[header] How to care for a garden spider [title] Find a web spinning spider. [step] Look on trees in gaps in between branches, or in the corners of a shed for a web. If there isn't a spider on the web, try poking the web with a stick to imitate a trapped fly. 
This will lure out the creature from its hiding place. [substeps] When you can see the spider, place a plastic tub (lid off) in front of it on its web and the lid behind.