Plant a Bee friendly Garden

A world without the buzz of bees would definitely sting. We need bees and other pollinators like the Butterfly to help pollinate all our flowers.
Without bees we would have no fruit, cotton , chocolate and much much more. So why don't we all do our bit and help the bees .Its simple Plant flowers and  bees will follow.





Top Tip for  Fruit trees,
Plant lavender or other pollen rich plants near the trees to attract the bees. This will attract the bees which  help pollinate your fruit trees and bushes, resulting in a bigger harvest.

If you have space why not have an area filled with wildflowers. it may be just be a small strip to help our pollinators thrive.
Dont Mow. Let it Grow.













Bee Friendly List of Plants, Trees & Shrubs
There is a large range to suit every style garden and site, This is a list of some of the most popular Shrubs , plants and tree that are bee friendly 

Shrubs:
Pieris Japoncia
Choysia Ternata
Helleborus
Mahonia
Saracococca
Rosemary
Ribes: Flowering Currant
Ceanothus
Cotoneaster
Escallonia
Berberis
Viburnum Tinus
Hebe
Arbutus Unedo: Killarney Strawberry tree
Hypericum
Rasberry, Gooseberry
Weigela
Heather

 Tree & Climbers
Honeysuckle
Virgina Creeper & Ivy
Scyamore
Horse Chestnut
Malus Trees
Cherry Blossom
Apple Trees - Edible & Crab
Hawthorn
Maples
Magnolia Trees
Lime Trees

Plants
Aubrieta
Wallflower: Sugar rush
Primroses
Lavender
Monarda
Cosmos
Sedum
Geranium Rozanne
Geranium Johnshon Blue
Allium
Aquilegia: Granny Bonnets
Campanulla
Dainthus Babatus: Sweet William
Foxglove: Digitalis
Nepeta: Cat Mint
Nicotiana
French Marigold
Thyme
Red Hot Poker




Bulbs

Crocus
Colchium: Autumn Crocus
Dahila
Snake's Head Fritillary
Snowdrops
Muscarrii
Alliums
Bluebells
Agapanthus
Crocosmia
Ornithogalum





Create a “bee bath.”Bees need a place to get fresh, clean water. Fill a shallow container of water with pebbles or twigs for the bees to land on while drinking.  Make sure to maintain the container full of fresh water to ensure that they know they can return to the same spot every day.

If you have a local beekeeper, he or she may like to pop in a chat to you about bees. There are so many interesting facts to be learnt. Did you know that bees communicate with each other with dance moves. ?

Check out this cool Pollinator plan by the national Biodiversity Data centre

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