Are slugs welcome in your garden? There are over 40 species of slugs in the UK, and not all of them eat live plants. Many of the larger ones eat decaying or dead plant material, and form an important part of the garden ecosystem. Ultimately, the best thing you can do to control slugs in your garden is to create a healthy ecosystem with lots of habitats for slug predators. Healthy soil produces healthy plants that are much more able to withstand slug damage too – slugs tend to attack plants that