Tag: gardening
Avoiding the temptation to tidy
As the flowers fade in the Blooms for Bees Border, they leave behind some beautiful dead stems and seed heads which we won’t be cutting back until well into spring. As well as looking delightful (especially in the frost), the … Continue reading
Sourcing plants for the Blooms for Bees border
The Blooms for Bees flower border was designed to provide food and habitat for bumblebees and other wildlife (see Designing the Blooms for Bees border), but we also wanted to make sure that the act of creating the border had … Continue reading
Designing the Blooms for Bees border
Over the summer of 2016, Blooms for Bees installed a new flower border at Ryton Organic Gardens near Coventry. We wanted to create a flower-filled area that would provide food for bumblebees and other insect pollinators, for as much of … Continue reading