Flower Bomb

There is something about loads of flowers at the same time that appeals to my brain. For instance, our visit to Keukenhof in Holland a few years ago which was a present for my wife was something I really enjoyed too, and I have a tonne of photos of them someplace sitting on a hard drive. Once I find them, I will do a post all about it.

In the meantime though I will share these photos of a Park in Ireland which was alight with colour and pollen a while back.

In recent years there are more and more of these little wild flower plantations popping up all over Ireland. The public are now very aware that honey bees are in danger and need to be protected in order to preserve biodiversity. As such many of councils around Ireland have been planting little flower patches like this and have also stopped cutting the verges along roads where wildflowers grow, which is great news for the bees and biodiversity.

I read the following recently here (https://supervalu.ie/)

One third of our bee species is threatened with extinction from Ireland. This is because we have drastically reduced the amount of food (flowers) and safe nesting sites in our landscapes.

In 2015 bee experts in Ireland came together to produce the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan. It was decided to do this because lots of our bees are in big trouble and could disappear from Ireland if we don’t do something to help.

Without bees, our wildflowers would begin to disappear, and we wouldn’t be able to grow our own fruits and vegetables.

Sláinte and Peace out.