Gardens: Heaven or Hell for Wildlife?
conference proceedings
Gardens: Heaven or Hell for Wildlife? conference hosted by The Royal Horticultural Society, in association with the Wildlife Trusts and the RSPB, raises the awareness of the important role gardeners can play in creating a better environment for wildlife.
Statistics suggest gardeners could be a formidable force for putting biodiversity on the public agenda with three quarters of the UK's adult population has access to a garden, and more than half of those say they get a great deal of pleasure from gardening.
The extent to which this nation of gardeners is helping or hindering biodiversity, and what more they could do, are key topics for debate at the conference which draws together the latest science, research and opinion leaders from a wide range of interest groups.
Schedule
Welcome Sir Richard Carew Pole, RHS President 
Introduction John MacLeod, RHS Professor of Horticulture
Keynote - Who cares? Rt. Hon. John Gummer MP
Evidence for significance of biodiversity and gardens Professor Kevin Gaston and Dr Ken Thompson, University of Sheffield
Gardens: heaven or hell for birds Dr Andy Evans, Head of Terrestrial Research, RSPB
The gardens of Plas Tan y Bwlch Ifer Gwyn, Project Leader, Snowdonia Wildlife Gardening Project
Biodiversity in practice Professor Chris Baines, Author and broadcaster
Engagement and encouragement Maggie McDonald, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Green Gardening Project Officer 
Parks and biodiversity Karen Sims-Neighbour, Urban Parks Forum
Wildlife and Rowallane Garden - forging the link Mike Snowdon, retired Head gardener, Rowallane Garden, Northern Ireland
RHS Gardens and biodiversity Matthew Wilson, Curator, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Essex
Q&A