Good to see, a couple of Shrill Carder Bees during a vegetation monitoring visit to Margam Landfill site (a capped landfill with an artificial dune system on top of it!), feeding on Yellow-rattle and Selfheal. Also recently hatched Ringed Plovers, scoring highly on the cuteness scale ๐.
KIDNEY VETCH a perennial of free draining areas. With dense clusters of yellow flowers, It's a great addition to gravel gardens, rockeries, green roofs and window boxes.
Great for pollinators and the foodplant of the Small Blue butterfly.
On Earth Day, it was great to create a multi-purpose refuge for wildlife, which included:- hedgehog home, bee hotel, reptile/amphibian/small mammal crevice chambers & a Wheatear nest box.
For Highgrove Aggragates in the fields above Cwmnant Lleici Quarry.
We're open as usual over Easter Bank Holiday weekend. ๐ฑ๐ฃ Saturday and Monday 9.30am to 2.30pm. Check out our range of native wildflowers for different environments. We even have species that look great in plant pots and window boxes!
Spring is here, even though it may not feel like it yet. Look at this fabulous native Sneezewort plug. Bursting with life beneath the surface! ๐ฑ๐๐ป
Great to show conservation staff from Bridgend CC and the Vale of Glamorgan CC around the nursery today to discuss a variety of project ideas, including Carbon Capture Gardens.
