{"id":778,"date":"2026-09-15T13:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/garden-and-grounds-advice\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:11:00","slug":"garden-and-grounds-advice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/garden-and-grounds-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden and grounds advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Many people in their gardens, and many companies on their grounds, would like to do something for wild bees but are not quite sure how to go about it. We can help.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lasioglossum_laevigatum_female_Wallis_2021-05-20_495A2811_small-scaled-1.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lasioglossum_laevigatum_female_Wallis_2021-05-20_495A2811_small-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lasioglossum_laevigatum_female_Wallis_2021-05-20_495A2811_small-scaled-1-1280x863.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lasioglossum_laevigatum_female_Wallis_2021-05-20_495A2811_small-scaled-1-980x660.jpg 980w, https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lasioglossum_laevigatum_female_Wallis_2021-05-20_495A2811_small-scaled-1-480x323.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-100\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><em>Photo: The sharp-collared furrow bee (Lasioglossum laevigatum, female) is easy to recognise by the fox-red hairs on its mesonotum. It prefers to nest in sandy or loess-bearing soil and collects pollen from a wide range of plant families (photo: \u00a9 J\u00fcrg Sommerhalder).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>A visit from the expert<br \/><\/strong>Our association's gardener Sebastian Wagener is an accomplished plantsman and landscape gardener with a thorough grasp of the measures that help wild bees and other pollinator groups. Walking the site together with its owners, Sebi advises on the spot about possible structural improvements and planting measures. Such a visit usually takes about two hours (excluding travel); the advice is given verbally.<br \/>Afterwards, Sebastian Wagener can be engaged for a fee \u2014 for drawing up a concrete plan, for instance, and for carrying it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Costs<\/strong><br \/>This service is considerably cheaper for members of the association (individual membership for private persons, collective membership for families, schools, associations and companies):<\/p>\n<p>The flat consultation fee (including expenses) is<br \/>\u2022 CHF 300.00 for members<br \/>\u2022 CHF 500.00 for non-members<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Contact<\/strong><br \/>If you are interested, please get in touch with Sebastian Wagener directly:<br \/>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:sebastian@gartenmaldrei.ch\">sebastian@gartenmaldrei.ch<\/a><br \/>Web: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartenmaldrei.ch\">www.gartenmaldrei.ch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-778","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1132,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/778\/revisions\/1132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}