Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 05/01/2026It was cold but beautiful at the nursery today, but Meg made sure the orders were collected and shipped 💪🏻🥶 Can you spot the cat at the end?🤣🐱 #snowydays #snowman #winteratthenursery #spotthecat #nativewildflowers 040
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Wild Cabbage in Tenby attracting showers of white butterflies. Absolutely magical to watch! 🦋 Good to see butterfly numbers bouncing back this year. 💪🏻🐛 #butterflyconsevation 031
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025And they're off! 🌱🙌🏻 Heading to Jacopo Dugati Ruggeri for RHS Wentworth. Jacopo is competing in the Young Designers section. Check out the link to his show garden here:- www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events... @wonderduke #rhswentworth #rhsyoungdesigner #plantnative #nativewildflowers 010
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Good to see, a couple of Shrill Carder Bees during a vegetation monitoring visit to Margam Landfill site (a capped landfill with an artificial dune system on top of it!), feeding on Yellow-rattle and Selfheal. Also recently hatched Ringed Plovers, scoring highly on the cuteness scale 😍. 041
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Spent a lovely day with the inspiring Jacopo Dugati Ruggeri, finalising his order for RHS Wentworth next month. Jacopo is competing in the Young Designers section. Check out the link to his show garden here:- www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events... #rhswentworth 011
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 15/06/2025KIDNEY VETCH a perennial of free draining areas. With dense clusters of yellow flowers, It's a great addition to gravel gardens, rockeries, green roofs and window boxes. Great for pollinators and the foodplant of the Small Blue butterfly. celticwildflowers.co.uk/products/kid... #countryfile 021
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Carmarthenshire County Council - Creating a carbon capture wildflower area. Stage 2 - First round of our planting at Festival Fields, Llanelli. 🌱 Re-purposing BOS Slag for nature conservation. All plants of local provenance. #carmarthencouncil 040
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Sending all our very best wishes to Corrinne as she starts her new role with the National Trust in Brecon next week. Thank you for all your hard work and all the sunshine you bring to work each day. You will be sorely missed! 😢 010
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 08/05/20253 parties in 1 today! Nancy's birthday 🎂, Corrine's leaving party ☹️ and our VE Day celebrations 🥳🥳🥳 #veday80thanniversary 010
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Our very own Queen of the Bog Myrtle is moving away to pastures new. Dedicated & passionate, Laura has made a huge difference to all the conservation projects she's been involved with. Wishing you the very best of health and happiness in your next adventure Laura. 🌱❤️ We miss you already! 041
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 22/04/2025#EarthDay2025 SUDS planting for a new build in Middleton today by Laura & Corrinne. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems are designed to manage surface water runoff in a way that mimics natural drainage. A wide choice range of native wildflower species are used in SUDS projects. ##Earthday2025 030
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 22/04/2025On Earth Day, it was great to create a multi-purpose refuge for wildlife, which included:- hedgehog home, bee hotel, reptile/amphibian/small mammal crevice chambers & a Wheatear nest box. For Highgrove Aggragates in the fields above Cwmnant Lleici Quarry. More of these to follow... #earthday2025 020
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Using blast furnace slag at Festival Fields, Llanelli, to increase the diversity of native plants for nature conservation. Due to the substrate being used, this area will also act as a carbon capture area. #Bbcnews 010
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Good article about how we can use slag from the steel industry to create carbon capture gardens and wildlife areas. #Bbcnews www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comSlag heaps could be Wales' biodiversity heroExperts believe slag heaps are a largely untapped resource in preserving Wales' rarest plant species. 051
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 18/04/2025We're open as usual over Easter Bank Holiday weekend. 🌱🐣 Saturday and Monday 9.30am to 2.30pm. Check out our range of native wildflowers for different environments. We even have species that look great in plant pots and window boxes! www.celticwildflowers.co.uk 042
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Carmarthenshire County Council - Creating a carbon capture wildflower area. Stage 1 - Seed sowing at Festival Fields, Llanelli. 🌱 Re-purposing BOS Slag for nature conservation. All seed of local provenance. Barry and Paul Aubrey raking in the rain! ☔️ #carmarthencouncil 091
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Spring is here, even though it may not feel like it yet. Look at this fabulous native Sneezewort plug. Bursting with life beneath the surface! 🌱🙌🏻 #springisintheair 000
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 28/01/20252,264 native wildflowers planted into a slag based aggregate. Creating a carbon capture wildlife area in Pwll, funded by Bumblebee Conservation Trust. #bumblebeeconservationwales 010
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Great to show conservation staff from Bridgend CC and the Vale of Glamorgan CC around the nursery today to discuss a variety of project ideas, including Carbon Capture Gardens. #valeofglamorganlocalplacesfornature #bridgendlocalplacesfornature 051
Celtic Wildflowers @celticwildflowers.bsky.social · 20/11/2024A very interesting day yesterday at Swansea's Green Economy Conference. Great to chat with people about the ease of creating carbon capture gardens. #GreenEconSWW #4theRegion @4theRegion 050
