Bees, Butterlies And Blooms
THE world’s bees and other pollinating insects are in crisis.
It is a complex problem that scientists the world over are trying to fathom but the prognosis is grim – without healthy populations of insect pollinators our future food security is under threat.
Writer, broadcaster and gardener Sarah Raven takes her mission out into the British countryside to encourage farmers and village communities to help recreate a network of crucial habitats for struggling bees and butterflies.
She starts by attempting to change the attitude of a small Northamptonshire village. Today tidiness rules and the village green is a close-mown carpet of green.
Will the village take to her plans and embrace wildflowers or will tidiness prevail?