Seek to create refuge for animal species
Pollinators, small mammals, insects, birds or annelids are many of the species that coexist with us in the urban environment, especially in green areas. It is vitally important to provide a healthy habitat with shelter and food. Your well-being exponentially returns health to the green infrastructure
- Create spaces where the main user is other animal species, creating natural shelters with logs, climbers, rocks, etc.
- Keep in mind that deciduous leaves form a mantle that returns nutrients and protection to the substrate. Do not remove them and do good management.
- When designing, consider the key role of pollinators and design continuous flowering areas.
- Intercropping these species with some horticultural species that serve as food for animal species is a good strategy as long as it is complemented with pest control mechanisms.
- Install natural or artificial shelters for insects or birds: nest boxes, stones or porous elements, insect hotel…