The Bee Friendly Garden

Lavender, bees and other insects!

Jul

23

2019

It is a while since I last updated you on my garden. I have been very busy with all sorts of landscaping and planting since the spring and The Bee Friendly Garden is now beginning to show it’s potential. Last year I bought some Lavender Hidcote plugplants – they cost £15 for around 150 plants! ...

A new garden!

Mar

17

2019

Spring is definitely here and I thought that it was time that I revived The Bee Friendly Garden blog. It is a very long time since I posted and a lot has happened in that time – I have a new garden now and I am looking forward to sharing with you the creation of ...

Early Spring Flowering Plants in The Bee Friendly Garden

Mar

31

2015

It has been a busy month in The Bee Friendly Garden – there is always so much to do in the early spring before everything starts to grow. Thought that I would start with photos of the lovely Hellebores that are flowering right now – on those warm spring days the queen bumble bees love ...

Early Spring Flowering Plants in The Bee Friendly Garden

February In the Bee Friendly Garden – Pruning Dogwood and Clematis

Feb

25

2015

This week, I decided to prune my dogwoods. To ensure that I have plants of manageable size and to make sure that I have some lovely coloured stems next winter, I have hard pruned my dogwoods. The new shoots that grow this season will turn a beautiful orange/yellow next winter. Here are the before and ...