Gardening

Wildlife-friendly gardening

You can support native wildlife in your garden by creating natural habitats that offer shelter, breeding sites and food throughout the year.

Creating a wildlife-friendly garden can:

  • reduce your garden maintenance costs
  • decrease gardening time commitments
  • conserve local native plants and animals
  • make our urban areas more ecologically sustainable

Discover how to create a natural habitat garden and attract wildlife to your own backyard!

Learn more

Wildlife-friendly gardens booklet

Discover our simple steps and things to consider to entice local wildlife into your backyard.

Nest boxes for wildlife

Many of our native animals rely on tree hollows to survive but a loss of old trees has made them hard to find. Adding a nest box to your garden can help.

Wildlife-friendly gardens factsheets

Browse a range of short resources on attracting a range of species, such as birds, bats, butterflies and frogs.

Native plant nurseries

Here you’ll find a list of Adelaide’s plant nurseries that stock or can provide you with Adelaide’s local native plants.

Native plant after care

While native plants tend to be low maintenance, they will still need a bit of love every now and then. Find out how to keep your garden thriving.

6 steps to a butterfly-friendly garden

Butterflies are a beautiful addition to any garden and they play an important role in the environment. Check out 6 steps to attract them to your yard.

4 steps for a frog-friendly garden

Enjoy hearing frogs and think you might like to hear them around your home too? Read on to discover 4 simple steps to entice them into your garden.

6 steps for attracting more native bees to your garden

South Australia’s native bees are fantastic pollinators for our Aussie plants. Here’s 6 steps to help attract them to you garden.