No Nettles Required: The Reassuring Truth about Wildlife Gardening

KEN THOMPSON is a plant ecologist. He is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield where he was a key member of the first of two 'Biodiversity of Urban Gardens' (BUGS) projects investigating the significance of urban gardens as habitats for 'natural' biodiversity. He has written over one hundred articles for scientific journals and writes a regular column on the science of gardening for ORGANIC GARDENING magazine. He is also the author of the equally charming and critically acclaimed AN EAR TO THE GROUND: GARDEN SCIENCE FOR ORDINARY MORTALS.