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Choose pesticide-free plants and flower mixtures
With organic plants or pesticide-free flower mixes, you really help insects. Many "regular" plants contain pesticide residues.
Description
What we find interesting:
Many garden plants you buy at the garden center look healthy, but they contain pesticide residues.
Even flowering plants that are attractive to bees can therefore be harmful.
Organic growers and pesticide-free flower mixes are a safe alternative: they contain no chemical pesticides and are better for insects, soil life, and you.
Want to be sure you're buying a pesticide-free plant? Then choose plants with the Skal logo (a green leaf with 12 stars); they are 100% pesticide-free.
3 more reasons to choose pesticide-free plants:
Even flowering plants that are attractive to bees can therefore be harmful.
Organic growers and pesticide-free flower mixes are a safe alternative: they contain no chemical pesticides and are better for insects, soil life, and you.
Want to be sure you're buying a pesticide-free plant? Then choose plants with the Skal logo (a green leaf with 12 stars); they are 100% pesticide-free.
3 more reasons to choose pesticide-free plants:
- You really help pollinators: No pesticides means that bees, bumblebees, and butterflies can safely collect nectar and pollen. You contribute to cleaner soil and water: Organic farming prevents toxins from escaping into the environment.
Steps
- 1Buy from organic growers such as Sprinklr or Cruydt-Hoeck, who specialise in native and poison-free flower mixes.
- 2Choose plants with the "Skal" quality mark
- 3Sow native flower mixtures in pots, facade gardens or roadsides
- 4Start small: a few plants in a pot or facade garden already make a difference
