This section has grown to be by far the largest part of our website.  It aims to give an introduction and guide - not to all the species found in gardens - but to all the major groups of species.  There is a lot of information on garden wildlife in general on the RHS/Wildlife Trust website Wild about Gardens.  You can also find a list of useful books and leaflets on garden wildlife through our Finding out More page.

 

We are concentrating here on the smaller and less charismatic fauna and flora of gardens, especially the insects, of which Dr Jennifer Owen found nearly 2,000 species in her modest Leicester garden. Her work allows us to estimate that more than 8,000 insect species may be encountered in gardens if you look hard enough and have access to professional help in identifying species.

 

While most people think of animals as wildlife, the wild plants that live in our gardens are just as interesting and important, and we now have a large and growing section on garden wildplants, arranged by types of plants and by their habitat preferences.

 

By now, most of the pages we need have been written, posted on the website, and available via the menu bar above. Below is a list of additional pages we will be adding.

 

This is where you can help!

 

If you would like to contribute pages on the groups below, or have good photographs we would be delighted to receive and use them (with due acknowledgement of authorship) on this site.   Please contact us using the Website comments, photos or offers of help form if you may be able to help with photos or drawings, or especially  video clips and sound recordings!

 

We would also be most grateful for material to correct or extend the pages and photos we have already published

 

 

Keys to major invertebrate groups                                                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keys to major invertebrate groups