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A plastic bottle with the top cut off, filled with grass and water, sticks poking out.

Homemade Hoverfly Lagoons

With the latest Wild About Gardens focus on hoverflies, Danielle Page talks us through how to create one particular habitat to tempt more of these incredible insects into your garden.

People making bird feeders

Community Garden Updates: February 2025

Find out all about how we've kickstarted the new year at the Community Garden, including learning about and helping birds and valentines themed fun!

Group of people planting a tree

Community Garden Updates: December 2024

Find out all about what we've been up to at the Community Garden at Rushden Lakes this Autumn, including October Half Term and planting our new community orchard!

family planting vegetables

Community Garden Updates: Summer 2024

Find out all about what we've been up to at the Community Garden at Rushden Lakes this summer and the exciting things we have coming up!

Cellar slug Brian Eversham

Appreciating slugs and snails

Aiming to challenge the negative perception surrounding slugs and snails in gardens, this year's Wild About Gardens initiative encourages gardeners to reconsider the role of these often-…

Common cockchafer

The brilliance of beetles

Steve Garland, chair of Lancashire Wildlife Trust and beetle expert, explores the world of these incredible, armoured insects.

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