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Brigit's bee friendly garden

The tiny paved, courtyard garden of Brigit Strawbridge, a passionate campaigner on issues of biodiversity, particularly in relation to bees, especially bumble and solitary bees. Her garden is full of plants that bees love and habitats that make it friendly and welcoming to bees and other invertebrates. Bug hotels, log piles, a small pond and flowers in every month of the year make this a perfect inspiration for anyone who wants to make their garden wildlife friendly, whatever the size.

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Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens', honeywort.
Limnanthes douglasii, the poached egg plant.
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Stachys byzantina 'Big Ears' planted specifically for the wool carder bee, Anthidium manicatum.
White aquilegia.
Bee on bugle flowers.
Lamium orvala.
Bee on comfrey.
Bee on Allium cristophii.
Bee on a hardy geranium flower.
Old galvanised bucket and watering can amongst Lamium orvala.
Nest boxes for birds amongst ivy.
Bird feeder.
Home made bug-houses for solitary bees and other insects.
Home made bug-houses for solitary bees and other insects.
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Double red aquilegia.
Hardy geraniums.
Centaurea montana, the perennial cornflower.
Hardy geraniums.
Forget-me-nots.
Chives, Allium schoenoprasum.
Allium cristophii.
Bee bricks, for solitary bees to make their nests in, on a brick wall surrounded by ivy.
Brigit Strawbridge's tiny bee friendly courtyard garden in St James', Shaftesbury, planted with wildlife in mind, particularl...
Brigit Strawbridge's tiny bee friendly courtyard garden in St James', Shaftesbury, planted with wildlife in mind, particularl...
A group of containers including a wheelbarrow, a belfast sink and tin olive oil containers in the centre of the garden are pl...
A group of containers including a wheelbarrow, a belfast sink and tin olive oil containers in the centre of the garden are pl...
A group of containers including a wheelbarrow, a belfast sink and tin olive oil containers in the centre of the garden are pl...
A group of containers including a wheelbarrow, a belfast sink and tin olive oil containers in the centre of the garden are pl...
A group of containers including a wheelbarrow, a belfast sink and tin olive oil containers in the centre of the garden are pl...
A pond is an important part of any wildlife garden, here surrounded by marsh marigold, bugle, chives and foxgloves.
A pond is an important part of any wildlife garden, here surrounded by marsh marigold, bugle, chives and foxgloves.
Brigit Strawbridge's tiny bee friendly courtyard garden in St James', Shaftesbury, planted with wildlife in mind, particularl...
Brigit Strawbridge's tiny bee friendly courtyard garden in St James', Shaftesbury, planted with wildlife in mind, particularl...
Brigit Strawbridge at the door of her rented cottage in the historic Pump Yard, St James', Shaftesbury, surrounded by plants.
Insect friendly plants around Brigit Strawbridge's front door in the historic Pump Yard include forget-me-nots, Limanthes dou...
Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens', honeywort.
Home made bug-houses for solitary bees and other insects.
Brigit Strawbridge's tiny bee friendly courtyard garden in St James', Shaftesbury, planted with wildlife in mind, particularl...
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