{"id":613786878278,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/small-garden-wildlife-hedge-best-plants\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:05","slug":"small-garden-wildlife-hedge-best-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/hedging\/small-garden-wildlife-hedge-best-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Plants for a Small Garden Wildlife Hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"

A good hedge is an invaluable addition to any garden. It delineates and disguises boundaries, providing privacy for humans and habitats for wildlife, with nest sites for birds and foliage, blossom, nuts, and fruits to eat<\/span>. <\/span>
The leaf litter at the base of a mature hedge <\/span>is perfect for hibernating creatures, especially reptiles and amphibians, or hedgehogs, provided they can get into your garden<\/span>. Toads are great climbers, but hedgehogs need a gap somewhere to squeeze through. <\/p>

The best wildlife hedges for small gardens are a mix of mainly native species<\/h3>

That is not to say that non-native plants are no good, on the contrary, plenty of non-native plants are great for British wildlife, but if the majority of plants in the hedge are native, you are onto a winner.<\/p>

The mixed part is so important because different animals eat different things at different times, and no one hedge plant can provide as much as a team of them. <\/p>

This is especially true of insects: many bugs will only eat certain plants, and they are critical to the food chain. <\/p>

The easiest way to start a wildlife friendly hedge is with one of our hedges packs:<\/p>