tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85484622225393441232024-03-13T19:43:08.979-07:00Let's BEE Friendly In Cookham RiseLets BEE Friendly In Cookham Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10351607313160134767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548462222539344123.post-23412728165848640952020-02-08T08:44:00.001-08:002020-02-08T08:48:53.415-08:00Blossoms All Year Around - With Shrubs<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At this time of year, especially with the very mild winter (so far), it's important for our BEEs to have a source of food. I was out at a local bee farm and was surprised at how much activity there was. Of course, it's early in the year, but there are bees and other pollinators that could use a bit of food. It was nice to see a couple of bees on her Viburnum.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you can, consider planting some shrubs that provide blossom at different times of the year. </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Adrian Doble, our resident bumble BEE expert, has provided a nice list of some shrubs you can consider. The shrubs are relatively easy to find and easy to care for. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For Blossom In<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Consider These Shrubs<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">January<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Salix caprea pendula - Kilmarnock Willow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Clematis cirrhosa - Winter Flowering Clematis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ulex europeaus - Gorse<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Corylus avellane - Common Hazel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">February<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Erica Darleyensis - Winter Heather<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">March<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Daphne odora aureomarginata - Winter Daphne<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">April<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ribes sanguineum - Flowering Currant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Chaenomeles japonica, - Japanese Quince<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Weigelia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Rosmarinus officinalis - Rosemary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Philadelphus delavayi - Philadelphus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cotoneaster simonsii - Himalayan Cotoneaster<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Erica darleyensis - Summer Heather<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ceanothus burkwoodii - Californian Lilac<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">July<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Rosa canina - Dog Rose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lonicera Americana - Summer honeysuckle)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Syringa vulgaris - Purple Lilac<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">August<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lavendula Hidcote - English Lavender<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Potentilla fruticose - Shrubby Cinquefoil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">September<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Buddleja davidii - Butterfly Bush<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">October<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Salvia fulgens - </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Cardinal Sage</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hebe - in particular,“E A Bowles”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">November<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Abelia grandiflora - Glossy Abelia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">December<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mahonia japonica - Japanese Mahonia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lonicera fragrantissima - Winter Honeysuckle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Viburnum bodnantense - Viburnum ‘Dawn"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In this list, I have included both the Latin name and a common name. </span></div>
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Lets BEE Friendly In Cookham Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10351607313160134767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548462222539344123.post-78110379068132799072020-01-30T10:46:00.001-08:002020-02-01T07:57:01.746-08:00Getting Your BEE Friendly Vouchers<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have made some small changes to how you can apply for your <b>Let's BEE Friendly in Cookham Rise</b> voucher. If you are a resident of Cookham Rise and you want to apply, please go to <a href="http://bit.ly/LBFVoucher2020">http://bit.ly/LBFVoucher2020</a></span><br />
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Lets BEE Friendly In Cookham Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10351607313160134767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548462222539344123.post-47069892590780392532020-01-28T02:36:00.002-08:002020-01-28T02:36:55.657-08:00Did You Know...<span style="background-color: white; color: #38444d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", Arial, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", "MS PGothic"; font-size: 17.9999px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A bumblebee can only fly for about 40 minutes between feeding. But we've lost 97% of our wiłdflower meadows. </span><br />
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<br />Lets BEE Friendly In Cookham Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10351607313160134767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548462222539344123.post-58988765975664725072020-01-24T03:26:00.002-08:002020-01-24T03:30:11.519-08:00Let's BEE Friendly Project - Call For VolunteersRunning Cookham-Rise wide schemes like this is a bit of work. And that work relies on volunteers who do it for the love of the area.<br />
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We'd love to have a couple of folks who can help us out with the organization. We need someone to manage the applications and deliver the vouchers. And we'd love to have you with us on Jan 31st at Wild Cookham's 2020 Kick-Off meeting.<br />
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The pay is nil, but the odd cup of Costas Coffee might be possible. Please email us at <a href="mailto:LBFCookhamRise@Gmail.Com">LBFCookhamRise@Gmail.Com</a>. We'd love to hear from you!<br />
<br />Lets BEE Friendly In Cookham Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10351607313160134767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548462222539344123.post-20497147255523367532020-01-24T03:23:00.004-08:002020-01-30T09:59:49.491-08:00Let's Bee Friendly - More Details We have now kicked this project off formally with announcements on various social media sites. Interest and enthusiasm are growing which is wonderful to see.<br />
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<b>The Small Print</b><br />
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To provide some clarity over the scheme - here are the details of the scheme in no particular order.<br />
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<li>Each Cookham Rise resident is welcome to request ONE £5.00 off voucher to be applied to selected collections of Bee Friendly Plants (each collection to cost £11.00 - or £6.00 with the voucher).</li>
<li>The scheme is limited to individual households in Cookham Rise.</li>
<li>There are 100 vouchers available. As they say, when they are gone, they are gone.</li>
<li>Each voucher can only be applied on the specially selected collections of plants which will be specially marked at the plant sale. We' love you to buy other bee-friendly plants and you are welcome to buy more sets of our collections at the bargain price of £11.00.</li>
<li>Application for vouchers is via an online form on our Facebook page. We'll post this more widely in Feb.</li>
<li>We prefer to see the plants planted in front of your houses so everyone can join the bees in enjoying the plantings.</li>
<li>The vouchers are to be delivered starting on the 9th of March.</li>
<li>The vouchers are to be used at the plant sales on <b>Sunday 21/22 March</b> and <b>Sunday 28/29 March</b> only.</li>
<li>You must present the voucher to claim your discount.</li>
<li>Applications for vouchers closes as of 23 March 2020 - or whenever we reach our target of 100 vouchers. </li>
<li>When you apply, we need you to allow us to hold your contact information and whether we are allowed to pass this information on to other Wild Cookham projects. We'll need your permission for the former in order to issue and deliver the vouchers. We'd like to let other Wild Cookham projects contact you and invite you to Wild Cookham events. </li>
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We'd love to do more but have limited funds. If this is successful and if we can find more benefactors, we'd love to expand this scheme next year to encompass ALL of Cookham.<br />
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<b>Most Innovative Planting Award</b><br />
For a bit of added fun - We're offering a prize for the most innovative planting of these plants. We'll ask you to submit a couple of pictures and details. We'll award the prize in the autumn, as part of the Wild About Gardens award event. More details on the prize are to be posted soon.<br />
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<br />Lets BEE Friendly In Cookham Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10351607313160134767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548462222539344123.post-50876769709807127552020-01-17T06:56:00.004-08:002020-01-17T11:03:27.513-08:00Details of the LBF Offer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The idea of the <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Let's BEE Friendly</b></span> project is that we create an offer of a wide variety of great bee-friendly plants for your garden. Plants which can help the bees and all the other pollinators - and look good too. Every Cookham Rise resident can apply for <u>one</u> voucher which entitles you to buy a special collection of plants with money off.<br />
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Vernon Brown, who run the weekend plant sales at Pinder Hall, have come up with a fantastic offer for us. With our voucher you get:</div>
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<li><b>TWO 1 litre plants</b> which include: winter heather, cowslip, lungwort, lavender, rosemary,
allium, hollyhock or foxgloves (based on what is looking best at the time)</li>
<li><b>FOUR 9cm pots</b> of different <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Bee-friendly</b></span> British wildflowers.</li>
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And, as an added bonus Vernon Brown is providing a <b>pot of spring-flowering bulbs. </b>These will include Daffodil, Crocus, Muscari or Bluebell based on what is looking best at the nursery.<br />
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Each plant collection in this scheme sells for £11.00 or £6.00 with the voucher. Given the quality of the plants, this is a fantastic deal (even at full price). Feel free to buy more and make your garden even more bee-friendly.<br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">Please tell your friends and neighbours in Cookham Rise!! </span></b></div>
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Fuller details on the vouchers and how to apply will get posted on this site as soon as we can. For any more questions, please email. <b><a href="mailto:lbfcookhamrise@gmail.com">lbfcookhamrise@gmail.com</a></b>.</div>
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Lets BEE Friendly In Cookham Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10351607313160134767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548462222539344123.post-2868086351101582912019-12-22T06:21:00.000-08:002019-12-22T06:40:08.703-08:00Announcing Let's BEE Friendly in Cookham Rise<b>What is it and Why Should You Care?</b><br />
A project to encourage everyone in Cookham Rise to plant more bee-friendly plants, do a bit to help save the planet, and have a bit of fun. The project aims to encourage the residents of Cookham Rise to plant more bee and pollinator-friendly plants in their front gardens. With a climate emergency declared in the Royal Borough, we all need to do what we can to help reverse the impact of climat change. And who doesn't love to walk down the streets in our community and see a plant covered in bees?<br />
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<b>The Scheme</b><br />
The basic concept is that we provide each resident of Cookham Rise a voucher for a bee-friendly plant from Vernons Plant Sale in Cookham Rise. Your voucher is worth £10 for one of a special collection of bee and pollinator plants and we ask you to pay half (£5.00). Of course, if you want to buy more we'd just love that too.<br />
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We will publish a list of eligible plants and work with Vernons to create some specific offers for the vouchers. The plants would be available for collection at the end of March 2020. All the specifics are yet to be organised!<br />
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<b>More Information</b><br />
This project is in the early planning stages and lots of details need to be locked down. We'll be publishing more information as it becomes available Please feel free to comment either on this blog or via email (see below).<br />
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There is to be a public meeting in the new year to introduce the scheme and hopefully learn a bit more about the things we can do to improve life for our bees and other pollinators. And you should soon start to read about it in the media and online too.<br />
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<b>Contact Us</b><br />
If you want to help with this project or have any comments, suggestions, or other ideas, email us at LBFCookhamRise@Gmail.Com. Let us hear from you - and please tell your friends and neighbours!<br />
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