Making habitats for wildlife

Wild Garden Homes

Old logs and bark provide beautiful nesting and hiding spots for beetles, spiders, native bees, ants, skinks, and other small creatures. By adding these natural elements into a wild garden, we provide welcoming habitat for local fauna and help support a thriving, resilient ecosystem.

A boy with curly red hair kneeling in a garden, holding a piece of wood that he will use to make a wildlife habitat. There are more small plants and trees around, and a brick school building in the background.
A person with curly red hair making a habitat for wildlife using sticks and bark in a wild garden filled with biodiverse plants, with a brick school building in the background.
A young man in a teal polo shirt with the Brunswick Secondary College logo and black shorts holding a large piece of driftwood outdoors in front of a brick school building.
A young man making a habitat for local fauna by adding a large log to a wild garden filled with flowers and plants outside a brick school building
Two people, a teacher and a high school student, adding logs to a wild garden in a school. The teacher is holding a log, while the student is crouched down, touching the soil with his hand. There are small plants and shrubs in the garden.
A person crouched down adding a log to the soil next to a young shrub in a garden bed with various plants, a tree, and urban background.
A high school student crouching looking at the habitat for local fauna, which he has made using a log in a wild garden with several other people working or walking in the background near a brick school building.
A high school student kneeling on the ground, adding a log to provide natural habitat for local fauna, in a garden bed with other plants.

On Tuesday 25th November 2025, a handful of wonderful year 11 boys from BSC joined us for a habitat making session in one of the school’s new wild gardens on 47 Dawson Street, Brunswick. It was delightful watching them carefully tuck in logs, sticks, and pieces of bark as they imagined what the little creatures might like to live in.