Let’s Talk Pollinators: Join a PolliConnect Focus Group

Are you interested in wildlife, gardening, or how our landscapes can better support nature?

Join us for a  PolliConnect Focus Group in the Ballyhoura area and share your experience, insights, and ideas to help support wild pollinators in our local communities.

This is an opportunity to be part of a practical, locally focused conversation, helping to shape how we protect and connect habitats for pollinators across Ballyhoura. 

Why Attend?

Pollinators — including bumblebees, solitary bees, and butterflies — play a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems and supporting food production. However, they are under increasing pressure. 

Pressures such as habitat fragmentation, changes in land management, soil degradation, and wider agricultural and environmental impacts have all contributed to their decline.

At the same time, many of our local green spaces - from gardens and parks to farms, roadside verges, wetlands, and field margins — have real potential to better support pollinators and act as important stepping stones across the Ballyhoura landscape.

By attending, you will:

• Share your local knowledge and experiences
• Help identify practical actions that can make a real difference
• Explore opportunities to improve habitats and connectivity in the Ballyhoura area
• Contribute to shaping future biodiversity initiatives locally

All contributions will be confidential and anonymised.

What We’ll Discuss

The focus group will explore:

• Current land management and maintenance practices
• Awareness and understanding of wild pollinators
• The role of gardens, farms, and community spaces in supporting biodiversity
• Barriers to change, along with incentives and opportunities for improvement

Who Should Attend?

We welcome anyone with an interest in:

• Managing or maintaining green spaces
• Farming or land stewardship
• Gardening or community spaces
• Wildlife and biodiversity

Whether you’re a landowner, community member, or simply interested in nature — your perspective is valuable.

Event Details

• Location: Kilmallock Library, Railway Road, Kilmallock (V35 HC98)
• Date: Friday, 15th May
• Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

To register, please fill out the form below:

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For any further information, please contact Rhiannon Laubach at 087-1940608 or via email at [email protected].

About PolliConnect

This focus group is part of PolliConnect, a project funded by the Interreg North-West Europe Programme.

The project aims to improve biodiversity by supporting wild pollinators and strengthening ecological connections across landscapes — from gardens and parks to farms, roadside verges, wetlands, and field margins.

Polliconnect Project Page