On Saturday 20th June, Community Gardens Ireland launched our pollinator guide for community gardens with the National Biodiversity Data Centre in Greystones & Kilcoole Community Garden in Wicklow. 

Details of the guide and launch are here: https://pollinators.ie/communitygardens/ 

This is a project that started 3 years ago at a Community Gardens Ireland gathering, when a discussion was held about pesticide use at community gardens and allotments. Following this, contact was made with the excellent team at National Biodiversity Data Centre who quickly came on board. 

Over the last 3 years, the two groups then worked together to produce this guide with inputs from members of the Community Gardens Ireland committee. 

This guide highlights best practice for community gardens in order to make them pollinator friendly, along with advice for providing space for wildlife, including ponds, bird and bat boxes, and eliminating pesticide use. 

Our hope is that this will inspire more pollinator-friendly community gardens throughout the island of Ireland. 

Some additional details are here: https://cgireland.org/launch-of-pollinator-guide-for-community-gardens/