The Baileycs office is lucky to be situated in lovely gardens with a huge variety of flora and fauna. The lashings of rain we’ve had means it’s been a bumper year for nature’s colourful spring and early summer carnival.

We look after the gardens around the office with nature in mind. We don’t use weed killers of any variety and slug pellets are rarely used because we have frogs, newts and badgers who all seem to enjoy the odd snail or slug as a tasty snack.

It’s a wild, plant friendly garden with the seed heads of many of the larger plants attracting goldfinches and bullfinches.

We’ve also reduced the number of times the grass is cut  – probably just three to four times a year and nothing before mid-June.
This has allowed more plants within the grass to flower. Some we knew were there but last year a common spotted orchid appeared – not rare but nonetheless we were pretty pleased. And this year we have two.

If you have lawns around your offices try to reduce the number of cuts – keep an eye out for farmers cutting for hay and start then.

It might not look like the advertising dream but you could be awash with green rather than just greenwashing.

Sometimes the simplest solutions are all that’s needed to make a difference.