London Grows Wild: A guide to wildlife-friendly food growing
London Grows Wild is a practical guide to help urban food growers incorporate wildlife-friendly practices and principles into their gardens.
Whether growing in a balcony garden, allotment, school or urban farm, there are a variety of ways to turn urban gardens into welcoming homes for wildlife. The advice and assessments in this guide can help growers learn more about what wildlife-friendly food growing is, identify what’s already going well in their garden, and discover easy ways to improve.
Contents
- Wildlife-friendly food growing
- Attracting wildlife into the garden
- Understanding the insect world
- Composting for wildlife
- Growing food the wild way
- Evaluating biodiversity in garden design
- Resources for further learning
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