"We spoke to hundreds of people, and were heartened by the majority saying that they had already begun to think of what they can do. Some had built a pond, some had left their lawn to grow long, some had made holes in their fences to allow the hedgehogs to move across gardens, and some had left log piles to create habitats for our beleaguered wildlife."
"There’s [a] downside of resuming mowing after May. #Bees are... clever creatures that can learn where flowers are in their environment (your garden). This...is called “flower constancy”, & is critical to how #honeybees & bumblebees survive. When the wild patches are cut...all the energy & effort the bees have put in to learning where to find these #flowers is wasted."
Another snap of the aquilegia hordes in the meadow area. As you can see, photo-bombed by a bumble bee which seem to love these flowers, which I'm very happy about - this is meant to be a welcoming place for all the bugs and beasties first.
#WoodMeadows (think landscape scale #ForestGarden) are an example of how humans can live in balance within nature.
I want to create a Common#WoodMeadow in West Wales.
There's an amazing ecological restoration conference in Estonia (home of the most biodiverse area in the world) this August. I can't afford to go, so I have made my first ever fundraiser 😳 Trying to raise £940!!