Nature tables are not a thing of the past, they are very much alive at a gardening club near you. When I was at school, many moons ago, we had a nature table where we brought things that we’d found in nature. It could have been an old bird nest, some autumn leaves, conkers and
Grow nectar rich honeywort for the longer tongued pollinators
Come and join me for a bee safari at Yeo Valley Organic Gardens
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.
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
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.
A few late flowers can make all the difference to pollinators still completing their lifecycle
A look back at 2023 and some of the highlights of a very buzzy year!
Jean Vernon is a finalist for The Beth Chatto Environmental Journalist of the Year 2023
Come and meet the bugs behind the new Lloyd of the Flies series by Aardman at RHS Wisley this summer