Project Bloom
Can every garden become a pollinator sanctuary?
Make it obvious what to plant, and when, so ordinary gardens add up to a corridor.
QuestionThe problem
Pollinator decline is discussed nationally and solved locally. Most gardens have a gap in the flowering calendar that nobody notices, and a well-meant plant choice that feeds nothing.
What we built
Make it obvious what to plant, and when, so ordinary gardens add up to a corridor.
Where it is now
Concept — the flowering-gap calculation is the whole idea. Everything else is decoration.
Research questions
- Can every garden become a pollinator sanctuary?
Future concepts
Research only. These are not existing features.
Who it's for
Components
Research question
“Can every garden become a pollinator sanctuary?”
Why this matters
Pollinator decline is discussed nationally and solved locally. Most gardens have a gap in the flowering calendar that nobody notices, and a well-meant plant choice that feeds nothing.
Current progress
Concept — the flowering-gap calculation is the whole idea. Everything else is decoration.
Workflow
Question
Can every garden become a pollinator sanctuary?
How it could work
Problem
Gardens are planted for looks, and the pollinator year has holes in it.
Current world
A bee-friendly label on a plant that flowers when everything else does.
Quinn Labs idea
Show the gap in the calendar, and what fills it in that place.
Potential future
Streets and estates joined into continuous flowering corridors.
Research board
The gap, not the list
Everyone publishes plant lists. Nobody shows you the month your garden feeds nothing.
Open questions
Does it scale sideways?
One good garden helps a little. Can neighbours be shown the corridor they nearly have?
Future possibilities
Research directions only. None of these exist, and some never will.
Questions we're asking
- Can every garden become a pollinator sanctuary?
- Flowering calendars that reveal the gap in a specific garden
- Native planting recommendations by postcode
- Neighbourhood corridors mapped between gardens
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