This year I am aiming at trying to encourage more bees and other insects into the garden. I seem to have no problem attracting woodlice, aphids and blackfly into the garden last year, so I aim to plant more bee friendly plants in a bid to help their plight. I’d also like to see more ladybirds in the garden too, particularly to help keep that aphid colony down.

The flowers:

• Antirrhinum ‘Chuckles’
• Sweet Pea ‘Cupani’
• Marigold ‘Boy O’ Boy Orange (French)’