Tom Massey promotes natural ‘forest gardens’ with biodiverse planting to create wildlife havens

Your garden should have many layers, like a rainforest, to perform for biodiversity and climate, a leading garden designer has said.

Tom Massey, an award-winning horticulturist, said most gardens only have a couple of layers, with a mown lawn, some bushes and perhaps a tree. But adding multiple layers, with intermingled planting, helps to mimic what one may find in a biodiverse forest, with each layer giving benefits for wildlife.

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