People feel better when they are surrounded by nature – the wilder the area, with more different types of plants and animals, the better you feel. Inviting birds, butterflies, bees, wildflowers and trees into your garden won’t just help the planet. It will help you, too! Want to you how you can help make your garden a little bit wilder?

A new book, Gardening for Biodiversity, created by nature expert Juanita Browne and illustrator Barry Reynolds, is your step-by-step guide to helping the insects, flowers, birds and other creatures who call your garden home. The book, which can be downloaded here has been recently launched by Laois County Council with the assistance of Local Authority Heritage Officers across Ireland, and with support from the National Parks and Wildlife Service and The Heritage Council.

Gardening for Biodiversity.pdf (size 17 MB) 

Roscommon County Council have FREE copies of Gardening for Biodiversity to give away, with thanks to National Biodiversity Action Plan funding from the Department of Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht. If you would like a copy please email heritage@roscommoncoco.ie and we will post one out to you as soon as we can.  

Check out the Gardening for Biodiversity Colouring Sheets! You can download them here. They are reproduced here with thanks to Laois County Council.