In 2011 Rosi Rollings wanted to start a plant nursery to support bees but didn’t know much about it. This led her to start eight years of formal research into which plants attracted the most bees.

During that time she collaborated with best-selling author Prof Dave Goulson of the University of Sussex. They published a joint paper which quantified the attractiveness of garden flowers for pollinators.

Rollings, Rosi and Goulson, Dave (2019) Quantifying the attractiveness of garden flowers for pollinators. Journal of Insect Conservation. ISSN 1366-638X University of Sussex Research Online

Details of her plant trials are available on her website.

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