Any pond, no matter its size, is fantastic for creating a haven for wildlife in your garden. A fresh and reliable source of water is essential for the wellbeing of wild birds and animals, and a pond can also provide food and a home for many of our wild friends. Birds will flock to your pond to drink and bathe, and the pond insects which dance over its surface (such as mayflies, pond skaters and dragonflies) become an all-you-can-eat buffet for our birdy buddies.
Garden ponds can be colonised naturally, so you don't necessarily have to worry about populating it yourself: Simply set up your pond and wildlife will come. Bugs, birds, amphibians and snails are all attracted to bodies of water and your Pond in a Pot will be teeming with life in no time. If you want to give your pond a head start, why not include some Ramshorn snails in your order, which will consume some of the algae on the side of your pond helping to keep it clean and clear.
Our Wildlife Friendly Pond in a Pot has been specially designed to attract bees and other pollinators by featuring plants which provide nectar. All of the plants in the Wildlife Friendly collection have been featured in the RHS "Perfect for Pollinators" list, which has been specially crafted to help everyone get their gardens buzzing by providing a habitat in which bees can thrive. Bees are important for any garden, big or small. Aside from more obvious benefits, such as honey (which has antibacterial, antiviral and antimicrobial properties many people don't know about), bees pollinate many vegetables from cabbages to onions, and overall are responsible for pollinating around 40% of the food that we eat. Unfortunately, bees are coming more and more under threat these days, thanks to current agricultural monoculture practices and other causes we've yet to discover. Bees often do not live beyond a single week, and that's where they need our help.
