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  • Gardening in January: Thinking Ahead

    Along with all the other resolutions you may be making this month, why not jot down some ideas for helping butterflies and moths in your garden this year.

  • Vital Volunteers

    This week is Volunteers’ Week, the annual celebration of the positive difference that volunteers make to many aspects of life across the UK, day-in day-out, throughout the year.

  • Look Out For: Tigers

    Tigers are arguably our most striking and charismatic moths with beautiful patterns and fascinating life styles.

  • Dig It – October tips from the Secret Gardener

    Cheerful sedums are a delightful addition to an autumn garden. Their bright pink flowers and succulent green, grey or purple leaves light up the flowerbeds.

  • 10 easy ways you can help our environment

    Find out how you can help wildlife with our 10 simple tips. Even doing something small can make a big difference. 

  • Go Peat Free with Monty Don

    Writer, Gardener and television presenter, Monty Don, has described using peat in your garden as an act of eco-vandalism. Read on to find out how and why you should garden without it…

  • The Big Garden Birdwatch: Gardening Tips

    January might not be the best month for butterflies but you can still help the conservation cause by turning your hand to birds instead.

  • Meet The Death’s-head Hawk-moth

    The Death’s-head Hawk-moth is the rebel of the moth world. Strikingly large, with a skull-like marking on its thorax and the ability to squeak when alarmed, the moth was traditionally seen as an omen of death.

  • Christmas Surprises

    The survival of some species of butterfly and moth may depend on their ability to remain dormant, sheltered and out-of-sight throughout the winter months. But they may need a bit of help to find a decent hiding place.

  • Where do butterflies and moths go in winter?

    Richard Fox, Butterfly Conservation Surveys Manager explains butterfly and moth "hibernation"

  • On the lookout for larvae

    Adult butterflies and moths are increasingly scarce now that autumn has taken hold, but there are still plenty of caterpillars to spot.

  • Dig It: October's tips from the Secret Gardener

    Gardeners and butterflies are relishing the last burst of warmth before Jack Frost arrives to dust our plants with his icy shimmer.

  • Emerging from Winter

    We British are very interested in the weather. It’s a national obsession, and nowhere more so than among Britain’s butterfly and moth enthusiasts.