Make your garden a safe haven for local fauna
There are many things you can do to make your garden a safe and bountiful place for local wildlife to call home.
WA native plant species are adapted to local soil and climate conditions.
This means they require less water and fertiliser to grow well. There is a vast range of native species to suit any area of the garden and even create year-round colour with flowering varieties.
Mature native trees provide essential habitat for local fauna and are perfect for incorporating bird, possum and bat nesting boxes.
Mature trees are a great feature in any garden, adding real estate value and helping to create vertical aspect on our mostly flat Swan Coastal Plain.
They also provide critical shade in our urban environment.
Hard surfaces can be replaced with low growing natives in many non-trafficable areas of the garden to allow water to infiltrate and help reduce the amount of potentially polluted stormwater entering our drainage systems. Other alternatives to impermeable surfaces include crushed gravel, mulch or permable paving.
By reducing the amount of hard surfaces on your property you are helping to:
Attract local wildlife to your garden with bee hotels, nest boxes, water bowls and frog ponds.
Frog ponds are great garden features that can encourage and support more than just frogs and help to control pests and diseases.
Don’t forget the little guys either – get creative with logs and rocks, and use plenty of organic mulch.
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