Pollinator Friendly Plants to Promote Bee & Pollinating Insect Populations

Pollinator Friendly Plants to Promote Bee & Pollinating Insect Populations

All pollinators need help!

Pollinators need flowers to feed on from Spring through to Autumn

Pollinator-friendly plants for YOUR GARDEN

 Our pollinating insects are in decline. One third of our bee species are at risk of extinction. By choosing pollen-rich flowers for your garden, you will help provide much needed food for our Bumblebees and other pollinating insects as well as creating a beautiful colourful garden. There are lots of pollinator-friendly plants to choose from.

 

 

 

 

 

Planting these will also benefit pollinators:

 

 

5 Additional things we can do to help support pollinators

  1. Maintain native flowering hedgerows
  2. Allow wildflowers to grow around the farm
  3. Provide nesting places for wild bees.
  4. Minimise artificial fertiliser use
  5. Reduce pesticide inputs

 

 

Read all about our contribution to the Great Bumblebee project on The Mullet Peninsula here!

Or, ask our team at your local Homeland Garden Centre for more information on bee friendly gardening tips!

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 *Information sourced from the National Biodiversity Data Centre https://biodiversityireland.ie/ & the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan  https://pollinators.ie/