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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 5h

Want to make your garden more wildlife friendly — but don’t know where to begin?

Check out our “Start Here” page: easy steps, examples, and real tips to make your garden beautiful and full of life.

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A mixture of native flowers and exotics, all beneficial to pollinators, make an exquisite blend pink and purple. Easy on the eye and kind to the planet.

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 1d

Fallen leaves do NOT break into your house and steal stuff! They are food for wildlife of all kinds and turn into rich soil.
Leave the leaves!

John Dunlevy @jdunlevy.bsky.social · 1d

“The number one thing you can do from an entomologist’s perspective is plant an oak tree and leave the leaves that fall off the oak tree.”
#gardening #trees #biodiversity #LeaveTheLeaves
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/r...

Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard

www.nytimes.com

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 1d

Fruit: grow it, eat it, love it!
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Grow it, eat it, love it!

YouTube video by Gardening Well

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 1d

That’s cool. You could always leave them on the flower beds and great to hear that you are composting them. Many people just burn them or throw them away.

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Time to FAFO @phillipse16.bsky.social · 1d

A very prominent horticulturalist once told me “leaves are nature’s mulch”

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 1d

Fallen leaves do NOT break into your house and steal stuff! They are food for wildlife of all kinds and turn into rich soil.
Leave the leaves!

John Dunlevy @jdunlevy.bsky.social · 1d

“The number one thing you can do from an entomologist’s perspective is plant an oak tree and leave the leaves that fall off the oak tree.”
#gardening #trees #biodiversity #LeaveTheLeaves
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/r...

Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard

www.nytimes.com

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 2d

These aren’t offhand remarks. They’re a pattern.

They minimise. Mock. Downplay. Delay. Ignore.

The climate crisis is here. The question is: will our leaders wake up before it’s too late.

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 1d

A scene as old as time or just the roadside in west Cork, Ireland!

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 2d

Dingle nook.

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 3d

Please add me.

GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 3d

#irish #rainforest #moss #epiphytes

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 4d

The Apple of my eye! Homegrown, pesticide free! 🌱

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 6d

From hedges to ponds, every idea counts. Read how Norfolk Wildlife Trust wants to create new 'wildlife corridors' and invites South Norfolk residents to help shape its future – survey open now.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

Trust asks residents to help shape new wildlife vision

Norfolk Wildlife Trust is calling on South Norfolk residents to share ideas for a long-term wildlife recovery plan

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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💀 emmaaaaagh burns 🔥 @betaburns.bsky.social · 4d

Nenagh Scouts big and small are sleeping out against homelessness to raise funds for Focus Ireland’s #ShineALight. Great cause to throw a few quid to if you can spare it.
#SpéirGhorm #Speirgorm

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Damien Garrigan

Homelessness is one of the most pressing societal issues of our time. Every one of us has a right to a place we can call home. Yet, in Ireland today, more and more people are becoming homeless. Th...

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 4d

The Apple of my eye! Homegrown, pesticide free! 🌱

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 8d

Here is one of the hedgehogs that lives in our back garden. Please like share and tag a friend on the original post here to enter the competition to win the free hedgehog house. We will ship this to anywhere.

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Not one but two visitors to the #Wildlife #Garden at exactly the same time!!!

YouTube video by Gardening Well

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Natural Capital Ireland @natcapirl.bsky.social · Dec 27

Natural Capital Ireland is a not-for-profit organisation advocating for the #NaturalCapital approach to ensure the value of nature is accounted for in every decision. Stay up to date with relevant events & opportunities - subscribe to our free newsletter here: www.naturalcapitalireland.com/subscribe

Join | Natural Capital Ireland

Welcome to Natural Capital Ireland. Our vision is for an Ireland in which nature is valued, protected and restored.

www.naturalcapitalireland.com

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 5d

A positive I just found - I needed one today!!!

Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 18d

www.thejournal.ie/state-purcha...

State purchases almost 100 acres of 'high nature value' land in Clonakilty

The site will be managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our new site www.climateactionweek.ie to discover what exciting events are happening in your county, town, or community during #ClimateActionWeek.

You can also add your own Climate Action Week event and find lots of resources on there too:
climateactionweek.ie

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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 6d

It’s not always easy to work out whether our favourite brands’ green credentials are up to scratch. Learn how you can cut through the noise and make informed, conscious choices. https://foe.uk/jm3ld

How can I tell if a product is ethical? | Friends of the Earth

It’s not always easy to work out whether our favourite brands’ green credentials are up to scratch. With companies falling over themselves to promote their eco-friendly products, learn how you can cut through the noise and make informed, conscious choices.

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 5d

No problem. We bought three and we’re going to put one in the community garden. We gave one to The School and then we’re doing this competition to give away the other one. Hopefully it gets people interested in hedgehogs and their welfare.

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 8d

Hedgehog House Giveaway

Hedgehogs are looking for safe places to hibernate now. A shelter in your garden could save a life this winter.

I’m giving away this hedgehog house.

To enter: like, repost & tag a friend.

More tips 👉 gardeningwell.ie/climate-action/wildlife-gardening/irish-hedgehogs

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Neville Shekleton @nevshek.bsky.social · 6d

I’ll continue to leave some patches of nettles, and much more.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 6d

I scattered a hundred or so acorns in promising places today.

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GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie · 8d

Manchán’s sustainable lifestyle was more than idealism it was committed practice. His legacy asks: What sustainable act will you plant today?

In his memory, I’ll plant these native flowers this weekend.
I invite you to share one small biodiversity action you’ll take? #speirgorm

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