How to support Guideposts

Gardening

Gardening

Making Connections from Home > Gardening

If you’re stuck at home and have a garden that’s been a little neglected recently, now is the perfect time to pick up the trough and get gardening again. But where do you start? On this page we have guides for those who have no gardening experience on how to get started, as well as guides on how to promote British wildlife with your garden, practice wildlife photography, and take part in national wildlife monitoring schemes.

If you know of any resources missing from this list, please let us know by filling out this form.

Getting started with gardening 

Here are some useful websites that teach you the basics of gardening if you don’t know where to start: 

Helping wildlife 

There are lots of things you can do to improve the diversity of British wildlife using your garden – from attracting butterflies or bumblebees to your garden to building a hedgehog home or a bird feeder. Here are some resources to get you started: 

Wildlife monitoring 

Anyone with a garden can monitor the wildlife in it and help contribute to national monitoring schemes. Whether this is something you want to take part in, or whether you just want to do it for fun, here are some guides to monitoring wildlife in your garden: 

Wildlife photography 

  • WildlifePhoto – free online wildlife photography course by UK photographer Will Burrard-Lucas 

Join the Guideposts community 

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to hear how you can help us support people with learning disabilities, dementia, or complex mental health problems, and make a real difference to their lives:

You have successfully subscribed to the newsletter

Too many subscribe attempts for this email address.

/ ( DD/MM )
Would like to hear about
Information about Guideposts' work
Events
Fundraising Challenges
Volunteering
Job Opportunities
Supporting Guideposts