Nic Wilson

Nic Wilson is a writer and editor, specialising in natural history and wildlife gardening. She is the author of the nature memoir Land Beneath the Waves (a BBC Wildlife Best Nature Book of 2025), a regular Guardian Country Diarist, and her work features in numerous anthologies, journals and magazines, including the RHS Magazine, The English Garden, British Wildlife, Going to Ground, Moving Mountains and Women on Nature. Her qualifications include a Diploma in Garden Design, an MA in English Literature and a Diploma in Creative Non-Fiction. She is on Bluesky @nicwilson.bsky.social

Goldfinches love to pick out the seeds from teasels. Getty Images

26 brilliant plants that feed birds the natural (and disease-free) way

A rain-wise garden. Paul Debois

5 ways your garden could be contributing to flooding

Red roses for Valentine's Day. Getty Images

Why cut flowers aren’t as romantic as you think this Valentine’s Day. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Waxwing eating berries. Getty Images

These rare British garden birds are hard to find — have you seen one?

Goldfinch on a bird feeder. Getty Images

Your winter wildlife gardening jobs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A blue tit perched on half an apple in the snow. Getty Images

How to enjoy winter birdwatching and recognise when garden birds need extra care

Hands with soil. Jason Ingram

What is World Soil Day?

Insulating the greenhouse. Neil Hepworth

Five tips to help you keep your seedlings alive over winter

Hedgehog feeding from a food bowl. Sarah Cuttle

Five things not to feed hedgehogs and what to feed them instead

Cotoneaster horizontalis. Tim Sandall

What is Schedule 9? Understanding the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Mast year with a child holding acorns. Getty Images

2025 may be a mast year - but is that the whole story?

Adding mulch. Sarah Cuttle

12 urgent October jobs to protect your garden over winter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Virginia creeper. Getty Images

Are you growing one of these 10 banned plants without realising?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Acer campestre. Getty Images

Complete guide to field maple

Ash tree with ash dieback. Getty Images

How to identify and control ash dieback

Cedar of Lebanon. Getty Images

Complete guide to cedar of Lebanon

Opting for more resilient plants can help as our summers warm up. Paul Debois

10 ways to protect your plants in a heatwave. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dog's-tooth violet. Getty Images

Best plants for flowers in a shady garden, from the experts at Kew Gardens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Giving Phlox the Chelsea chop. Jason Ingram

Here's what may happen to your plants if you don't give them the 'Chelsea chop'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Raking the lawn. Sarah Cuttle

Six quick ways to get your lawn looking good for summer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sowing flower seeds from a packet. Sarah Cuttle

Sowing seeds now? Do any one of these 8 things and it will probably go wrong. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A rain-wise garden. Paul Debois

5 ways your garden could be contributing to flooding. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Juniper tree. Getty Images

How to grow and care for juniper trees

Common comfrey (Symphytum officinale). Jason Ingram

Symphytum officinale

Wild service tree. Getty Images.

How to grow wild service trees

Spotted dead-nettle (Lamium maculatum). Getty Images

Complete guide to dead nettles

Sea buckthorn. Getty Images

How to grow sea buckthorn

Sweet marjoram (Origanum majorana). Getty Images

How to grow marjoram

Tiny blue flowers of speedwell. Tim Sandall

Veronica chamaedrys

Stepping stone path. Getty Images

12 zen garden ideas for a relaxing outdoor space

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