Our garden choices are influencing butterfly populations more than we ever thought possible.
Tag - gardens
Alun Salt
How can you encourage ladybugs to your garden?
Ladybugs, or Ladybirds, are popular insects with gardeners with a taste for pests like aphids, but it's not just prey that's important. Entomologists have examined plants to see what else a ladybug looks for in a home.
Study in Sydney reveals that preserving pollination is more complex than boosting bees
An Australian team has been studying how to best grow vegetables by experimenting with pak choi in urban gardens. They found that canopy cover and garden richness, rather than pollinator visits are the key factors in...
Gardens, truly the best medicine!
It is sometimes claimed that laughter is the best medicine. Joking apart, it’s probably better documented, and arguably more evidence-based [e.g. The King’s Fund’s 2016 Report ‘Gardens and health: Implications for...
Nigel Chaffey
AJ Cann