Useful sources of seeds and plants
- Inch Nursery on Old Dalkeith Road offers an annual plant sale
- Salisbury Centre Seed Library (14:30–16:00 Fridays)
- Edinburgh Steiner School Spring Fair (21st May 2022)
Plants for Pollinators
- RHS Plants for Pollinators — RHS summary page, with links to lists (PDF) of garden plants, wildflowers and ‘plants of the world’.
- How gardeners can help our declining bees and other pollinators — RHS guidelines
- CEH: Habitat Creation and Management for Pollinators — PDF book (86 p), quite detailed and technical
- NatureScot: Pollinators in Planning and Construction guide
- Bee-friendly plant list by common name — list (PDF) of more than 70 plants, shrubs and trees that attract bees; oriented towards the USA
- The best wildflowers for wild bees — scientific article (PDF), open access
- Scottish pollinators — Updates on pollinators and pollinator projects from around Scotland
Information and education
- Cyrenians Community Hospital Gardens
- Dandelion green initiatives
- RGBE online courses
- Lion’s Gate Permaculture Gardens, Napier University