Dales Meadows are Buzzing with Life

Earlier this month I was invited to join Tanya St. Pierre – YDMT’s Flowers of the Dales Project Officer – and a group of bumblebee enthusiasts at the foot of Ingleborough for a Bumblebee Identification course.  I’m a keen gardener and allotment holder, and I get really excited when I see bees and other insects enjoying my plants as [...]

YDMT on TV!

We had a very exciting day yesterday when we met up with BBC’s Countryfile team who were filming in the Yorkshire Dales for a piece to appear on the programme on Sunday 24th July.  We even got to spend the day with BBC presenter and plant enthusiast James Wong!  Watch our 7 minutes of fame here. The focus of the [...]