We were very lucky to visit the Botanische tuin in Afrikaanderwijk to receive from them a number of plant species that we could introduce to boost the biodiversity of the park.
Melitta of BTA put aside for us a number of beautiful perennial and biannual plants or tree/shrub species, that are naturalised in the Rotterdam region, and Netherlands more broadly. They are all insect friendly pollinator plants, flowering profusely to provide food and shelter.
We were excited to work with BTA as they are a garden that has been in existence since 1923, collecting a large number of diverse species, that also take a particular interest in plants that have naturalised in Rotterdam, via means such as associated with the harbour system, or otherwise unknown, that they have just turned up in the region and made it their home.
When we were thinking to bring in some additional species to boost the biodiversity of Shared Grounds, we thought it would be a great opportunity to work with another local garden space that grows all the plants themselves, propagating from their own species. This also means that the plants are already used to the weather conditions of Rotterdam, hopefully resulting in a better chance of the plants establishing and surviving.
We feel super happy to receive this generosity from BTA, we will plant these new additions at Shared Grounds soon :)
More information about the BTA can be found on their website - https://botanischetuinafrikaanderwijk.nl/en/
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ready for collection
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the list! :)
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we also got a portion of their extensive pollinator seed mix :)
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labels so we know what they are :)
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the beautiful BTA
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loaded up!
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now at Rib :)
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