Garden Scale Woodland Habitats

Our latest Gardening for Biodiversity talk, given by local ecologist Paul Ritchie on the theme of ‘Creating Garden-Scale Woodland Habitats,’ attracted a good audience from across the 4Bs. Drawing on his own gardening for nature project and over 40 years experience of woodland management he shared his approach to creating garden scale woodland habitats.

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A key take-away was that woodland gardening is NOT about planting a woodland in your garden. Rather, it’s about understanding how woodland ecology works in the UK and applying those principles to your garden planting. By understanding the ecology we are more likely to create a healthy woodland habitat
within which wildlife can flourish. One of the most important principles is layering. By using trees, shrubs and other plants we can fill a 3 dimensional space with plants that will thrive at all levels. He also offered advice on the native trees, shrubs and other plants we should consider when creating a garden with a small scale woodland habitat.
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Pauls powerpoint slides are posted below together with a recording of his talk 

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