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Gardens are nature’s gift to us. We humans occupy this planet along with millions of species of plants, animals and other living things. We start a garden by growing plants. Most plants are intentionally grown by us. However, living things also randomly visit, explore or reside in our gardens. They don’t respect human ownership, space or territories. We on the other hand find it either a joy or pain in discovering their presence. It is a delight to see a plant growing successfully in our garden or a rare bird which has built a nest in a shrub. On the other hand, sometimes, it is a pain to see no matter how much you attempt to remove a weed, it's roots are strong and won't give up! Nature has it's own way. It makes us realise, we are the actual visitors in this world, they are here to stay.
In my own garden, I am working to provide a space for as many living things as possible. I am still a long long way from a well established garden which can boast of providing a huge variety of habitats for living things. I have started by having a small wildflower patch in my garden where I transplant weeds growing in other areas. Weeds are important! They provide valuable habitats for a huge variety of insects, butterflies, moths etc.
Whilst a garden cannot be classed as a biome in the biological sense, because, it is us, that mostly grew the plant species, and they haven’t natural evolved there, I like calling my garden as such. I have decided to make a hobby of both working in my garden and cataloguing all the species of living things I find there. With such an abundant variety of plant and animal life in this world, it sometimes helps to keep a collection list. This blog is a handy place for me to make notes about my garden. It is my personal library of what I am familiar with. My aim is to grow and have a better understanding of the bio diversity this planet offers us, starting from my garden!
I hope you enjoy this and can provide me feedback.
Plants found growing in the UK
Plants found in Indian Gardens
