Go Wild About Lawns!
Wild About Gardens celebrates wildlife gardening and aims to encourage people to use their gardens to take action to help support nature.
A lawn can be so much more than a short patch of grass, if we give it the chance. Pledge to create a wilder lawn and invite more colour, more nature and more life into your garden.
Actions you can take
Jon Hawkins – Surrey Hills Photography
Add some wildflowers
A lawn full of wildflowers provides vital food for bees and butterflies, amongst many other benefits.
Adam Cormack
Make a mini lawn
For a balcony or yarden.
Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography
Leave your lawn to grow long
Embrace the daisies, dandelions, clovers and other naturally flowering plants.
Tom Marshall
Create a lawn with a difference
Why not try planting chamomile?
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Take the plunge in 2024 and make your lawn a haven for wildlife! Our lawns are so much more than just a patch of grass. With a bit of care and attention – or even inattention – a lawn can provide a sanctuary for our natural neighbours. Take some time to get to know the plants and animals in your lawn, and you might be surprised at what you find!
There are lots of ways we can use our lawns to support wildlife, and some of them take no effort at all...
Our guide to bringing your lawn to life
How many wilder lawns we've welcomed
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The Wildlife Trusts and RHS set up Wild About Gardens to celebrate wildlife gardening and to encourage people to use their gardens to take action to help support nature. Many of our common garden visitors – including hedgehogs, house sparrows and starlings – are increasingly under threat. But together we can make a difference. Find out how our green spaces can provide for wildlife.
More ways to help wildlife
Click on a theme below to find out how to look after different species in the garden!
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