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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Plant sunflowers and lavender to save garden species, says RSPB

Sunflowers in bloom in a field in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Sunflowers in bloom in a field in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Photograph: Paul Marriott/Rex/Shutterstock

Plant sunflowers and lavender in your garden this spring to reverse the decline of previously common garden species, the RSPB has urged the British public.

The bird charity has launched a “nature on your doorstep” campaign to highlight that UK gardens and balconies combined cover 4,000sq km, an area more than twice the size of Greater London. Together these connected habitats could help reverse the fortunes of species including starlings, bumblebees and hedgehogs.

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