Cat Friendly Garden Design

The cats don t go out but they pile up around the window and on the cat tree that i ve brought in and watch for hours on end.

Cat friendly garden design. A cat needs a garden with sunny corners for snoozing and shady spaces for when the sun is really shining. If you re not taking your cats out in the garden on a harness demerchant suggests containing your cat with a tall fence or creating an enclosure or outdoor cat kennel with mesh material which is known as a catio. Cats love to lounge in the sun but can be prone to sunburn.

Kitty entertainment at its best. 5 plants to add to your cat friendly. Perry says if you want to have fish in the pond you can install a net just under the water surface to keep your cat from getting at them.

Gardening for your cats is about choosing plants they may like to nibble. After a long hard winter i m thinking about getting seeds in the ground for me and my cat. Runner beans can also be used in your cat friendly garden to create secret hideaways and provide shade.

During the winter i put a birdfeeder in the cat garden. How to design and plant a garden for you and your cat. And if your cat nibbles on them which in all likelihood they won t they are not considered toxic.

Moving water is always fun in a cat garden. Cat fencing if used properly allows cats to enjoy the best of both indoor and outdoor spaces. Jenny and lulu birdwatching.

Lavender is a great herb to plant in a feline friendly garden providing a bushy and attractive hiding place for cats. If you want to keep a particular section of your garden away from prowling paws try incorporating plants with repellant smells such as plectranthus caninus also known as coleus canina or scaredy cat plant or aromatic herbs like lavender rosemary or helichrysum italicum curry plant which some cats dislike and may avoid. Basically since cats can jump rather high a cat proof fence places a 45 inward angle at the top of a standard fence height in san diego this is 6 so that your cat can t jump over the fence.