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Our nature-friendly garden
On March 10, for the fifth year now, we celebrate pollinators, our tirelessly bustling little helpers, without whom we would have to say goodbye to 70% of our most common crops. Without pollination, our fruit trees would not bear fruit, we would have to give up coffee, tea, and even chocolate. More than three quarters of flowering plants are pollinated by animals, but even though pollinators provide valuable ecosystem services, their number has decreased drastically in recent years.
The reason for this is, above all, the loss of habitat: the natural wildflower meadows have often been replaced by fields treated with plant protection agents or other plantations, other times a sea of invasive species overwhelms the once diverse flora. However, we can help our busy little friends with chemical-free shrub and wildflower borders and pollinator-friendly gardens.
We can do a lot for the natural health of our environment every day. With a varied and careful design of our garden, or even with a few small things like a watering can or an insect shelter, we can do a lot to make our place an oasis not only for us, but also for the animals living around us to be a pleasant living space.
On our poster below, we show how the number of species can increase in our garden if we use lawn care as close to nature as possible, if we mow the grass a little less often and leave wild flowers in it, if we put out a watering hole or birdhouse, if we do not concrete or pave all surfaces, or, if possible, we intersperse the grassy patches with rich beds of native flowers.
We encourage all garden owners to take our top picture as an example and implement even just one of the nature-friendly steps in their garden, and if they see the result, they might be in the mood for further transformations.
Our poster was edited by Dalma Dedák and Márton Zsoldos from the beautiful paintings and illustrations of Márton Zsoldos.
The digital poster was created with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture (PTKF/982/2021.)
