Jean Vernon – The Green Jeanie

Cerinthe major purpurescens

April 11, 2026jeanie beePlants, Pollinatorsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bees, Cerinthe, Honeywort, Jean Vernon, Jeanie Bee, Plants for pollinators, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees

Grow nectar rich honeywort for the longer tongued pollinators

Chalice Well Garden, Glastonbury June 5th 2026

January 4, 2026jeanie beeNews / Eventsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Safari, Bees, Jean Vernon, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees

Combine a visit to the magical gardens of The Chalice Well in Glastonbury with an illustrated insight into the secret world of our bumblebees and solitary bees. The Secret Lives of Bumblebees and Solitary Bees at Chalice Well Garden. There are two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon of June 5th

Yeo Valley Bee Safaris Summer 2026

January 4, 2026jeanie beeNews / Eventsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Safari, Bees, Jean Vernon, Jeanie Bee, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees, Yeo Valley Bee Safari, Yeo Valley Gardens, Yeo Valley Organic Garden

Come and join me for a bee safari at Yeo Valley Organic Gardens

Bee Book Birthday

March 5, 2025jeanie beeNews / EventsBee Book, Bee Book Birthday, Bees, Jean Vernon, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees

I can’t believe that today, 5th March 2025, my best-selling Bee Book is FIVE years old. So much has happened since the very first copy landed on my door mat back in 2020.

Community Events

January 23, 2025jeanie beePollinatorsAttracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Safari, Bristol, Community Events, Jean Vernon, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie

One of the fun parts of my work is interacting with different community groups but especially groups that are focused on gardens, growing, wildlife and of course pollinators. If it’s bee season I love to take a bee safari around the gardens to inspire and educate visitors about the diverse species of bees and other

Bumblebees pollinate runnerbeans

November 3, 2024jeanie beePlantsAttracting Garden Pollinators, bumblebees, Grow Your Own, Jean Vernon, Jeanie Bee, nectar, Plants, Plants for pollinators, Pollinators, Runnerbeans, The Green Jeanie

If you grow runnerbeans you need bumblebees. It takes a big strong bee to force open the flowers and reach in to drink the nectar. As the bumblebee climbs into the flower, pollen is attracted to its hairy, fluffy body. Then as the bumblebee moves to the next flower it takes the pollen with it.

November 8, 2023jeanie beeNews / EventsAttracting Garden Pollinators, Daily Telegraph, Environmental Journalist of the Year, Finalist, Garden Media Guild, Garden Media Guild Awards, Jean Vernon, Jeanie Bee, Pollinators, Telegraph Gardening, The Green Jeanie, Winner

Jean Vernon is a finalist for The Beth Chatto Environmental Journalist of the Year 2023

Lloyd of the Flies

July 12, 2023jeanie beeNews / Eventsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Jean Vernon, Lloyd of the Flies, Mini Beasts, Pollinators, RHS, RHS Wisley, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees

Come and meet the bugs behind the new Lloyd of the Flies series by Aardman at RHS Wisley this summer

The Green Jeanie

Exploring your garden pollinators

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