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mirandasmall's review
5.0
Excellent AND beautiful overview/reference book to guide you in choosing bee-friendly plants. I learned so much! Like that bee’s see the blue end of the light spectrum best, so color of flowers is important. The illustrations are so cute, I would purchase prints of them! Very easy to read.
doc_savage's review
4.0
Beautifully put together and illustrated. This is helpful for anyone wishing to attract and help honeybees flourish in whatever small way they can.
omelialibrarian's review
5.0
Beautiful book 😍 Anyone who loves bees and has a garden should pick this up and have a read. It follows all the seasons and things to plant no matter what kind of outdoor space you have (and it's just so pretty). This is going on my Christmas list for sure.
sarahpaige217's review
4.0
Good introduction. Pretty to look at but more research will be necessary for pollinator gardening.
o0o's review
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
3.5
This book was informative but also easy to read for anyone who knew nothing about gardening for bees like myself!
The illustrations were wonderful though I do there were more of them, especially when it came to later chapters that were more lists and tables.
While I enjoy how the book catagorises plants base on how big one’s gardening space is (it even covers small balconies and rooftops), the content is very UK-based and for someone in Australia I can’t just take in their recommendations without further research on how well they would grow where I am.
All in all, this book is great for light reading!
The illustrations were wonderful though I do there were more of them, especially when it came to later chapters that were more lists and tables.
While I enjoy how the book catagorises plants base on how big one’s gardening space is (it even covers small balconies and rooftops), the content is very UK-based and for someone in Australia I can’t just take in their recommendations without further research on how well they would grow where I am.
All in all, this book is great for light reading!
jordanak03's review
4.0
I definitely enjoy short little books like this one: detailed and easy to read! I especially enjoyed the facts this book had to offer :) I tend to be scared of bees, but this book helped me feel a bit less scared and more inclined to help the bees when they are drowning in our pool. Save the bees!
corianderwrites's review
2.0
Beautifully illustrated but really just a list of plants to plant, not a lot about bees, or much detail about gardening or tips on how to get these plants to grow. Which is something I've had trouble with; honestly I was hoping for a lot more information. I knew some of the information presented already. I wish the author would have shared more about herself and the experiences that lead her to write this book. Some pages were literally just plant names, no summaries, characteristics or the ideal planting place for the plants or anything. This book is beautiful, but don't come to this book looking for masses of information. And also since the author is based in Britain and a lot of her resources are based in Britain and are not quite as applicable for American readers. Although a good book if you are a beginner, this book covers the basics.
jasmin_reads's review against another edition
3.0
The book is very beautifully illustrated and contains a huge list of plants for bees. I liked the different options depending on the space you have to plant things on. But sadly some of the suggestions are invasive plants which are really bad for a healthy biodiversity. So please research the plants before buying them. They might be good for the bees but terrible for the environment in general.
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