Creating habitat for pollinators in Britain & Ireland
Flowering plants provide essential resources of pollen and nectar for pollinating insects such as wild bees, honeybees, hoverflies, butterflies, moths and some beetles (Buglife, 2011).
This guidance has been produced to ensure that planting projects are carried out using good practice that will produce maximum benefit for biodiversity. Planting should not be used as a replacement for maintaining existing flower rich habitats or for restoring species diversity through changes in management (Plantlife, 2011a; Plant Link, 2011).
These guidelines are therefore applicable only to situations where natural regeneration of wild flora is unlikely to be successful.