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Youngsters from a Carlisle primary school have won a competition to design a bee-friendly flowerbed in the city's Bitts Park.

Cumbria Wildlife Trust is buzzing with excitement this weekend, as it holds a Carlisle-wide celebration of pollinators.

WORK has been completed on a new 42-acre wildlife haven for birds, bees and butterflies in the middle of Carlisle.

AN exciting new project has revealed some top tips to help people get their gardens buzzing this spring.

MEMBERS of the public have been invited to add a bit of beauty to their gardens while doing their bit for pollinators via a free webinar on making hanging baskets. Cumbria Wildlife Trusts Get Cumbria Buzzing! team is partnering with Cumbrian business Helens Herbs to host the event on May 25. A Cumbria Wildlife Trust spokesman said: "Helen will show you different plants which are perfect for attracting pollinators and for decorating a hanging basket. "The session will take place online, ...

Cumbria Wildlife Trust is hosting an online webinar to learn the basics of bumblebee identification. The Get Cumbria Buzzing! Project wish to recruit volunteer recorders to help monitor the abundance and diversity of bumblebees in Cumbria, and will provide you with all the help required to get you started. A spokesman for Cumbria Wildlife Trust said: "Your information will contribute valuable data to local and national biodiversity records. "With your help we will be able to create the ...