Description
We have teamed up with the amazing Buglife to create this charity wedding favour to help support them in their work – a 10p donation from every packet sold will go to Buglife to help them continue their important work. As Sir David Attenborough said – “If we and the rest of the back-boned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if the invertebrates were to disappear, the world’s ecosystems would collapse.” Insects are vital for life on Earth and some are disappearing at an alarming rate. Buglife is the only charity in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates, and is actively working to save Britain’s rarest bugs, bees, butterflies, ants, worms, beetles and many more fascinating invertebrates. Further information is available on Buglife’s website.
About our Buglife Charity Wedding Favour Seed Packets
The seed packets are recycled and measure 9 x 12 cm. The seeds inside are UK wildflower species (so perfect for our native bugs!), the seeds also being grown in the UK. The seeds are in a glassine paper sachet, not a foil and plastic one. Your names and wedding date are added to the packet (please advise personalisation in the box above) and the sowing instructions and donation details are printed on the back.
Not using the seeds for a while? No problem! Just store them somewhere cool and dry out of direct sunlight.
What is glassine paper? Glassine paper is an eco-friendly and plastic-free alternative to mass-produced heat-sealed plastic and foil/paper sachets. Unlike those sachets glassine paper can be recycled and is biodegradable. It is also resistant to moisture and will keep the seeds dry in the main packet.
About the Seeds
There are 7 species of wildflower in this mix, which is our own bespoke mix. The seeds are grown in the UK and are UK species only – all of them are amazing for insects! Our seed grower keeps traceable records of their seeds and is inspected annually by DEFRA, so you can be sure you are getting a quality product. You will get about a gram or so of seeds, enough to create a 1 metre square wildflower patch.
The seeds are Ladies Bedstraw, Teasel, Lesser Knapweed, Ox-eye Daisy, Selfheal, Musk Mallow and Wild Carrot.
“Wildflower Favours {now Wildflower Promotions} has been supporting Buglife since 2017 paying over a donation based on sales. Over this time around £5,000 have been contributed to the charity. These monies have been invested in supporting delivering of our B-Lines network of insect super highways across the UK. These contributions have enabled us to invest in and deliver projects that have delivered around 50 hectares of wildflower rich grassland by using the funds to match other grants. This is a really significant contribution to growing insect connectivity. We are really grateful to Teresa for her on-going support to our cause.”
Your donations help towards B-Lines
B-Lines are an imaginative and beautiful solution to the problem of the loss of flowers and pollinators. The B-Lines are a series of ‘insect pathways’ running through our countryside and towns, along which we are restoring and creating a series of wildflower-rich habitat stepping stones. They link existing wildlife areas together, creating a network, like a railway, that will weave across the UK landscape. This will provide large areas of brand new habitat benefiting bees and butterflies– but also a host of other wildlife.”
Stonegrave Meadow, created as part of Buglife’s B-Lines Project (photo copyright Leanne Dixon):
Menethorpe Meadow, created as part of Buglife’s B-Lines Project (photo copyright Leanne Dixon):
Community seed sowing with Buglife (photo copyright Richard Smith):
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