A Wildlife Garden’s Different Habitats

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A Wildlife Garden’s Different Habitats

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Mia designed her school garden to help local animals live, feed, and hide. She wanted one small place to offer several habitats, so she arranged each area with a different purpose. In the upper left, she built a shallow pond with a few flat stones at the edge. Frogs can rest there, drink safely, and jump away into the water if a cat appears. In the upper centre, she planted a wide border of wildflowers, including lavender, daisies, and thyme. This sunny patch brings bees and butterflies close to the flowers. In the upper right, she grew a thick hedge from native shrubs. Small birds use it as shelter when the wind is strong, and some of them also build nests inside it. She placed the taller plants at the back so the smaller creatures would still have space in front. Below that, the lower left holds a tidy log pile under a young tree. Mia left the wood damp on purpose because beetles and woodlice prefer dark, moist places, and the slow decay of the logs returns food to the soil. The lower centre has a compost heap inside a wooden box. Kitchen scraps, dead leaves, and grass cuttings break down there, and worms turn them into rich earth for the beds nearby. On the lower right, a bird feeder hangs from a slim pole beside a small dish of water. Robins and finches visit it when insects are hard to find, so the feeder helps them through colder weeks. Mia checks the garden after school and keeps chemicals out of it. She says the best thing is that each habitat supports different creatures at different times of year. On warm days the insects stay near the flowers, while on wet days frogs use the pond and birds hide in the hedge. Because the spaces are close together, the animals can move from one area to another without leaving the garden. Mia likes watching that change, because it shows how a small garden can stay lively all year. It also means the garden does not depend on only one kind of animal. Even when one place is quiet, another part is busy. In spring the wildflowers open first, and later the compost helps new plants grow strong. That balance makes the garden useful as well as pleasant.

1. Question 1 · Label the image

   Match the labels to the marked regions of the image.

   Read the passage and choose labels for the diagram of the wildlife garden.

   Return to the passage, recording or visual

   Image labels

   hedge · log pile · compost heap · bird feeder · stone path · sand tray · pond · wildflower border

   Label regions region-1, region-2, region-3, region-4, region-5, region-6 marked on the image above.

   Check answers and explanations

   Region region-1

   pond

   Region region-2

   wildflower border

   Region region-3

   hedge

   Region region-4

   log pile

   Region region-5

   compost heap

   Region region-6

   bird feeder

   Label 1: Pond is in the upper left. Label 2: Wildflower border is in the upper centre. Label 3: Hedge is in the upper right. Label 4: Log pile is in the lower left. Label 5: Compost heap is in the lower centre. Label 6: Bird feeder is in the lower right. The stone path and sand tray are not described as garden habitats.

   In the upper left, she built a shallow pond with a few flat stones at the edge. Frogs can rest there, drink safely, and jump away into the water if a cat appears

   In the upper centre, she planted a wide border of wildflowers, including lavender, daisies, and thyme. This sunny patch brings bees and butterflies close to the flowers. In the upper right, she grew a thick hedge from native shrubs. Small birds use it as shelter when the wind is strong, and some of them also build nests inside it

   Below that, the lower left holds a tidy log pile under a young tree. Mia left the wood damp on purpose because beetles and woodlice prefer dark, moist places, and the slow decay of the logs returns food to the soil. The lower centre has a compost heap inside a wooden box. Kitchen scraps, dead leaves, and grass cuttings break down there, and worms turn them into rich earth for the beds nearby. On the lower right, a bird feeder hangs from a slim pole beside a small dish of water. Robins and finches visit it when insects are hard to find, so the feeder helps them through colder weeks

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