Seed Bank: Pay It Forward

Seed Bank: Pay It Forward -

We invite you to become a catalyst for change. By contributing towards stocking up the seed bank, you can actively participate in rewilding communities across the UK through seed packet donations.

At Pollenize, we are on a mission to support and empower communities by increasing the rate of pollination in the UK. By donating towards our seed bank, you can also make a significant difference in the following areas:

• Support charities/community groups with products to support meaningful change

• Empower schools to engage in eco-friendly activities

• Increase visibility of the rewilding mission at events to spread awareness and cultivate a shared vision

Join us at Pollenize, where every seed packet donation has the power to create a lasting impact. Together, we can cultivate a thriving environment for a better future.

Your wildflower packet contains:

• 34 Native wildflower species, carefully selected from reputable and traceable sources in the U.K.

• 5 different species of specialist grass seed to ensure healthy food webs can be created.

This unique seed packet recipe has been chosen to benefit the most number of pollinator species over the longest flowering period to ensure there is plenty of pollen and nectar as well as associated insects to promote complex healthy habitats and food webs. Once planted you can take part in citizen science by logging your sowing coordinates to ourinteractive rewilding map.

Our citizen science seed packets are informed by the data analysis of the following databases on the data.gov.uk website:

• Plant-pollinator interactions database for construction of potential networks (all known pollinator-plant interactions on mainland GB)

• Insect species richness for each plant species and insect-plant interactions from the Database of Insects and their Food Plants [DBIF] (over 60,000 insect- plant interactions with native plants)

We work closely with local and artisan producers to ensure there is traceability and accountability to our product. We procure seeds on a seasonal basis to enable us to have a wide variety to go into the packets.

• Each packet covers approx 1m²

• We use the UK’s most environmentally-friendly printing company

• Printing company is FSC® certified

• Printing company is ISO 14001:2015 certificate for our environmental management system.

• Printing company is one of only a handful of Carbon balanced printers

• All seed packets are printed 4/0 colours using vegetable based inks on 150gsm.

• All seed packets are printed revive silk 100% recycled