Sprinklr launches garden packages with native plants for richer biodiversity

Sustainable plant specialist Sprinklr is launching new garden packages with native plants that are good for biodiversity in the Netherlands. In recent decades there has been a decline of up to 70% per insect population. Also, species have become extinct and all kinds are on the verge of extinction. By offering ready-made packages full of native plants, Sprinklr wants to make it easy for everyone to contribute to richer biodiversity.

Gardens can be part of the solution
Native plants, or heme plants, are plants that grow naturally in a particular area and are crucial to reducing insect decline in the Netherlands and promoting biodiversity. Insects such as wild bees and butterflies often depend on native vegetation for food and reproduction. “We’ve become accustomed to exotic, cultivated plants in our gardens that bloom long and big, but many insects in the Netherlands don’t have much use for them,” says Suzanne van Straaten, founder of Sprinklr. “By filling gardens and balconies with plants that are good for insects, together we can help stop the decline.”

Packages with native plants
Sustainable plant shop Sprinklr is launching the Native Gardens in two varieties. For example, Sprinklr is offering a package that is suitable for spots with sun (more than 6 hours of full sun per day) as well as spots with half sun (between 3 – 6 hours of sun per day). Both packages are available in a large version with fifteen indigenous plants and in a small version with nine plants. Each one is organically grown, as are all of Sprinklr’s garden plants.

The packages include plants such as Hyssopus officinalis (Hyssop), Stachys officinalis (Betony), Knautia arvensis (Beemdkroon) and Verbascum nigrum (Black Torch). For example, the endangered Knautia bee relies heavily on Knautia arvensis for nectar. All packages include information about the plants and tips for care, so even anyone without a green thumb can garden for the future.

For more information about the garden packages, click here. Want to learn more about native plants? Read Sprinklr’s blog here.