Description

If you want to know to plant to help bees and other pollinators, then this is the book for you. It is certainly one of the most asked questions that we get at our ‘Experience’ events. So, when Maureen showed us this book, we just had to promote it. It is probably the best book of its type that we’ve seen.

We’ve known Maureen for years. She has always been dedicated to helping bees and other pollinators. Her gardening knowledge is immense and she has created this fabulous book to help us select the best plants to grow in your wildlife garden.

Insects – bees, butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, and beetles all play a vital and irreplaceable role in pollination. Yet many pollinators are in decline, and people are asking what can be done on an individual basis to help them. One answer is to grow pollinator-friendly plants in your garden.

This richly colour-illustrated book showcases a selection of plants which are not only attractive to pollinators, but are also garden-worthy, and suitable for an ‘average’ size of garden. It includes:

• Information about the kinds of pollinators that can be found in a garden;
• Practical advice on what those pollinating insects need in terms of food and habitat, and what gardeners can do to aid their survival;
• An overview of the types of garden plants that can fulfil the insects’ needs;
• A series of plant lists covering, in total, more than 100 annuals and biennials, herbaceous perennials, shrubs, sub-shrubs, climbers, and trees.

This is an essential book for anyone wanting to support pollinators. It is also a beautiful gift for our gardening friends.

Size 14.7 x 2 x 21 cm  approx. with around 326 pages