The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

Shines a light on the simple brilliance of life. – Chris Packham, TV presenter and author of Fingers in the Sparkle JarA moving, unpretentious account of starting again. – Patrick Barkham * Guardian, Books of the Year *A truly inspiring account of transformation, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway made me simultaneously want to read on to the final page, and rush out to my garden. – Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the BarleyBradbury makes a passionate plea for us all to follow her example - to ditch the decking and fill our own outside spaces, however small, with plants. – Jane Shilling * Daily Mail *Reading this book made me itch to get out into my own garden and peer under piles of dead leaves to look for beetles. A moving tribute to the space Kate Bradbury creates and her skill as a gardener. – Alys Fowler * The Garden *A glorious thing that is part autobiography, part gardening book and part fierce invective against the sterilisation of our urban landscapes when they are an increasingly important haven for wildlife. * Amateur Gardening *Quirky, passionate and endearing, an inspiring account of bringing a tiny garden back to life. – Dave Goulson, author of A Sting in the Tale and Bee QuestA beautiful story of a garden brought back from the dead. – Eleanor Morton * Countryman *A very personal story of love, loss and rebirth. – Fionnuala Fallon * Irish Times *It made me laugh. It made me cry. It made me mourn the loss of our green spaces but have hope for the wild places that remain. There is no louder, fresher voice for the value of urban wildlife. – Jules Howard, zoologist and author of Sex on EarthBradbury ‘unbuttons the earth’ and lets the bumblebees, foxgloves and sparrows return at their own pace. A rallying cry for the wildlife garden. – Louise Gray, author of The Ethical CarnivoreThis is an important and timely book. I defy anyone who reads it not to want to do more to help their local wildlife. – Brigit Strawbridge, wildlife gardener and bee campaignerA gorgeous - and informative - read. – Penny McCormick * The Gloss *A wonderful and moving book about how a slice of nature at the backdoor offers refuge not only to the city wildlife but to the garden too. – Alys Fowler, author of Hidden Nature and The Edible GardenThis is a beautiful, heartfelt book of hopeful wildlife gardening in the face of declining habitats and life’s tendency to trip us up when we least need it. * Amateur Gardening *

Kate Bradbury is an award-winning author and journalist, specialising in wildlife gardening. She edits the wildlife pages of BBC Gardeners World Magazine and regularly writes articles for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian, RHS magazine The Garden and BBC Wildlife and BBC Countryfile magazines. In 2015 she became the first Butterfly Ambassador for conservation charity Butterfly Conservation, and she writes a quarterly column for its magazine, Butterfly. Kate regularly talks at events and festivals and appears on radio including BBC Gardeners Question Time and the popular RHS gardening podcast. She also makes wildlife gardening videos. She lives and breathes wildlife gardening and is currently transforming a tired north-facing patio garden into a wildlife oasis, where she hopes to attract a wealth of creatures including frogs, toads, newts, birds, beetles, hedgehogs, butterflies, not to mention her very favourite, and first love: bees.

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