Reap the rewards of a wild garden makeover

GARDENS are important to wildlife and, in my opinion at least, wildlife is important to gardens.

Certainly the feedback I get to this column indicates a lot of its readers feel birds, butterflies, frogs and hedgehogs increase the pleasure they get from their garden.

So here are a few ideas for ways to make your garden better for wildlife in 2011, starting with the most obvious thing — feeding wild birds.