An intensive study of the flora of one meadow in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado over 39 years reveals a consistent long term pattern of change: first flowers 6 days per decade earlier, last flowers 3 days per decades later.
… consistent long term pattern of change: first flowers 6 days per decade earlier, last flowers 3 days per decades later. Two thirds of alpine flowers have changed their pattern of bloom in …
How would you capture the wafting coconut-like scent of a coastal gorse bush? By turning the flowers into a stunningly delicious ice cream says Susan Clark
… (1).jpg On a summer's day the scent of gorse flowers will waft across the bay although … scent of a coastal gorse bush? By turning the flowers into a stunningly delicious ice cream … a jelly and an ice cream made from gorse flowers, I am going to present Textures of …
Filling your garden with wildflowers helps honeybees and butterflies, and creates a relaxed mood. And, from the Easton Walled Garden to Sissinghurst, there's plenty of inspiration
… & biodiversity benefit from indigenous wildflowers Hazel Sillver | 20th March 2012 Ethical Living Wildflowers Biodiversity Gardening Bees … holding.jpg Filling your garden with wildflowers helps honeybees and butterflies, and …
Make your garden into a magical place during the cold months with berries, coloured bark and winter-flowering plants
… fabulous viewed from ground level. Winter flowers Who could resist the enchantment of flowers that open in frost and snow? While the … need a home in semi-shade. If you want winter flowers for a sunny spot, plant the graceful …
New research encouraging gardeners to increase bumblebee populations by planting flowers could be undermined by the use of weedkillers and pesticides, Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT) warns
… to increase bumblebee populations by planting flowers could be undermined by the use of … numbers by growing red flowering plants and flowers with stripes along the veins. There … weedkillers greatly reduces the number of wildflowers and in nearby hedgerows, and that is …
This is the centenary year for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and eco-sound landscaping is taking centre stage.
… Dunnett (who wowed us all with his meadow flowers at the Olympic Village) and features a … LIVING The spotters guide to spring wild flowers With spring in full swing, the UK’s … & biodiversity benefit from indigenous wildflowers Filling your garden with wildflowers …
From Viper’s Bugloss to Field Scabious, a scattering of wildflowers can help turn your garden into a haven for wildlife, says Jeff Holman
… Five of the best…British wildflowers Jeff Holman | 1st July 2011 Ethical Living Wildflowers Gardening Natural World Pol Evening … to Field Scabious, a scattering of wildflowers can help turn your garden into a haven …
Decades of regular mowing left my front lawn looking bare and sterile, writes Jo Cartmell. But in fact, the exhausted, infertile soil made it the perfect place for a host of wild flowers to take up residence - some from planted seed, others blown-in, or from long buried seed lying dormant in the soil. And after that, the butterflies ...
… made it the perfect place for a host of wild flowers to take up residence - some from … It was here that a lifelong love of wildflowers began. When I grew up I enjoyed … it would start a trend and a river of wildflowers would begin to spread throughout our …
Stuck for ideas when you're stuck with the kids? Here are five outdoor activities from the Wildlife Trusts' new book '152 Wild Things to do'
… stars Fish,like pipefish and shanny Press flowers Have you ever looked at the profusion of flowers in June and July and wished you could … spirit for the cold winter months? Pressing flowers is a great way to keep a bit of …
From birds to dragonflies and butterflies to bees, Hazel Sillver explains how to turn your garden into a haven for wildlife
… garden. Butterflies A butterfly can smell the flowers in your garden from five miles away … to. Ideally have a display of nectar-laden flowers from March to November. The spring … after year. Don’t sow annuals such as cornflowers, instead, buy a ready-mixed bag of …
In an exclusive extract from her new book, Seedbombs: Going Wild with Flowers, author and gardener, Josie Jeffery, explains the seedbomb phenomenon
… Josie Jeffery Guerilla Gardening Gardening Flowers Green Living Natural World … from her new book, Seedbombs: Going Wild with Flowers, author and gardener, Josie Jeffery, … contains the early stages of a field of wild flowers, edible crops or a herb garden. You …
An increase in air pollution is destroying floral aromas, meaning pollinators such as bees and butterflies may soon be struggling find pollen sources.
… Environment, indicates that aroma from flowers has decreased by as much as 90 per … pollution. ‘The scent molecules produced by flowers in a less polluted environment… could … in molecules that no longer smell of flowers. Because of this, bees and other …
When Oxeye daises looked like taking over her mini-meadow, Jo Cartmell was tempted to intervene. But instead, she held back and let nature take its course. Now, a few seasons later, the floral diversity has only increased, taking in some unexpected but welcome arrivals - along with their insect companions, all making their home on what used to be an unloved patch of lawn.
… teaches me to let go. Observing the wildflowers and the life that thrives there is a … and a constantly changing scene. The wildflowers and life amongst them have become … are also the sparkling, whorling small white flowers of Ribwort Plantain spread throughout. …
Lorna Howarth reports on how councils throughout Britain are accused of destroying vital wildlife habitat……
… On The Verge Of Destruction: wildflowers threatened by poor roadside management … the habitat of some of our rarest species of flowers and insects, rendering roadside verges … helleborine which are among 33 wayside flowers faced with extinction, as well as the …
The short haired bumblebee was declared extinct in the UK 30 years ago. But now the species is being re-introduced in the flower-rich meadows and field margins of Kent, writes Michael Parker - helped along by sympathetic local farmers.
… who have planted many hectares of wildflowers in order to ensure the bees have an … habitat, now we have 850 hectares." Wildflowers on field margins The … allows those areas to become havens for wildflowers, plants and insects, these in turn …
Although sea walls are a strong form of coastal defence they effectively wipe out rock pools which are important oases for marine life. Scientists in Sydney have found a solution involving flower pots...
CASE STUDY: saving marine life with flowerpots Emma Bocking | 27th October 2009 Activism Case Study Wildlife Natural World Ecological Engineering Ecology Marine Biology flowerpot1web.jpg Although sea …
Britain's garden designers just keep getting better as this year's Chelsea Flower Show proved. And as Jeff Holman discovered, there’s plenty more where that came from
… from her new book, Seedbombs: Going Wild with Flowers, author and gardener, Josie Jeffery, …
Henry/Bragg’s groundbreaking ‘Blooming Britain’ exhibition switches the focus from the slick professionals of Chelsea to the enthusiastic amateur gardeners found in every corner of the UK
… I’m getting from medication support, the same flowers they are giving me the support, to … show the gardeners in the midst of their flowers – is interspersed with surreal … from her new book, Seedbombs: Going Wild with Flowers, author and gardener, Josie Jeffery, …
Climate change may be causing flowers to open before bees emerge from hibernation leading to declines in pollination, new research suggests
… and disease Climate change may be causing flowers to open before bees emerge from … mismatch between the times when flowers open and when bees emerge from …
A temporary ban on neonicotinoid insecticides comes into effect across the EU this weekend. Dave Goulson argues that far deeper, structural changes are needed to create a countryside fit for bees and other wildlife.
… been declining for decades, with a loss of flowers and nesting habitats the biggest …
An ordinary arable field in Sussex is sprayed with pesticides 22 times over a single growing season. Dave Goulson wonders how the bees can survive this toxic onslaught - and exactly who benefits.
… typical field. The rapeseed crop, whose flowers the bees will feed on in season, is …
Agri-chemical companies like Syngenta don’t just make the chemicals that have been blamed for the decline in bees; they also breed the bees that are being used as a replacement for wild pollinators
… bumblebees...for use in vegetables, fruit, flowers and ornamental crops,' claims the … as a vector for diseases by the shared use of flowers to collect pollen. The manufacturers …
Bee 'colony collapse disorder' cannot be ended by easy technofixes, writes Allan Stromfeldt Christensen. The real problem is the systematic abuse of bees in vast industrial monocultures, as they are trucked or flown thousands of miles from one farm to the next, treated with insecticides and antibiotics, and fed on 'junk food'.
… 'farm' may provide an immense supply of flowers for nectar and pollen, being a … unable to survive amongst the dearth of flowers. In fact, there are now parts of China …
From zoning to killer bees and lovely honey: Gervase Poulden explains the essentials of beekeeping
… your bees have been eating. The variety of flowers available in the carefully manicured … part is ensuring that all crops, plants and flowers within a three-mile radius of the hive … to increase bumblebee populations by planting flowers could be undermined by the use of …