Seedball at New Scientist Live 2024: Celebrating Science & Our Love for Pollinators 🌱🐝

We had an amazing time at New Scientist Live at London’s ExCel! Em ran our Seedball Rolling Workshops each day, joined by enthusiastic volunteers from the Royal Entomological Society (RES). The workshops were a huge hit, with families and visitors learning to make their own seedballs to support local pollinators. The kids and I loved being there on Saturday, helping out with every step.

The Royal Entomological Society (RES), founded in 1833, works to promote insect conservation and awareness—from bees and butterflies to beetles. We’ve teamed up with RES to create a special Seedball matchbox range, with 90p from each sale going to RES’s conservation work. It’s an easy way for people to start their own wildflower patches and support insects right at home!

New Scientist Live is one of the largest science festivals, filled with talks, hands-on activities, and innovative displays celebrating nature and science. This year, we met so many people curious about rewilding and conservation. If you missed us there, don’t worry! You can still find our RES matchboxes on our site here, filled with native wildflower seeds to help create pollinator-friendly spaces.

To everyone who stopped by, thank you! Let’s keep sowing the seeds for a brighter, buzzier, and more biodiverse world.