I'll have some of those

An eye-catching centrepiece of the RHS "Greener Gardening" Show last week was this display of "habitat towers" by the Trust for Urban Ecology. These allow a variety of wildlife habitats in a confined space, and being made of reclaimed wood, which eventually breaks down in the soil, they're pretty green themselves - as well as making quite an architectural statement while they're up.

Some day we'll have them at FuFWiG - watch this space!

A helping hand for the hedge

Okay, it's not very pretty, but I'm grateful to Neil Manning of Hammersmith & Fulham Parks Dept and his contractors for putting up this temporary (we hope!) fence, to help the mixed hedge establish unmolested.

Action stations!

Many thanks to those who helped clear up and plant the wildlife garden on Saturday 14 March 2009. In a brisk couple of hours we transplanted the remaining plants from the main site into the (bare) inner corner plot. We also planted a protective hedge of mixed native species, and some native shrubs and wildflower seeds on the main site.

humble origins

Hello and welcome to the Fulham Fields Wildlife Garden blog.

We're still at the "before" stage, as you can see from the images here - although we are almost ready to begin planting.

Stay tuned!