GARDENING WITH HARMONY

A passionate gardener, helping you achieve harmony in your garden for wildlife and your own wellbeing.

Tag: bumble bees

  • Natural time out in the garden

    Natural time out in the garden

    My post for Easter will focus on taking some time out in the garden. Something that can benefit us all for a boost to our wellbeing. Whether this is simply watching the bees on our flowers or gazing into a wildlife pond. I full intend to do plenty of both over Easter. Naturally, there will…

  • 12 Days Wild, into the New Year

    12 Days Wild, into the New Year

    Happy New Year to you all. Here’s to the second half of 12 Days Wild, and may it be full of exciting wildlife, over these final six days and over the coming year. 12 Days Wild is the festive nature challenge, encouraging us to do one wild thing a day from the 25th December to the 5th January each year. …

  • One beautiful dahlia for pollinators

    One beautiful dahlia for pollinators

    I have one extra special dahlia in my garden to share with you. An absolutely fabulous dahlia for pollinators. Naturally, I have hundreds of photos of this fantastic dahlia. So many snaps of the beautiful blooms with bumble bees and butterflies having a feed. The photo above shows some hoverflies having a feed in late…

  • Some beautiful lavender, 10 minutes gazing, 10 fantastic pollinators

    Some beautiful lavender, 10 minutes gazing, 10 fantastic pollinators

    Unsurprisingly beautiful lavender is one of the most loved flowering plants in the world. Treasured for its fantastic fragrance, beautiful flowers, and calming properties. I was looking at one of the clumps of beautiful lavender in my garden and admiring the beautiful flowers. Also, I noticed the abundance of bees, buzzing away merrily on the…