Gardeners urged to think about wildlife

By The Newsroom
Published 1st Jun 2017, 16:59 BST
Updated 4th Jun 2017, 21:29 BST
Phil Allen was the winner of the Gardening for Wildlife Award in the 2016 Mid & East Antrim in Bloom Community Competitions and is keen to encourage other gardeners to think about local wildlife.Phil Allen was the winner of the Gardening for Wildlife Award in the 2016 Mid & East Antrim in Bloom Community Competitions and is keen to encourage other gardeners to think about local wildlife.
Phil Allen was the winner of the Gardening for Wildlife Award in the 2016 Mid & East Antrim in Bloom Community Competitions and is keen to encourage other gardeners to think about local wildlife.
The winner of the '˜Gardening for Wildlife Award' in the 2016 Mid & East Antrim in Bloom Community Competitions is keen to encourage other gardeners to think about local wildlife. encourage other gardeners to think about local wildlife.

Carrickfergus man, Phil Allen has lots of advice to help the process.

He said “How a garden develops very much depends on what you have got to start with. In general, trees are valuable if you have the room, particularly willow for early pollen for queen bumble bees, and rowan, hawthorn and crab apples for fruit and berries later.

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