Did you know that dandelions are a vital food source for bees and a Queen Bee needs 50g of nectar to get her colony going, meaning she needs to visit a whopping 2340 dandelions! Find out more via fairylandtrust.org🐝 👑

Want to discover how to use the outdoors to engage pupils in reading, writing, and speaking? Book our Literacy Outdoors training courses for early years and primary now 👇 Early years ➡️ ltl.org.uk/projects/early… Primary ➡️ ltl.org.uk/projects/prima…

Round 1 of Local School Nature Grants 2023 is open until April 28th! Choose from raised planters, loose parts kits, waterproof clothing, and more. Plus, book a specialist training session with a member of our team – all covered by the grant! Apply ➡️ ltl.org.uk/projects/local…

If you're not sure how to water #peatfree #composts, here's our top tips this #PeatFreeApril. 💦 For more information about using peat free, go to our #ForPeatsSake hub at gardenorganic.org.uk/get-involved/c…

Free outdoor event tomorrow at Knighton Park! Dress warm as it might be cold!

What can you plant for bumblebees in April? 🌱 This month boost your #FlowerPower 🌼💪 with chives, sunflowers, lacy phacelia or borage! Get your FREE April guide for full advice & flowering times 👉 ow.ly/Pwcu50MIWyg #BeeTheChange #GardeningTips #SaveTheBees

🪴The Eco Team started the term with a visit to Coles Garden Nurseries. They looked at how they propagate the shrubs and plants from shoots to full grown plants ready to plant. Huge thanks to James Coles & Sons (Nurseries) Ltd. from us all at St Joseph’s, Leicester.🌿

It’s time to get schools buzzing about bumblebees🐝🎓 Introducing Bumblebee-friendly Schools. The new scheme encourages positive actions that will make schools a better place for bumblebees and other wild pollinators👉 ow.ly/mPAE50NJgw5 Share and tag a school or teacher👇

Sun was out today, as were lots of the fabulous Green Room Gardeners. Allotment is really coming on. Peas, mangetout, chard and salad mixes planted into newly built raised beds today. An oasis of calm in otherwise turbulent lives #MentalHealth #CommunityGardening

Congratulations to Avanti Fields School for securing the funds for their community garden from Severn Trent through the Severn Trent Community Fund. And thanks for entrusting us to design and build it. That's what we're doing in July! #CommunityGarden #SchoolGarden

One of our favourite times of year at Abbey Mead as our grounds begin to burst into colour! 🌸🌺🌼 This year is even more exciting with our new outdoor classrooms and landscaped grounds to support our Sustainable Drainage Systems 💦 Trees for Cities WildscapesCoop Sustainable Schools Leicester

If you’re growing your own vegetables (which will save money and cut your carbon footprint) you’ll get better results if you work with nature. Avoid pesticides, and attract beneficial insects like ladybirds. Ideas: bit.ly/3Asdooj #growyourown

Want to create your own wildflower patch in your garden or a flower pot? Now is a great month to sow wildflower seeds! 🌱 Find out how to choose your seed mix and prepare the soil with our FREE guide 👉 ow.ly/Kxh650NMFWH 📷 Cate Taylor

Fantastic to see the area being used and being so productive! #SchoolGardening

Build it and they will come! Ponds are just amazing!

This week Eco Club were replanting strawberry plants and planting radish and beetroot seeds in the poly tunnel. 🍓🪴🌱

Trees, like this Crab Apple have the capacity to provide an ENORMOUS amount of food for pollinators, with pretty low levels of maintenance required. Oh, and they're bleddy beautiful too! #gardeningtwitter find a spot & plant a blossoming tree! 🌳💪

Is your pond looking murky & full of weed? Resist clearing it out in spring. A multitude of young pondlife will be hiding away. Add some native oxygenators, eg, hornwort/ starwort, & plants that absorb excess nutrients. For more pond help, see: ow.ly/IUo750NRTRL

Nice guide to microponds! #WildlifePond

The new #sensory #garden for Treetops TG Redditch, a space where students can enjoy the variety of #scented #perennials and #climbers and the gentle sound of the self filling #waterfeature We hope the staff and students at TGA Redditch have many years of enjoyment.