Perennials, eg. foxgloves (for pollinators), ferns (for nests), spring bulbs Bench for daydreaming and insect spotting Green Eye Gardendesign& creative planting Francesca Green Tel: (01787)210507
- 4. EAST BORDER Key factors: Unused narrow bed along road-facing side of building Bees nest above so good to provide food To include: Drought, partial shade tolerant long-flowering perennials Flowering for as much of year as possible White selection below – would look good against black timber (purples & pinks also possible); Green Eye Gardendesign& creative planting Francesca Green Tel: (01787)210507 SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN WINTER Bergenia ‘Silberlicht’ or ‘Bressingham White’ Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’ Liriope muscari ‘Monroe White’ Helleborus niger
- 5. sOUTH BORDER Key factors: Square beds that delineate parking spaces Very visible but currently only planted with Narcissus To include: Bird tables (with green roofs) in bays without trees or charging points including homemade options (recycling angle) Colour to follow daffodils – naturalising bulbs that spread by themselves Important to still be able to access hedge for maintenance Green Eye Gardendesign& creative planting Francesca Green Tel: (01787)210507 Tulipa orphanidea Allium siculum Cyclamen hederifolium Eranthis hyemalis Spring Summer Autumn Winter
- 6. WEST BORDER Key factors: Poor quality soil Dry and shady under trees To include: Pallets! – pallet compost bins, pallet insect hotels Nesting boxes for variety of birds, bat boxes Climbers planted on trees or specially set in posts Green Eye Gardendesign& creative planting Francesca Green Tel: (01787)210507 Good woodland climbers for wildlife Lonicera periclymenum (honeysuckle) – scent attracts bees, butterflies & moths, red fruit palatable to birds Clematis vitalba (traveller’s joy or old man’s beard) – flowers pollinated by bees & hoverflies, food for moths, seedheads feed birds Rosa canina (dogrose) – nectar source for insects, fruits eaten by birds
- 7. COURTYARD ‘MEADOW’ Key factors: Front of house – sets the tone “Green concrete” instead could be wild flowers to encourage pollinators Hardbaked in summer Possibilities: Managed meadow – wavy mown paths through area (to indicate intentionally left long!) or along edge of path and around trees - requires strategically timed mowing programme Another possibility is just reduced mowing – again with paths through to indicate intention. Could also add spring bulbs planted in circles around trees Or bed of garden flowers along path either side of paved octagon – see below for suggested good plants for pollinators (or both): Green Eye Gardendesign& creative planting Francesca Green Tel: (01787)210507 Aster Phlox Sedum Echinacea Penstemon Erysimum Camomile Verbena Salvia Oregano Galanthus Narcissus Crocus Fritallaria Allium Anemone Tulipa
- 8. TREE ‘PODS’ Key factors: Very visible places Perennial underplanting has all disappeared due to leaf fall To include: Colour and interest tolerant of drought and semi-shade Plants to encourage wildlife with flowers and/or berries Green Eye Gardendesign& creative planting Francesca Green Tel: (01787)210507 Buddleja ‘Buzz’ – dwarf variety, 1.2m height and spread, loved by bees and butterflies Cotoneaster dammeri – evergreen ground cover shrub, larval food plant for moths, nectar source and red berries loved by birds Skimmia – shade tolerant small shrub, scented flowers provide nectar followed by red berries
- 9. Wildlife Food requirements Nesting requirements Birds Berries & insects Nesting boxes on trees Bees & wasps Blue, white, yellow and purple flowers Dead material Small mammals, eg. Hedgehogs Berries and insects Undergrowth Hedgehog house Moths Night-scented plants such as Lonicera periclymenum, Jasminum officinale, Evening primrose Undergrowth Butterflies Flowering plants such as Buddleja, Verbena, Lavandula, Erysimum, Oregano Undergrowth Reptiles & amphibians Pond Pond Beetles & other insects Decaying wood Decaying wood Bats Insects around pond Insect friendly plants such as Aster, Sedum, Phlox, Echinacea, Salvia, Monarda, Penstemon Minimal mowing to encourage insects Bat box attached to silver birch Green Eye Gardendesign& creative planting Francesca Green Tel: (01787)210507 WILDLIFE MATRIX