Author: Gavin Winterbotham

Here’s a date for your diary. Please come along if you can.

This week is Bees’ Needs Week (18-24 July). You can do your bit for our pollinators by following these simple steps:-

• Grow more flowers, shrubs and trees
• Let your garden grow wild
• Cut your grass less often
• Don’t disturb insect nest and hibernation spots
• Think carefully about whether to use pesticides

The best in show garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea flower show, was a garden which took re-wilding as its theme.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/…/a-rewilding-britain-landscape

Here are some useful websites to help:-

• https://friendsoftheearth.uk/…/beefriendly-plants-every…
• https://www.rhs.org.uk/garden…/wildlife/rewild-your-garden
• https://www.plantlife.org.uk/…/no-mow-may-how-to-get…
• , https://plantlife.love-wildflowers.org.uk/about_us
• https://glasgowgis.maps.arcgis.com/…/MapS…/index.html…

If you are interested in seeing Glasgow’s Pollinator Plan it can be found at www.glasgow.gov.uk

There are still dates available if you wish to help with this great cause!