Planting for Pollinators above Windermere
Volunteers Paul Whitaker and Natalie Thorp jump on the train to Windermere, to help the Planting for Pollinators team improve a community woodland by planting spring bulbs, wildflower plugs and…
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Pollinators
Our pollinators are dying out. The good news is that, together, we can do something about this.
Planting for Pollinators
The Planting for Pollinators project aims to reverse pollinator decline in Cumbria.
Pollinators
Around 80% of UK plants are pollinated by insects, including a large number of our crops. It has been estimated that the value of insect-pollinated fruits and vegetables grown in the UK is about £220m a year.
Planting for Pollinators gets underway
The Planting for Pollinators project gets underway
Help bees, Butterflies and Pollinators
Tips for attracting and helping bees, butterflies and pollinators in your garden.
Looking out for spring's pollinators
With daylight lasting longer each day, spring is well underway across Cumbria. This means that many of our early pollinators have emerged after a long winter.
Pollinators - a poem by Gosling Sike's writer in residence
Susan is Gosling Sike's writer in residence and shares her thoughts and short poem on pollinators.
The best plants for bees and pollinators
Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
Cumbria Plan Bee | Saving our pollinators
Please join us and many others in helping save our native pollinators.
Do you want to help pollinators in Cumbria?
Cumbria Wildlife Trust is looking for volunteers in the north west of the county to join their team recording pollinators.
Primary pupils show Cumbria’s pollinators in a whole new light
Children enlighten their local village on the value of Cumbria’s pollinators through their Pollinator Lantern Parade