The
weekend of the 9th September was warm and breezy – perfect for the
Pollination Festival hosted at Bristol University Botanic Gardens. Clare and
Ben from the Bristol Urban team were present to explain the project and
recommend bee-friendly plants and share out information on anything pollinator
related, to the best flowers for pollinators at certain times (Royal Horticultural Society plant list) to the lifecycles of
bumblebees and how they differ to honeybees. The Bristol public were fascinated
by the amount of insects we had found across the city, and many spoke of their
delight with the urban wildflower meadows planted for the next year of this
project. No doubt more astonishment will be had when the perennial margins come
to the fore!
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| Clare and Ben at the colourful Urban Pollinator stand at the Bee and Pollination Festival at the Bristol University Botanic Gardens |
The
event – spendidly organised by volunteer Alice Maltby and garden curator Nick
Wray – attracted huge numbers of people ranging in age, gardening experience,
and love of honey-based products! Other stalls included charity Bees for Development,
the Bumblebee Conservation Trust,
the Bristol City Council allotment department, and botanical drawing and
paintings by local artist Jenny Brooks.
We had a wonderful time this weekend talking to the engaged
and informed people of Bristol. We would like to thank everyone for coming and
showing much interest in our project, and we would like to thank Alice and Nick
for inviting us to take part.
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