Bee Friendly Flowers in September
September 16, 2024
We're lucky enough to be around the corner from a Piet Oudolf designed garden, which is looking just lovely at the moment. I had a stroll around it...
Crisis, What Crisis?
July 5, 2024
Serious problems need serious people with serious solutions.
Blooms Not Beewash
April 27, 2024
We're buzzzzzed to be sponsoring the Bumblebee Conservation Trust stand again at the Chelsea Flower Show. I can't wait for my volunteering day; it...
Beautiful Bulbs
October 2, 2023
It's that bulb planting time of year again... and you know you don't have enough!
#ClimateScam
August 7, 2023
Weirdness in the world of Elon.
Spring Blossom
May 15, 2023
Why don't we talk more about blossom as a resource for wildlife? Every one of our fruit trees has thousands and thousands of flowers for pollinatin...
Tips To Help Your Garden Cope With Extreme Heat
July 17, 2022
Many perennials, shrubs and trees - particularly newly planted - are going to struggle in the kind of conditions we're faced with as I write - reco...
Sabre Wasp
June 25, 2022
Last week I was minding my own business watering the tomatoes in the greenhouse when an extraordinary beast buzzed past me. It must have been nearl...
The Top Ten Flowers For Bees
January 9, 2022
I used to be guilty of blithely writing top ten lists like this. For many, bees tend to be shorthand for pollinators generally, so you might think ...
Green Roof Update
July 22, 2021
There's a good reason we don't have stairs up to our green roof. It's one of my happy places - if I didn't have to drag my ladder out of the garage...
The Wool Carder Bee
June 7, 2020
The Wool-carder bee, Anthidium manicatum, is one of my favourite bees.
To start with, just to clear up any confusion, they're not a bumblebee. The...
Blossom, Blossom, And More Blossom!
April 18, 2020
You can have blossom in your garden from January to May. Here's why you want it and how you can have it!
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