Nursery World - Enabling Environment: Outdoors

Nursery gardens can offer a haven for wildlife when food and warmth
are in short supply, and children can benefit by helping out -as Julie
Mountain explains in part three of her winter series.

Winter can be a hard time for wildlife, but a small investment of time will reap rewards in terms of birds, animals and colourful plant displays -and children, with your support, can do many of the tasks.

Few activities provide children with as much satisfaction as engaging in 'real' tasks, so make encouraging biodiversity in your garden part of your winter curriculum.

Feeding animals in winter is one of the most helpful and rewarding things that your children can do. Small saucers of food placed in discreet places around the garden will allow animals to eat and drink and encourage them to visit you more frequently. The plastic or terracotta drip trays from plant pots are ideal for this job. Explore your site with the children to identify half-hidden feeding spots so that animals don't feel exposed when they come to feed.

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