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Advice About Biodiversity

These pages contain information about Northern Ireland’s biodiversity. We’ve divided the information by habitat type, although some subjects overlap and we’ve tried to slot things into the most appropriate place.

Woodland

  • How to select trees for my new native woodland
  • Native spring-flowering bulbs
  • Why plant native trees of local provenance?
  • Young woodlands and wildflowers
  • Summer loving – young trees matter, cherish them

Grassland

  • Planting wildflowers
  • How to create a perennial wildflower meadow
  • Creating a wetland meadow

Gardens

  • Bees
  • Birds in your garden
  • Trees in your garden
  • An introduction to wildlife gardening

Hedgerows

  • Planning a wildlife hedge
  • Cutting hedges

Wetland

  • Creating a wildlife pond
  • Creating and managing a patch of wet grassland
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