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Sleeping beauties: Caring for the winter wildlife garden

The Guardian (blog) - Jan 12, 2012
In mid-December, I saw a buff-tailed bumblebee gathering pollen from a rogue snapdragon that was still in flower. This wasn't in the soft south but in Bolton, where it was bitterly cold. The queen bee will have emerged from hibernation in milder ...

Lion ownership case halted

Newstalk ZB - Jan 26, 2012
A case deciding who owns Zion Wildlife Garden's big cats won't go ahead until Lion Man Craig Busch pays $16000. The Whangarei High Court has ordered Mr Busch to pay security costs after an application was made by his mother Patricia, through her lawyer ...

Big cats' fate may be known today

Otago Daily Times - Jan 17, 2012
The fate of Zion Wildlife Garden's 36 big cats could be determined soon as lawyers for the park operator and the receivers claw it out in court today . The struggling Northland wildlife park was placed into liquidation in August after the High Court at ...

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Wildlife Garden books

50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants: The Prettiest Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, and Shrubs that Deer Don't Eat

by: Ruth Rogers Clausen

What’s the biggest problem facing gardeners? Drought, lack of sun, or the ever-present threat of disease? Nope, it’s deer. The beautiful animals immortalized in Disney’s Bambi are also the garden’s biggest pests. Increased hunting regulations have caused the deer population to swell to more than 30 million. At the same time, suburban expansion has led to a loss of natural habitat. The result? Deer are looking for food and finding it in gardens all across the country.

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Wildlife in the Garden, Expanded Edition: How to Live in Harmony with Deer, Raccoons, Rabbits, Crows, and Other Pesky Creatures

by: Gene Logsdon

Gene Logsdon has found an imaginative way to introduce gardeners to a more total enjoyment of nature—fauna as well as flora. From suburb to countryside, every gardener knows that there are many pests who delight in one's precious creations—rabbits devour petunias, raccoons eat the almost ripe sweet corn, deer browse the morning glories, crows pull up young corn sprouts. How can gardeners and wildlife live together in harmony. Gene knows.

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Gardening Projects for Kids: Fantastic ideas for making things, growing plants and flowers, and attracting wildlife to the garden, with 60 practical projects and 500 photographs

by: Jenny Hendy

Fantastic ideas for making things, growing plants and flowers, and attracting wildlife to the garden, with 60 practical projects and 500 photographs.

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The California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design

by: Mark Francis, Andreas Reimann
The beauty, resources, and natural processes of the California landscape are brought to the home garden in Mark Francis and Andreas Reimann's fine testament to ecological gardening. The authors connect history, culture, region, and design to help us understand how California and its human population have evolved historically and how individuals today can make a difference in the state's future in their own backyards. The authors' goal is to bring the history of the California garden up to date with the ecological and cultural concerns of our time.
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Wildlife Garden : Attracting Amphibians to a Garden

Attracting amphibians, like frogs, newts and toads, to a garden involves providing cool, damp shelters for the autumn and winter, and offering a pond in a sunny area for the spring and summer where they can raise their spawn. Create an amphibian habitat in a garden, making sure to provide both shallow and deep areas of a pond, with tips from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening for wildlife. Expert: Elaine Hughes Contact: www.wildlondon.org.uk/gardening Bio: Elaine Hughes is London Wildlife Trust's expert gardener, working across a range of projects and campaigns. Filmmaker: Kathy Stannard

 

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Bee tree | Natural History Museum

See real honeybees in their hive in the Wildlife Garden's 'bee tree'. Get a bee's-eye view of the action inside the hive and see them busily making wax and honey. You can visit them in the garden or watch them in the website Beecam. More information @ www.nhm.ac.uk

 

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Wildlife Garden : Drought Tolerant Plants

Drought tolerant plants typically have leaves that are either waxy, spiky, succulent or hairy, such as rosemary, cistus, lavender and sedum. Plant drought tolerant species in a garden, able to survive long periods of hot and dry weather, with tips from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening for wildlife. Expert: Elaine Hughes Contact: www.wildlondon.org.uk/gardening Bio: Elaine Hughes is London Wildlife Trust's expert gardener, working across a range of projects and campaigns. Filmmaker: Kathy Stannard

 

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Wildlife Garden : Pricking Out Seedlings

Pricking out seedlings is a process of transferring partially developed seedlings to larger pots before their roots become too entwined. Use a dipper or a spoon to scoop out seedlings and put them gently into a pot with tips from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening for wildlife. Expert: Elaine Hughes Contact: www.wildlondon.org.uk/gardening Bio: Elaine Hughes is London Wildlife Trust's expert gardener, working across a range of projects and campaigns. Filmmaker: Kathy Stannard

 

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Wildlife Garden : Planting Outdoor Plants

Planting outdoor plants involves digging a hole a little larger than the root base, breaking up compacted roots, placing the plant in the hole and filling the hole back up with more soil. Pack down the soil around the base of the new plant and give it a good watering with instructions from a professional horticulturist in this free video on gardening for wildlife. Expert: Elaine Hughes Contact: www.wildlondon.org.uk/gardening Bio: Elaine Hughes is London Wildlife Trust's expert gardener, working across a range of projects and campaigns. Filmmaker: Kathy Stannard