Menu Index: Wildlife In Your Garden

Possums in the garden

Possums and Other Pests In Your Garden This is not a story about Dame Edna and her Moonee Ponds garden. It is about the joys of discovering wildlife inhabiting your backyard and the pain that the little devils inflict on your prize plants. This is a two edged sword, so I must confess to being…

Attracting Wildlife To Your Garden

Australian gardeners have a wonderful opportunity to experience the delights of our unique flora and fauna at the closest of quarters. There are areas of suburbia that are within range of bushland corridors that are frequented by a wide range of intriguing wildlife. With some thoughtful landscaping and appropriate plant selection, we can attract many of these…

Wildlife Habitat Stepping Stones Project

Stepping Stones – A Great Sydney Project Creating Wildlife Habitat We are lucky in Australia to have some great areas of natural bush adjoining our towns and cities, which are home to our own unique plants and animals. But as our cities grow, these spaces are increasingly being developed, pushing our wildlife into smaller and…

Australian Native Bees

Everyone knows the introduced commercial honey bee, but not everyone knows about our very own Aussie bees. © Photo courtesy of Dianne Clarke There is growing interest in encouraging more of our own fascinating Australian native bees amongst gardeners, native plant enthusiasts and honey producers. Not only are they fascinating to observe, they perform the…