Top 10 plants for pollinators
Be sure to source your plants from organic growers.
Planting for bees starts with chemical free gardening.
When buying plants for your garden remember...
Just because the label says ‘RHS plants for pollinators’ does not mean the plant is free from pesticide, which could result in the poisoning of pollinators in your garden for up to 4 years. Only introduce plants to your space that you know are pesticide free.
Systemic insecticides are known to remain in soil and every cell of a plant for up to four years. Ensure the plant and soil in the pot are organic, otherwise you could inadvertently poison the very pollinators you are trying to protect.
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Grow from seed
Use organic seeds as seed husks can still contain residual traces of pesticide.
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Take cuttings
From trusted sources of chemical free plants, family, neighbours and friends.
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Use organic nurseries
When buying plants use organic nurseries to avoid inadvertant poisoning of pollinators.
The UK’s over reliance on pesticides in farming and in our villages, towns and cities has caused a 60% decline in the flying insect biodiversity over the last 20 years?
Pesticides are linked with everything from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma to poisoning earthworms.
Herbicides cause up to 94% bee mortality.
How does this affect me?
This puts our food security at real risk, the cost of food will rise, the availability and choice of food will reduce.
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