Sue Ponsford from Shalford in Surrey has won Squire’s Garden Centres “3 Wild Ways” competition, winning £500 worth of plants from Squire’s, plus a wildlife course with the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

Squire’s asked people to send them photos of 3 changes that they’d made to their garden to attract wildlife.

Out of all the entries Sue Ponsford was chosen as the overall winner. She created a garden from a piece of scrubland across the top of 15 allotments, where she retained an area of nettles and brambles for wildlife, and added a bird feeding station and bird bath.

In March 2016 a pond was dug which has already attracted pond skaters, and bees started digging holes in the bank. Sue placed logs and a ramp so wildlife could easily access the pond, and rescued tadpoles from a drying ditch.

She also added an owl box and an insect home made of bamboo canes. Finally she extended her flower garden and planted trees, lavender and wild flowers.

Nadine Bernhardt from Aldershot in Hampshire was the runner-up in the competition winning £100 to spend on plants at Squire’s. She made a wildlife pond in her garden, which has attracted newts, damselflies and frogs.

After an old apple tree fell down last year she kept the logs in an overgrown area at the back of the garden so that bugs and insects could make their home there, and she also planted nectar-rich flowers.

Pictured: Three changes that Sue Ponsford made to her garden to attract wildlife.