The same patch of ground can support very different numbers of foraging bees depending purely on how it is designed. This sandbox rebuilds five real garden layout styles side by side — a formal mixed border, an informal cottage garden, a wild meadow planting, balcony/container pots, and a vertical green wall — so you can see how planting density, layering and diversity change the amount of forage on offer.
Layering flowers by height — tall at the back of a border, low ground-cover at the front — and choosing plants that bloom in succession through the year does more for bees than any single "best" flower: it keeps a continuous nectar supply on offer from early spring right through to autumn.
A 3D sandbox that rebuilds five real bee-garden layout styles — mixed border, cottage garden, wild meadow, balcony containers and a vertical green wall — so you can compare how each design changes flower density, colour diversity and bee foraging activity.
Each layout style is rebuilt in full 3D with its own structure — fence and rows for a border, meandering path for a cottage garden, scattered meadow for a wild planting, pots and railings for a balcony, and a pocketed living wall for vertical gardening — while foraging bees respond live to how full and how varied the planting is.
Pick a garden style, then adjust flower density, bloom season and bee count. Watch the forage score and how many bees are actively foraging change as the planting gets sparser or denser, and toggle forage links to see which bloom each bee is heading for.
A vertical green wall or a handful of well-planted balcony pots can rival a small ground border in bloom density per square metre — layout and layering matter just as much as the total area you have to plant.