Everygardencounts
Our gardens as stepping stones
Human activities have fragmented natural spaces. By creating ecological connections, we can help ecosystems and species become more resilient against environmental pressures such as climate change.
Does your garden count?
You can improve biodiversity in your garden with just a few simple interventions. Make sure that your garden counts!
Don't use poison
Natural poison is still poison
Organic, ecological or natural poison...it's still poison! Extremely damaging toxins can also be found in nature that can cause unintended harm to children, animals and insects.
You also kill natural enemies
Insecticides also kill the natural enemies are of the pest insects attacking your plants, creating the perfect foundation for a new pest.
Read labels
The message on product labels is often very misleading. Read the fine print. If the word 'poison control center' is somewhere, assume that this product is also harmful to garden creatures who do not have access to medical attention.
Red flags: 'first aid,' ‘harmful to aquatic organisms,’ ‘dispose of as hazardous waste,’ or 'do not drink or eat while in use.'
Avoid fertilizers
There is a direct link between soil quality and biodiversity. Mulch your garden year-round with recycled materials from your garden to promote soil life, rather than damaging it with fertilizers and pesticides.
Design your garden
Pavements and lawns are like deserts for insects and mammals. They can't find food, water or nesting opportunities there. Do you have a tree (or several), reachable water, some shrubs and flowers? Only then does your garden count!
Small garden,
big impact
Our map designates not your garden but a radius around your garden. Spots set up for more biodiversity have influence on the whole neighborhood. We set a tentative radius of 500m on our map.
Butterflies can 'smell' flowers at a distance of one to two kilometers. Some males can 'smell' a female at a distance of eleven kilometers.
Bees fly up to 3 km in search of food.
A hedgehog has an average territory of 25 ha.