I have just walked out of a truly entertaining and very informative presentation about wild bees by George Pilkington. Outstanding and truly unique videos showing inside the nests of solitary bee species with incredible footage of the various parasites they have to contend with. George has an extraordinary knowledge of the biology and behaviour of these pests that plague bees and provides important insights into the best nests and how to protect solitary bees from these challenges. I’ll certainly be paying more attention to my own Nurturing Nature solitary bee nest boxes this coming spring and summer.
Prof. Phil Stevenson

Kew Gardens

I contacted George about supporting our Bee weekend at RHS Garden Harlow Carr. I was keen to have a wild bee element to the weekend as well as honey bees and beekeeping. George was not only informative and entertaining; he was a great help to me spreading the RHS message about how people could encourage bees to their gardens and support our Wild about gardens campaign. I can highly recommend George and his Bee observation kits; I will certainly be using him again in the future when talking about nurturing our bees. We are now the proud owners of his solitary bee nest box bee at the garden just hope some bees move in next year.” Amy Croxton, Events Manager.
Amy Croxton

Events Manager, RHS Harlow Carr

Birds

  • The Birds and the Bees! A presentation specifically asked for by a group secretary. How garden birds make their nests, court their females, how some bees are ousting birds from completed nests and the courtship of bees! With a dash of humour. Went down very well!

  • Feeding Wild Birds: How, when, what, why and potential harm/dangers to birds, has now been updated with recent research and videos; 

  • Garden birds and their behaviour: discover the hidden world of your common garden birds, with an insight into their behaviour, lives, facts, myths and folk law

  • Bird Nest Boxes, bird tables, ground feeders and bird feeders: The good, the bad and the ugly!!

Encouraging Wildlife

  • Encouraging Wildlife into your Garden: “Give them a home” Practical suggestions e.g. creating a wildflower meadow, and other things for you to consider if you wish to attract wildlife to your garden;

  • Wildlife in a Wildlife Garden: “And they will come”. Does wildlife gardening work, what may you attract?

Wild Bees

  • Attracting Wild Bumblebees to Gardens: their nests, nest boxes, ecology, pests;

  •  Red Mason Bees: their ecology, nest boxes, their pests, parasites;

  •  Attracting Wild Solitary Bees to Gardens;

  •  Attracting Wild Bees (Bumblebees and Solitary Bees) to Gardens;

If you are interested in creating your own wildlife haven, growing your own veg or setting up an organic kitchen garden but don’t know where to start, contact us now – we’d love to help you nurture your bit of nature!

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You cannot beat having a speaker who entertains and amuses you whilst imparting their knowledge on a subject you may know a little about or completely nothing at all.

On his visit to Christleton on 9th May when George Pilkington gave a talk on birds and bees in your garden he was wise enough to hand out his card to all the attendees. On it appears his website address www.nurturing-nature.co.uk. His site provides videos and an excellent reference including copius information on Birds, Bees, Insects, Worms, Hedgehogs to get you inspired about Nature.

Should his website spark your interest and you want to attract more nature to your garden George provides a large selection of products for sale that are certainly going to help you.

Before George started speaking to the Christleton Gardening Club he remarked how nice it was to see us flourishing as interest groups such as ours are fast disappearing. Yes we know we are very lucky, thanks to Jim and Judith.

R Nicholson

George has been a tremendous asset to Grow Wild. Lending his expert knowledge to our training day in Prestatyn in 2017 he engaged the audience perfectly and delivered brilliant tips and advice. Thanks to him, even the most novice gardener learned how to take action without spending a penny! We’re especially grateful for his endless enthusiasm (and brilliant videos) – there doesn’t seem to be a wildlife gardening topic he doesn’t know! From the team at Grow Wild, thank you, George, for your years of continued help and support!
Maria Golightly

Wales Partnership Manager, Grow Wild

It was a great talk, exploring the little known and fascinating world of the pests inhabiting solitary bee hotels. George is an engaging speaker, and his enthusiasm for the subject shines through, along with the amount of work he has put into the study of solitary bees and their pests over the years. His filming captures interesting processes and behaviour occurring in our gardens

BTO