{"id":2448,"date":"2019-11-30T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:33:00","slug":"prepare-wildlife-garden-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/prepare-wildlife-garden-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prepare your wildlife garden for winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One day, sat on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/banana-benches\">banana bench<\/a> beside my pond, it became clear that I would be expecting a lot from the fish, frogs \u2013 and maybe even the birds \u2013 I encouraged into my wildlife garden.\u00a0 With the winds, rains, frost and snow of winter to come, I felt a degree of responsibility to the creatures that please me throughout the year.\u00a0 With some research, I found all the steps I should take when preparing a garden for winter.<\/p>\n<h2>What wildlife?<\/h2>\n<p>Even though you might think winter is a lifeless time for your wildlife garden, it doesn&#8217;t have to be this way.\u00a0 Your garden can become a habitat for lots of overwintering species.\u00a0 The best wildlife garden will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/blog\/2018\/12\/top-15-winter-birds\/\">attract flocks of birds<\/a> \u2013 and your yard might actually offer more food than the countryside at this time of year. For example, if you&#8217;re curious about supplementing their diet, you might wonder, <a href=\"https:\/\/animalsworld.co.uk\/can-ducks-eat-blueberries\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">can ducks eat blueberries?<\/a> Such information can help you provide the best care for the feathered visitors in your wintry garden.<\/p>\n<p>As the winter progresses, to keep the visitors coming, you will need to put out food to help them through.\u00a0 You should also put up bird boxes or repair others.\u00a0 However, it is not just birds that you can nurture.\u00a0 You should also expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peacock butterflies and small tortoiseshells, which like to hide in the corners of your shed. Your best care for these is to leave them alone.\u00a0 Put up a Do Not Disturb sign and leave them to it.<\/li>\n<li>Toads and newts also like to spend winter with you \u2013 but will likely move into your greenhouse or shelter under pots and piles of bricks. Frogs tend to be more exposed in winter, so hide at the bottom of the pond.\u00a0 You could always offer places where your toads, newts and frogs can hide \u2013 to keep them safe in your garden.<\/li>\n<li>Violet ground beetles are one of the few insects that will stick around \u2013 you will see them hunting worms in your leaf letter.<\/li>\n<li>Ladybirds are a surprising winter resident \u2013 however \u2013 they will cluster together on dead plant stems in sheltered areas of the garden.<\/li>\n<li>Wrens stick around but lose about 10% of their body weight in the winter. They keep warm by sleeping in a community \u2013 and they would love you to provide bird boxes.<\/li>\n<li>Patchwork leaf-cutter bees use holes in wood to act as nest chambers \u2013 you could help them by drilling holes in a log or a large block of wood. You might become a favourite with other insects that enjoy wintering in the same way.<\/li>\n<li>The dragonfly stays active through winter \u2013 so keep your pond clean \u2013 and spiders overwinter as eggs, so try to avoid digging your beds unless necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Start in Autumn<\/h2>\n<p>You should start your preparation as autumn arrives.\u00a0 It is the few months before the harshness of frost and snow that will define the safety of the copious varieties of wildlife that you could attract.\u00a0 You need to be sure that the animals have plenty of food and many safe hiding places for the winter period.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest mistake gardeners make is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardenersworld.com\/plants\/tidying-the-garden-in-autumn\/\">tidying the garden to an extreme<\/a>.\u00a0 You do not need an untidy garden to be friendly to wildlife \u2013 but do not blitz the space.\u00a0 You need to leave homes for invertebrates \u2013 as well as patches of leaves etc. to act as hiding places.\u00a0 It might be best to leave the tidying up of your garden until spring to give wildlife the best chance.<\/p>\n<p>You could also use autumn to plant some hedges \u2013 such as hazel, hawthorn, buckthorn and guelder rose.\u00a0 Planting now allows time for the roots to establish and will become a place where birds can hide and keep warm in winter.<\/p>\n<h2>Other winter gardening tips<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to be proactive in your support of wildlife, you could:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spread the leaves that have fallen over your flowerbeds, which will mulch down and provide habitat for insects and a place for thrushes and blackbirds to forage. Your frogs will also thank you \u2013 as they will overwinter among your damp leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Leave your dry plant stems standing so that insects can crawl inside. They will also provide a frame for spiderwebs \u2013 which will offer a fair bit of beauty when the frosts arrive.\u00a0 Wait until April or May until you cut them back, which is when the insects will emerge.<\/li>\n<li>Trim your hedges at the end of winter, so birds have somewhere to shelter \u2013 the same with ivy \u2013 allow it to grow until the spring. 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