Professor Michael Mainelli’s PLT Launch Talk
Professor Michael Mainelli’s PLT Official Launch Talk Lady Mayoress, Masters, Aldermen, Ladies & Gentlemen: As a teenager, I worked in a family bee business with some 300 hives at one point. I was delighted as I rode by Drapers’ Hall yesterday, on my Ride Round The Range with seven of the HAC Light Cavalry and […]
PLT Audits Inspiring Change in City Gardens
Did you know that almost 90% of wild plants and 75% of leading global crops depend on animal pollination? Pollinators are, therefore, essential to our survival. These pollinators include the bumble, honey, and solitary bee species, which bring about pollination by transferring pollen from the flower’s anthers to the stigmas, and this way setting fruits […]
PLT Official Launch
Pollinating London Together Official Launch Thursday 16 September 2021 By the kind permission of The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor, Alderman William Russell and the Lady Mayoress, Hilary Russell, we are delighted to announce that our official launch took place at the Mansion House on Thursday 16 September 2021 at 4.30pm. Our initial intention was […]
PRESS RELEASE: London Liveries join to boost pollinators in the City of London
Pollinating London Together (PLT) Official Mansion House Launch Event. Thursday 16 September. Photo L-R: John Burton, PLT Chairman; Lady Mayoress Hilary Russell; Dr Heather Barrett-Mold OBE, PLT Vice Chair; Anthony Bickmore, PLT Board. Photo by Andrew Cleminson. Pollinating London Together (PLT) is a pan Livery initiative supported by Environment Minister Rebecca Pow and Deputy […]
Valuing The Importance of Green Spaces
Briefing Note for City of London Livery Climate Change Group Dr Heather Barrett-Mold OBE There are two major planetary emergencies: climate change and biodiversity loss. Both need urgent attention. Greenspaces can help with both as well as promoting wellbeing. It is clear from the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic that green spaces are very important […]
City of London Wild Flower Meadow
By Sherry Watson The City of London filled with a diversity of meadow planting how exciting! Beautiful wild green spaces make the city look more vibrant and alive serving as crucial habitat for many pollinators. Common pollinators such as bees, butterflies, birds, and flies are more inclined to join us in the hustle and bustle […]
Honeybees are Voracious -Putting Other Pollinators at Risk
Interesting article in the Guardian 24 July 2021… Featured image above by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons There is a very interesting article about the problems with honeybees taking over the space for other pollinators and how there are too many hives being introduced into London. This is a topic often […]
PLT Citizen Science Scheme
PLT Citizen Science Scheme The scheme we have chosen to use is owned and managed by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. The website that relates to this work is the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) This website now contains everything to do with the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) and the Flower-Insect Timed […]
Hero of the Month – June 2021
Image above – Garden Bumblebee, Bombus Hortorum. Photo Credit Nikki Gammans (Courtesy of the Bumblee Bee Conservation Trust) The Garden Bumblebee So, you wish to know more about the pollinators in your area? Look no further than our Hero of the Month blogs to find all the tips and tricks you need to become pollinating […]
PRESS RELEASE: PLT Intends to Re-Green the City of London
IN TIME TO CELEBRATE WORLD BEE DAY ON MAY 20TH POLLINATING LONDON TOGETHER INTENDS TO RE-GREEN THE CITY OF LONDON Top picture: L-R John Burton, Chairman of Pollinating London Together. Sue Green, Master Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers; Anthony Bickmore, Upper Warden, Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers; Heather Barrett-Mold OBE; Master Worshipful Company of Gardeners; […]