For The Birds

Featured on BBC Gardner’s World, July 4th Episode 16

The number of wild birds in Britain has fallen by more than 73 million since 1970, meaning we have lost over a third of all our wild birds.

The majority of declining species are woodland and farmland birds, where a mix of expanding industrialised agriculture, habitat loss and climate change are having severe impacts.

Our gardens play an important part in giving wild bird populations a fighting chance, by planting flowering species that are a rich food source for birds, abundant in edible seeds or fruit. The Asteraceae family includes a number of these species, such as Achillea, Echinacea, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and many more which are featured in this border, to inspire gardeners across the UK to plant for the birds!

Full plant list below: