Join us to create 10KM of pollinator-friendly territory through community-lead action. The NatureRx SOW WILD project is a seed packet and a year long citizen science project that you can engage in outdoors while social distancing.
There are hundreds of pollinating insects in Ireland including 99 bee species. Although honeybees get the limelight, many wild bees are infinitely better pollinators and one third of these fragile species are threatened with extinction. Habitat loss is the major contributing factor. To protect our pollinators, the best thing we can do is create more wild spaces. What the bees need we need! By making cities better places to live for people we have a special opportunity to protect endangered pollinators and the future of biodiversity.
GOLD DUST FOR POLLINATORS
100% Pure Irish Native Wildflower Seeds
There are hundreds of pollinating insects in Ireland. Although the honeybee gets the limelight, many of our wild bees are infinitely better pollinators and one third of these more fragile species are threatened with extinction. Habitat loss is the major contributing factor.
To protect our pollinators, the best thing we can do is create more wild spaces. What the bees need we need! By making cities better places to live for people we have a special opportunity to protect endangered pollinators and the future of biodiversity.
1,000 packets planted 100 metres apart will create a 10 kilometre long network of wild native habitat to support all members of our pollinator community.
Packet contains a mixture of annual and perennial native Irish wildflower seeds chosen to create permanent foraging for bees, butterflies, hoverflies, moths, wasps and other pollinating insects. Each seed packet contains 3gms of seeds which makes up about 1 square metre.
VARIETIES: Bird's Foot Trefoil, Corn Marigold, Devil’s Bit Scabious, Field Scabious, Ladies Bedstraw, Lesser Knapweed, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Vetchling, Mullein, Ox-Eye Daisy, Plantain, Long headed Poppy, Purple Loosestrife, Ragged Robin, Red Campion, Red Clover, Scentless Mayweed, Self-heal, Sorrel, St. John’s Wort Perforate, Teasel, Tufted Vetch, Weld, Wild Carrot.