The Gardens Group: pollinator plants in summer
If you've signed up to Get Dorset Buzzing, you may have noticed that The Gardens Group is offering 10% off pollinator-friendly plants for each month of the campaign. In this blog, Mike talks…
If you've signed up to Get Dorset Buzzing, you may have noticed that The Gardens Group is offering 10% off pollinator-friendly plants for each month of the campaign. In this blog, Mike talks…
August is underway and as the days shorten a little more, we make our way through the final weeks of Summer. This month, there are steps you can take that will help to ensure your garden continues…
Discover the wildlife that has been making Brownsea Island its home in Summer 2020.
Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
Wild Seas Centre Officer, Julie Hatcher tells us about the hardy wildflowers of Kimmeridge - and why they survive in a harsh environment.
Last year as part of the Get Dorset Buzzing campaign we wrote a series of articles about what to do in your garden for each of the months in spring and summer. Our Community Conservation Officer…
It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree!
Large or small, your garden or green space can make a real difference to local wildlife and the way you choose to care for your garden matters. Collectively, wildlife-friendly green spaces act as…
The Keeled skimmer is a dragonfly of heaths and commons with shallow pools. It has a skittish and weak flight, and is on the wing in summer and early autumn.
Michelle was diagnosed with breast cancer in the summer of 2014. After undergoing a life-saving operation and an intensive chemotherapy course, she is on the road to recovery.
Wildlife…