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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

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

5 ways your garden could be contributing to flooding

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.

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

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

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

What is World Soil Day?

Five tips to help you keep your seedlings alive over winter

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

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

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

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

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

Complete guide to field maple

How to identify and control ash dieback

Complete guide to cedar of Lebanon

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

How to grow and care for juniper trees

Symphytum officinale

How to grow wild service trees

Complete guide to dead nettles

How to grow sea buckthorn

How to grow marjoram

Veronica chamaedrys

12 zen garden ideas for a relaxing outdoor space

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