How to Create a Wildlife Pond: Everything You Need to Plan, Dig, and Enjoy a Natural Pond in Your Own Back Gard

by DK and D.K. Publishing

The best way to attract wildlife to your garden is to build a pond.

If you want to do your bit to support local biodiversity, pick up a shovel, and start digging. How to Create a Wildlife Pond makes it easy to attract and support a huge array of species, with fully photographed step-by-steps showing you how to plan, dig, line, and fill a simple wildlife pond, alongside alternatives including container ponds and more formal designs. Discover the best mix of plants you'll need to keep your pond thriving, how to make sure that creatures can enter and exit the water safely, and the little extra touches that can encourage all kinds of wildlife to visit.

Once your pond is ready, sit back and watch nature do its work. Follow the story of your pond from season to season as the book takes you through the variety of creatures that will visit your new water feature: the blackbird that bathes in the shallows; the snuffling hedgehog that has come to quench its thirst; the bat that soars above the water at nightfall to feast on rising insects. Every garden should have a pond, and with this book, you'll have everything you need to create a pond that will be swarming with life for years to come.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0744029279
• ISBN13: 9780744029277
• Release Date: January 2079
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 192 Pages