Gardening for Songbirds, by Nicola Oakey

Nicola Oakey from Rutland speaks about how to encourage songbirds into your garden, drawing on her experience designing an RHS Chelsea garden in 2025. The Songbird Survival Garden centred around the narrative of a bird’s daily life. Designed with a family in mind, it provided a playful, immersive space for people to connect with the fascinating lives of songbirds. The garden explored how three elements – shelter, water and food – are instrumental to birds’ lives.

*Ruddington Gardeners’ Association meet at The Hermitage, Wilford Road, Ruddington NG11 6EL. Please arrive at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. 

We offer complimentary refreshments and everyone has the chance to win plants and other goodies in the raffle which helps raise funds for our group.

Visitors are always welcome and asked to pay £3 per meeting. Anyone wishing to join Ruddington Gardeners’ Association, the fee is £5 per annum and £2 for each meeting.