Tag Archives: Bees
Bands, beats and blood bees
On St Swithin’s day, July 15th, I am walking around Alexandra Palace Garden Centre taking photographs of plants for our Instagram accou...
World Bee Day 2025: Celebrating the Importance of Pollinators
World Bee Day 2025: Celebrating the Importance of Pollinators
“Enough paperwork…” growls Dan, the deputy manager. “Get wat...
Ten bee-friendly plants for autumn
Ten bee-friendly plants for autumn
As you’ll know if you’ve seen some of our other blogs you’ll be doing the bees a big fa...
Celebrating World Bee Day 2021
Did you notice the buzz on Thursday?
The United Nations (UN) has designated Thursday, 20th May 2021
as World Bee Day. So, let’s sta...
Putting the Zing into Spring
Let’s not beat around the bush, 2020 will not be going down as one of the best years that we have ever experienced. In fact, we don`t t...
START YOUR SEASON WITH HELLEBORES
Commonly known as the Lenten rose or Christmas rose these stunning plants are the first signs that spring is on the way.
They produce ...
NATURALISTIC PRAIRIE PLANTING COMBINATIONS
When we think about prairie planting schemes we tend to look at the leaders in this area of design for inspiration and ideas. Des...
BEST SMALL TREES FOR BEES
Best Small Trees for Bees
Britain's bees are in decline, ahead of our WORLD BEE DAY celebrations across Capital Gardens Centres on Sun...
KEEPING LIFE BUZZING ALONG
Bees are big pollinators, carrying and dropping off the pollen to keep Mother Nature chugging along. But recently there has been a dang...
The Beginner’s Guide to Urban Beekeeping
From a hay fever cure, to an antiseptic, to a delicious way to top your morning porridge, honey has a variety of amazing uses and no on...
How Can We Help to Save the Bees?
The fate of the human race and bees are closely related, with the insects playing a pivotal role in our survival. However, the global b...
Eight Ways to Give Bees a Helping Hand in Your Urban Garden
With 30% of our diet directly resulting from bee pollination of fruit and vegetable plants – these flying insects are amongst the most ...
