Bumblebee on a broad bean flower
Growing your own food can reduce your impact on the environment – and many crops have nectar-rich flowers that also feed bumblebees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Try:
🐝 Broad beans
🐝 Blueberries
🐝 Herbs
🐝 Apples
More: www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/gro...
Stack of plastic-free soap bars
Almost two billion items of plastic packaging are thrown away in the UK each week. Shampoo, body wash and liquid hand wash add to this plastic pile-up - so switching from bottles to bars is better for the environment.
Eight plastic-free soap bars to try: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/Natu...
Chaffinch on a peanut feeder
Important new advice from the RSPB: Seasonal feeding and good hygiene are essential to keep garden birds safe and well.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/new...
We've just published a short, easy-to-follow guide to growing 14 different vegetables. Ideal for anyone new to vegetable growing, school gardening groups, etc. Printable PDF available for a small donation (which helps keep Little Green Space going!)
buymeacoffee.com/LGSpace/e/52...
First you could just try not mowing - many wildflowers will show up on their own. We have clover, cuckoo flower, dandelions, daisies and forget-me-nots - all from just leaving a patch of grass (in the UK).
Community garden full of wildflowers in Cambridge, UK
How many people out there are giving wildflowers a chance by leaving areas of their gardens uncut this year? Please repost if you are offering a lifeline to pollinators like bees, butterflies, moths, hoverflies and bats by mowing less!
Peatland landscape in Scotland
A globally rare landscape of blanket bog near Loch Ness is being restored as part of Britain's largest rewilding initiative.
More:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/news/peatlan...
Stack of plastic-free soap bars
Almost two billion items of plastic packaging are thrown away in the UK each week. Shampoo, body wash and liquid hand wash add to this plastic pile-up - so switching from bottles to bars is better for the environment.
Eight plastic-free soap bars to try: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/Natu...
Chaffinch on a peanut feeder
Important new advice from the RSPB: Seasonal feeding and good hygiene are essential to keep garden birds safe and well.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/new...
Ladybird on mossy ground
Beetles like ladybirds pollinate crops, keep harmful insects like aphids under control, and improve the quality of the soil.
How to help them:
🐞 avoid pesticides
🐞 create a 'dead' hedge
🐞 don't be too tidy!
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/bee...
We've just published a short, easy-to-follow guide to growing 14 different vegetables. Ideal for anyone new to vegetable growing, school gardening groups, etc. Printable PDF available for a small donation (which helps keep Little Green Space going!)
buymeacoffee.com/LGSpace/e/52...
Plastic grass, next to real grass with wild flowers growing in it
The stark contrast between plastic grass and real grass. One is devoid of life and shedding microplastics. The other is colourfully boosting biodiversity.
More: www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/gra...
Patch of nettles
A patch of nettles can support over 40 insect species. They’re a vital source of food for the caterpillars of peacock and small tortoiseshell butterflies - so please let a few nettles grow!
More: www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wil...
Yellow and green kitchen sponges
For an eco-friendly kitchen:
🍏Choose durable, plastic-free equipment
🍏Avoid food waste
🍏Save energy
🍏Buy local, seasonal food
🍏Don't use plastic kitchen sponges like these – they release microplastics into the sea
More ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
Ladybird on mossy ground
Beetles like ladybirds pollinate crops, keep harmful insects like aphids under control, and improve the quality of the soil.
How to help them:
🐞 avoid pesticides
🐞 create a 'dead' hedge
🐞 don't be too tidy!
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/bee...
Light shining through green leaves
Getting out into natural light each morning can improve mental and physical health in a number of ways. And it’s a good way to connect with nature - by listening to birdsong, for example 🐦⬛
More natural wellbeing ideas:
www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/nat...
Two bars of soap
Eco-friendly compostable kitchen sponges
Three fussy travel-sized deodorants
Reusable water bottle
We’ve tried and tested dozens of eco-friendly products, from plastic-free cleaning to sustainable soaps. Please see our reviews section to find out more!
www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/inde...
Our daughter made some, with added wild garlic - delicious! (And full of nutrients)
Patch of nettles
A patch of nettles can support over 40 insect species. They’re a vital source of food for the caterpillars of peacock and small tortoiseshell butterflies - so please let a few nettles grow!
More: www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wil...
Image of clump of dead nettle with yellow flowers and variegated leaves
An area of yellow dead nettle under one of our apple trees just coming into flower
Pink deodorant case with pink and blue refills
Billions of single-use plastic deodorant containers are thrown away each year. These end up in landfill for 100s of years, & release microplastics that end up in rivers & seas, harming marine wildlife. Using a refillable deodorant helps reduce this waste. www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/fuss...
I've just got some seeds to put in the garden to create a wild and bee friendly garden spot in a section of our garden where I find it difficult to grow plants, so I've decided to let it #GrowWild for nature and hopefully put it to good use 💚🌍🌿🌻🐝☀️🌈 #ThereIsNoPlanetB #ClimateSOS #EcoSystem
Light shining through green leaves
Getting out into natural light each morning can improve mental and physical health in a number of ways. And it’s a good way to connect with nature - by listening to birdsong, for example 🐦⬛
More natural wellbeing ideas:
www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/nat...
Orange tip butterfly on a cuckoo flower
Please consider letting a little patch of garden grow wild, as this allows wildflowers to grow. Some wild plants - like dead nettle, nettles and cuckoo flower - are vital food plants for moth and butterfly caterpillars.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wil...
#wildlifegarden
Seep sponges are brilliant, aren't they?! Check out our review below – and if you use the links in the review we get a small commission (it doesn't cost the buyer any extra, but does help to keep Little Green Space going 🙂) www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/seep...
Yellow and green kitchen sponges
For an eco-friendly kitchen:
🍏Choose durable, plastic-free equipment
🍏Avoid food waste
🍏Save energy
🍏Buy local, seasonal food
🍏Don't use plastic kitchen sponges like these – they release microplastics into the sea
More ideas: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
White and yellow chamomile flower
Comma butterfly on lavender flower
Bumblebee on oregano flowers
Purple chive flower
Growing your own herbs is a great way to help nature - many herbs produce nectar-rich blooms that attract butterflies, bees, hoverflies and other pollinators. Herbs grown at home avoid pesticide use - and they taste wonderful! Ideas:
www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/her...
Two bars of soap
Eco-friendly compostable kitchen sponges
Three fussy travel-sized deodorants
Reusable water bottle
We’ve tried and tested dozens of eco-friendly products, from plastic-free cleaning to sustainable soaps. Please see our reviews section to find out more!
www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/inde...
Bumblebee on a yellow dandelion flower
Dandelions are starting to appear! They’re a vital source of early nectar for bumblebees, butterflies and other insects - and birds feed on the seeds. So please let them grow!
More tips to help nature:
www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-t...
Orange tip butterfly on a cuckoo flower
Please consider letting a little patch of garden grow wild, as this allows wildflowers to grow. Some wild plants - like dead nettle, nettles and cuckoo flower - are vital food plants for moth and butterfly caterpillars.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wil...
#wildlifegarden