Have you watched David Attenborough latest series, Wild Isles, on the BBC? If so, you may have heard some pretty shocking statistics:

We have experienced a 69% decline in biodiversity since 1970!

We've also lost 97% of our wildflower meadows in the UK since the '70's, which are vital habitats for butterflies, bees and other insect pollinators!

Why does it matter?

Biodiversity (different species of animals, plants, insects, fungi etc) is vital for life on earth, and for things like crop growing - ilto some extend three quarters of our crops are dependent on insect pollinators.

The good news is that we can play a big role in helping pollinator numbers, with our gardens. I recently read that all of the gardens in the UK occupy more space than all of the nature reserves in the UK - pretty amazing, right?!

So if we can think about ways to make our gardens more wildlife friendly we can have a big impact. We have planted wildflowers and take part in No Mow May.

Don't have a garden but a space to add a few pots? You can still help by planting them up with some wildflower seeds for your windowsills.

No Mow May is an annual campaign from Plantlife encouraging as many people as possible to leave their lawns (or at least a patch of!) unmown to help our precious pollinating insects find food at the start of the season.

There is loads of info and a heap of resources on the Plantlife website - do go and take a look.