{"id":10916,"date":"2022-05-20T11:30:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T09:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/?p=28569"},"modified":"2022-05-20T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T09:44:10","slug":"celebrate-world-bee-day","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/celebrate-world-bee-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate World Bee Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Encourage more wildlife into your garden<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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Get started on creating a real \u2018wildlife garden\u2019. Improve habitats for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies and use the best plants and flowers to help attract insects into the garden. We show you how and answer common questions like what does \u2018pollinator-friendly\u2019 mean?<\/p>\n
Find out more about creating a wildlife garden here.<\/a><\/p>
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Plant bee-friendly plants<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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Of course, you\u2019re going to need to grow some bee-friendly plants. From flowers, such as echinacea and clematis, to grasses, such as Carex elata<\/em> \u2018Aurea\u2019, there is a huge variety of plants you can incorporate into your planting scheme to attract more pollinators to your patch.<\/p>\n
Find out more about bee-friendly plants here.<\/a><\/p>
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Grow bee-friendly container displays<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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If you have a small garden or a balcony and want to attract pollinating insects like bees and butterflies, this container display has been planted with bee-friendly plants and would suit an outside space of any size. The combinations are created by gardener Julia Wylie, who specialises in naturalistic planting schemes.<\/p>\n
Find out more about bee-friendly container displays here.<\/a><\/p>
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Splash out on the perfect home for bees<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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Encourage the bees in your garden by investing in one of these brilliant bee hives. They come in a variety of designs to encourage everything from solitary bees to honey bees, making your garden a go-to location. A quality bee hive will provide a lasting useful home for your garden guests year in year out.<\/p>\n
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Read up and get environmentally savvy<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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Do Bees Need Weeds<\/em> from the RHS is a great place to start. It\u2019s a compendium of practical and comprehensive advice that will help you to garden in sustainable and environmentally friendly ways. Reviewed here by plantsman John Hoyland.<\/p>\n
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