Country Homes & Interiors

Create a bee-friendly garden

Transform your beds and borders into bee-friendly havens this year. You don’t need acres of wildflower meadows – a patio or window box and some ordinary garden plants will do.

Bees need food, water and shelter to survive. They love plants that are rich in nectar (carbs) and pollen (protein). Happily, bee-friendly plants are trees, shrubs, herbs, fruit and veg

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